Sidekick Brewing (BC)

Microbrewery in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

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45530 Vedder Mountain Rd Unit 106, Chilliwack, V2R 6H6, Canada

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy and fairly pale. Bubbly head. The hops are overripe stone fruit but also papaya and pear. It doesn't make sense but it's not bad. Soft body, low bitterness, but a creamy mouthfeel. Oat city. And bright stone fruit/papaya.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 22 Feb 2025 at 06:15


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Poured from 473ml can (pkg 28.01.2025). Murky dark blonde with small white head. Nose has a feint dankness with a slight raw green hop note. Taste is very oaty with that raw green note coming to the forefront. A bit of a muddled mess unfortunately. Meh.

Tried from Can from High Point - Beer Wine Spirits on 17 Feb 2025 at 06:15


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Amber, hazy, medium head. Orangey, grapefruity hop with biscuity malts. Medium bitterness, biscuity malt and nice orangey hop note. Well-balanced.

Tried from Can from The Gull Liquor Store on 09 Feb 2025 at 03:57


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from 473mL can (thanks Oakes, stamped 08-03-2024; I think that's a best before date, oops, my bad, forgot Oakes said to just drink it after leaving it at my place many months ago - was going to take the age into consideration when rating it, but I actually think it's held up decently for its age). Clear blonde gold with white head. Light floral hopping with some citrus hints and a clean malt, everything blends together, quite well constructed. Surprisingly good.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 09:51


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Brown, fast fading tan head. Nice roasty malt nose. Similar much subdued palate. Sweet notes with light brief bitterness. Possibly a schwarzbier?

Tried on 21 Oct 2024 at 23:10


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

473mL can. Pours almost clear gold with white head. Aroma has sweet malts, pine, and resin. Flavour has woody pine, sticky resin, and sweet malts. Could be more aggressive, but otherwise nice balance between malts and hops. Nice.

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2024 at 05:10


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from The Gull, North Vancouver; 23/08/24, less than 3 weeks old
Beautiful golden colour, bright, with light haze. Mild aroma, biscuits, baked goods, caramel, light pine. Lean mouthfeel, quite dry; the malt profile goes in the bread direction (but somehow, stale bread); the bitterness is on par with expectations, but without strong vibes, just some piney resin, and some herbaceous character. Ok.

Tried from Can on 15 Sep 2024 at 06:59


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

473 ml can. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of dank hops with spicy resin, fruity stoned fruit, and biscuity malts. Flavors of resinous pine, candied citrus, stoned fruit and soft toasty malts. Nice fruity West Coast IPA.

Tried from Can on 12 Sep 2024 at 04:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

473mL can, pours a mostly clear golden orange with a small white head. Nose brings out resinous hops, light pine, and sweet caramel malt. Flavour has a nice resinous hop character upfront, bitter pine, and sweet caramel malt to back. But the bitterness overrides the malt nicely, leaving a nicely bitter, resinous hop finish. Very good.

Tried from Can on 05 Sep 2024 at 04:20


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Golden amber, bright. Medium head. Quite sweet. There’s some orangey, piney hop and moderate bitterness but this is definitely too far on the sweet side for me. So they tried to put bugs in here and the bugs didn't do shit. Nice lacing, though.

Tried on 01 Sep 2024 at 16:42