pictoman
Vancouver, BC, Canada 🇨🇦 MemberOptions
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Ratebeer refugee (started Oct 19, 2012; ratings at Ratebeer demise: 8882)
Activity
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 473mL can (pkg 2025 Mar 03; thanks Toni CaptainMurphy). Clear orangey gold with small white head. Caramel malt, clean, fine, but not really a bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2025
at 07:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 375mL bottle. Hazy gold with small white head. Soft tartness, white grape background, nice balance, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 06:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (from Banditry Cidery). Clear rose gold with very minimal white head. Pear and apple skins, feint quince, dry-ish, okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 06:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (lot c 8 a 17 bb end of 2021). Hazy straw yellow with small white head. Lemony, saison yeast, pepper, dry, some feint minty cilantro dandelion like notes in the background. Interestingly nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 06:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with no head. Dark malts, mild licorice, very feint hint of cinnamon, soft barrel backing. Decent, a touch thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 05:57
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Poured from 330mL can (thanks mcberko for bringing a rare country tick). Clear pale blonde with small white head. Mild boiled cabbage, white bread, meh.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2025
at 05:52
pictoman has a new beer style achievement
Level 16 for Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial ticks with a total of 600 ticks of this sub style.
Thursday - 2023 from Cycle Brewing was the one that did it!
10 months ago
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with small beige head. Very cinnamon forward (too much) with some nice bourbon barrel, feint hint of coffee. Ends up being too much cinnamon - unbalanced. The base beer ends up saving the beer, but would rather have DBR.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 05:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazy yellow with small white head. Nice balance of oak, spelt, and saison yeast with soft mixed cultures. Well constructed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 04:55