Oakes Profile - Brewver

Opaque and pale. This is one of the most egregious chalky things I've had in a while. Just straight hop burn, no hop expression. Malt base is too thin, but not much would be able to hold up this excess of unbalanced drek. This beer is everything that is wrong with hazy IPA.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2025 at 00:08

Oakes added a new beer Tropic Thunder Double IPA by Fern + Cedar Brewing
2 months ago

6.8

Oakes (33493) reviewed Spice Cake Holiday Ale from Fern + Cedar Brewing 2 months ago

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

Really soft nutmeg, vanilla creme, mellow toffee, caramel. Good creamy body, and balanced spices - even with things like ginger it's actually mellow.

Tried on 29 Dec 2025 at 00:05

Oakes added a new beer Spice Cake Holiday Ale by Fern + Cedar Brewing
2 months ago

6.6

Oakes (33493) reviewed Hidden Wonders Blackberry Wit from Checkerhead Brewing 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Hazy, slight purple note, effervescent. Light berry note, a bit wheaty. Don’t get much for wit spice but otherwise it’s balanced, decent.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2025 at 05:41

Oakes added a new beer Hidden Wonders Blackberry Wit by Checkerhead Brewing
2 months ago

7.3

Oakes (33493) reviewed La Sauvin Soiree from LoveShack Libations 2 months ago

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

Hazy. Thick head. Pale. Ok, lots of sauvin on the nose. Good body. Medium bitterness. A little bit of acidity...haha that's on me, leaving a Loveshack beer for a month before opening. I mean, if this was going to pick up a touch of brett I should have let it sit a few months longer. Because this would be a fucking amazing brett IPA. As it is, a nice Kiwi IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2025 at 04:17

Oakes added a new beer La Sauvin Soiree by LoveShack Libations
2 months ago

6.6

Oakes (33493) reviewed Gose from KPU Brewing Lab 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bright, with a pale gold colour. I actually would have liked a slight haze. Not much head on it. Smells like kettle sour. I actually would have liked some bugs. On the palate, it's a kettle sour with salt in it. Fairly saline finish. It's fine. Lightish body, nothing wrong with the ferm. A simple textbook example, which makes sense since it's students brewing it.

Tried on 28 Dec 2025 at 03:41