RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Pen Pal Jemaine from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473mL can. Pours clear yellow with small white head. Aroma has sweet biscuity malts, white wine, grass. Flavour has biscuit malts and a fairly muted hop expression, grass is more stringent, still a bit of berry tanginess. Decent carbonation. Not bad, but needs a bit of work.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
473mL can. Pours clear gold with moderate white head, nice lacing. Aroma has a ton of bubblegum up front; some resin and caramel malts underneath. Flavour also has a lot of bubblegum; it's pretty distracting, but I think I can find some resin underneath. Very little carbonation or bitterness from hops. Assuming these bubblegum flavours are esters from the wild yeast, this is actually better-restrained than a good chunk of BC Belgian styles. However, as an IPA this just feels weird to me.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Rhonda from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Vibrant, opaque colour. Thick head. Aroma has lychee, pomelo and cannabis. The body is relatively light, bitterness moderate and the hops aren’t as bright on the palate either. The aroma seems to overpromise and the palate underdelivers. It’s not bad or anything but just would prefer more hop bite.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Pen Pal Jemaine from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can, pours a clear pale yellow with a medium white head. Aroma has a nice grassy, lightly tangy, gooseberry character, with crisp biscuity malt in back. Flavour is less expressive and pronounced on the NZ hop character — there's muffled toasted grain, some bitter grassiness, and crisp biscuity malt. Decent nose and crispness on the finish, but the hop expression falls a little flat.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Lite IPA from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dark gold colour, bright. Not much head. Spicy, sage sort of hop nose. Malt has a vaguely worty accent.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Drama Llama Max from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Golden and bright. Medium head. Bright hoppy nose- lychee, pear, pomelo. Same bright beautiful expression, clean dry pale malt. Look - I just did a long bike ride and that adds a couple points to the first beer usually but this is really good.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Heavy Metal Drummer Nels from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brassy and bright, nice spicy hop, clean biscuity malt, fairly bitter. Really nice balance.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Bad Influence Alex from Sidekick Brewing (BC) 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy, bright, light fruitiness, some onion and alcohol. Decent soft pale malt base, but I’m guessing citra is the problem here, combines with a relative lack of bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy, vibrant colour, tart, bright fruit, green mango, the base sour isn’t bad, fruits are mellow, but the elements don’t come together all that well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can. Pours clear light gold with foamy white head. Aroma has notes of resin and crisp malts; some herbal notes. Some resin, some grainy malts. Not as crisp as I'd hope for a pilsner. Meh.