Oakes Profile - Brewver

Pale, medium haze, grainy, low bitterness. Soft, almost too good on the malt character and not enough acetaldehyde. WA...it's not the same. I appreciate the effort. Let's do a collab. Cause the thing is, these little things...they make no sense.

Tried on 17 May 2025 at 05:32

Oakes added a new beer Canadian Lager by Lowercase Brewing
11 months ago

6.5

Oakes (33770) reviewed Vortizafa from Fort George Brewery 11 months ago

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

Pale and slight haze. A fair bit of bitterness. There’s some cool hop but fuck me the citra is a bit too dominant. Ok malt. So it’s good but 8
I really hopes these breweries would let the good hops out but nah. Citra fucks up an otherwise good beer, as always. And it’s a bit sticky too.

Tried on 17 May 2025 at 04:57

Oakes (33770) reviewed Chernushka from Atwood Farm Brewery 11 months ago

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

Ok, the reference in the commercial description to the Void series has me asking questions. Blaine is basically a Vancouver suburb, after all. This is a dark brown, port ba stout w/ vanilla and candy cap. Rich umami and dark malt. There’s a reason I put soy sauce and cassareep in everything…umami as fuck. Candy cap does the same and this is so much richer than I’d expect an Atwood impy to be.

Tried from Draft on 17 May 2025 at 04:55

Oakes added a new beer Chernushka by Atwood Farm Brewery
11 months ago

8.1

Oakes (33770) reviewed El Cedro (Batch #12) from Jester King Brewery 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy and pale, medium Pale and slight haze. Medium head. Big cedar aroma, as advertised. Toasty aroma with lots of brett, good body, a touch of brett C but then the tannic assertive cedar takes over through the finish. Top quality.

Tried from Draft from Bottleworks on 17 May 2025 at 04:47

Oakes added a new beer El Cedro (Batch #12) by Jester King Brewery
11 months ago

Oakes (33770) reviewed Dark Thoughts from Baerlic Brewing 11 months ago

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

Dark brown with a thin head. Chocolate and mint, grapefruit. It’s got a good hop bitterness hit also this candied orange sweetness that brings this across the palate well.

Tried from Draft from Bottleworks on 17 May 2025 at 04:42

7.5

Oakes (33770) reviewed Barn Owl (Blend No. 25) from Bellwoods Brewery 11 months ago

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

Dark brown. Not much head. This has some beautiful umami, I mean Bellwoods does have one of the best base impies in Canada, and it shines here. The foeder lends only a touch of tannin, there isn't any wildness or anything. It's just an impy aged in a neutral barrel. Gets lighter than some other Bellwoods, but maintains malt complexity. But that's the point, bring some oak to a good base.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2025 at 04:40