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On tap at Luppolo, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma has intense allium, saved a little by the nice tangy Nelson hops, with some pine, floral notes, and then more allium—damn that’s some overly pungent Citra. Flavour is very bitter and very oniony, with Citra that dominated to the point of ruining this—just way too much allium. There’s some nice Nelson in the background but it can’t rescue this from the Citra. Reasonable structure but get rid of the Citra.

Tried from Draft at Luppolo Brewing Company on 01 Nov 2025 at 01:48

mcberko added a new beer The Wanting Comes in Waves by Luppolo Brewing Company
9 months ago

mcberko (49004) reviewed

Campagna from Luppolo Brewing Company (Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦)

9 months ago

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

On tap at Luppolo, pours a clear golden with a large fluffy white head. Aroma has plenty of toasted malt, straw, and a touch of grassy hops. Flavour is clean-ish, with grassy notes, toasted malt, and straw. Finishes fairly bitter and crisp. Not particularly vibrant or dialled in, but competently done. Solid.

Tried from Draft at Luppolo Brewing Company on 01 Nov 2025 at 01:45

mcberko (49004) reviewed

Cloud 9 from Luppolo Brewing Company (Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦)

9 months ago

4.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5

On tap at Luppolo, pours a cloudy, muddled yellow with a small white head. Aroma is overtaken by the marshmallow, with little else detectable. Flavour is also dominated by the marshmallow; there’s some residual bitterness in back, but this just ends up tasting like artificial candy. Poor.

Tried from Draft at Luppolo Brewing Company on 01 Nov 2025 at 01:44

mcberko added a new beer Cloud 9 by Luppolo Brewing Company
9 months ago

mcberko (49004) reviewed

Animale House from Luppolo Brewing Company (Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦)

9 months ago

5.6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5

On tap at Luppolo, pours a cloudy, muddled yellow with a small white head. Aroma has some candied fruits, melony hops, and light hopburn. Flavour is much the same, with a strange candied fruit expression to the hop combo, gentle hopburn, a strange yeast expression, and finishing bitter and semi-sweet. Odd yeast expression that doesn’t work for me, but at least it’s not chalky. Okay.

Tried from Draft at Luppolo Brewing Company on 01 Nov 2025 at 01:38

mcberko (49004) reviewed

Celebrazione from Beva Brewing & Blending (North Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦)

9 months ago

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

On tap at Beva, pours a clear dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma is fairly laid-back, with soft resinous hops, toasted bready notes, and a touch of pine. Flavour is well-hopped and well-balanced, with dry resinous hops, some woody pine, and dry bready caramel malt. Not sure I’d pick up on the fresh hops, but the bitterness is on the lower side, which might be a result of the fresh hops. Great hop expression and structure. Less aggressive the recent red IPA collab with Brassneck, but nearly as good.

Tried from Draft at Beva Brewing & Blending on 01 Nov 2025 at 01:36

mcberko added a new beer Celebrazione by Beva Brewing & Blending
9 months ago

mcberko (49004) reviewed

Night Knight from Beva Brewing & Blending (North Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦)

9 months ago

6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

On tap at Beva, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma has notes of medium roast coffee, dry cocoa powder, and a touch of artificial hazelnut. Flavour has a solid roasted malt base, with plenty of coffee, some cocoa, but the hazelnut flavouring somewhat ruins the malt complexity with a rather artificial character. I know it’s hard to use real nuts, but the flavourings almost never do justice to the real thing, and this is no exception. There’s a good beer here that would be better without the hazelnut flavouring. As is, this doesn’t really work for me.

Tried from Draft at Beva Brewing & Blending on 01 Nov 2025 at 01:34