pictoman
Vancouver, BC, Canada 🇨🇦 MemberOptions
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Ratebeer refugee (started Oct 19, 2012; ratings at Ratebeer demise: 8882)
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Very dark brown with minimal light beige head. Gin barrel on the nose and lingers over top with some underlying bourbon barrel notes, nice stout/bw blend with some dark sugars, lots of interesting flavours that somehow work nicely together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 355mL can (pkg Dec 30, 2024). Very dark brown with small beige head. Chocolate malt, lingering scotch bonnet pepper, thin-med body, average.
Tried
from Can
at
Beyond the Pale Brewing Co.
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:34
pictoman has a new beer style achievement
Level 13 for Cider ticks with a total of 400 ticks of this master style.
One Juice from Oliver's Cider was the one that did it!
3 months ago
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed gold with minimal white head. Smoked, dry-ish apple, some feint manure notes, quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 750mL bottle. Clear-ish blonde gold with very minimal white head. Plasticy honey with light passionfruit in the background, finishes quick, lacks follow through. Average, but I've had worse.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle (7% abv; lot SF006; bottled 12/24; bb 12/29; bottle 142/350). Hazed yellow gold with minimal white head. Decent citrusy mixed ferm sour with very feint yogurt note. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 03:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 473mL can (Halloween 2025 release). Very dark brown with almost no off white head. Fudgey chocolate brownie with typical Bestowed based. Decent version of Bestowed.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2026
at 03:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed yellow gold with small white head. Light saison yeast with feint lemony citrus and feint drying floral note, clean and simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 03:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 355mL bottle (thanks Halifax Taylor - been sitting on this for about 2.5 years; bottled 25 Nov 2019). Medium dark brown with minimal beige head. Dry-ish oak with light caramel malt, some dates, and very feint hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 02:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed blonde with small white head. Citrusy lime-like sour with feint ginger, light peach on the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 02:38