Swans Brewpub

Brewpub in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Swans Hotel (Buckerfield Brewing)

Established in 1989

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1601 Store St, Victoria, V8W 1N6, Canada

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4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
The aroma is sweet dough with some citrus. Has an okay cloudy orange body with almost no foam. Flavour is bizarre citrus fighting with wheat dough, and it's creating some bad electricity. Very vague plum hints peek through if you're drunk enough. Mouthfeel is watery in all the wrong places. This is a perfect example of what a hefeweizen shouldn't be.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:31

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Smells of faint, very faint grains, with some bad perfume dumped in there. Has okay medium gold body with decent soft white foam on top. Flavour is medium grains and medium hops which collaborate to create a spectacularily medium experience. Medium on the mouth. This is very medium, drinkable, right down the middle of the road.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:29

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
The aroma is chewy sweet candy hops. Has an okay foam on orangey copper translucent body. Flavour is good hoppiness, some malts, but very tart and sharp. Mouthfeel is full enough with good oiliness. This is not a good IPA but vaguely drinkable.
Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:27

5.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
The aroma is sweet soft floor cleaner. Has a cloudy brown orangey body and a ring of white head. Flavour is sweet fruitiness that dissipates into nothing. Mouthfeel is full enough. This is a very timid attempt at a fruity lager.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:25

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smells of very soft pickled ginger. Has a clear orangey gold body and very little head. Flavour is boring sweet grain with a hint of perfume on the back end. Mouthfeel is full enough. This is a drinkable lager though highly boring.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:24

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
The aroma is soft sweet barley and molasses, sweet sugary cherry in there too. Has an okay dark brown body and a tiny bit of beige foam on top. Flavour is sweet barley, lots of brown sugar, nothing else. Mouthfeel is full enough. This is simple but effective, drinkable at least.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:21

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smells of old shoe leather, horse's reigns, brushes used on an aging dairy cow. Has good brown-black body and a tiny ring of beige foam on top. Flavour is murky smoked oak and tired logging shoes, your grandmother pulled them apart and used the leather in a breakfast soup at the farm. Mouthfeel is a little thin, could be fuller. This is unique but awkward, overbearing in all the wrong places.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:20

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 5
Smells of soft faint lager hops holding no interest with some of your grandmother's perfume on the back end. Has a clear mellow gold body and little head on top. Flavour is nothingness with a hint of sugar. Mouthfeel is full I suppose but not full on much. This is colossally boring but somehow drinkable.
Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:16

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at the brewpub. Smells of soft sweet barley, has good beige foam and a dark brown-black body. Flavour is mellow sweet barley with very soft dark chocolate hints. Mouthfeel is full enough. This is okay but timid, something needs to come forward.
Tried from Draft on 28 Apr 2019 at 17:13

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Smells of good musty forest cabin and logger's shoes, just as a smoked beer should. Has an okay coppery gold body with very little foam on top. Flavour is smokiness but it doesn't shine through, too much soft lager drowns it out into the background. Mouthfeel is full enough but too sweet for a beer like this, it needs some dryness like that fall cabin smell. It's an okay smoked attempt but needs more effort.
Tried from Draft on 27 Mar 2019 at 04:23