Life Of Chai
Big Rock Brewery

Life Of ChaiLife Of Chai
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From:
Big Rock Brewery
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
ABV:
6%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.58 | pDev: 15.36%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
14
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 20, 2014
Added:
Aug 23, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by leaddog:
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

3.85/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - Pours a copper colour with a finger of bubbly white head.

Smell - Chai tea spices galore (cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, touch of clove), sweet toffee-like malts.

Taste - All the chai tea spices and toffee notes are present, but not as strong as the aroma. Touch of vanilla perhaps. Finish goes back to a neutral malt body.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall - An excellent take on a chai inspired beer by Big Rock. The aromas in this brew are so enticing. I wish the spice flavours would stick around a bit longer all the way through the finish, but still very good.
Oct 05, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Jul 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by ScottWestmaas from Canada (AB)

Jun 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Feb 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by kvadiat from Canada (AB)

Nov 03, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by Ianleesrivette from Canada (AB)

Oct 30, 2013
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Reviewed by Olek4374 from Canada (AB)

2.77/5  rDev -22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Split a 6 pack with one of my coworkers since I'm often a little sceptical of Big Rock's new products. They are really hit and miss. However, I'm a big fan of chai tea, so I had to give this one a go.

It pours a cool orange-brown hue with a thick head, maybe 6cm or so. The aroma is very malty and there is a touch of chai to it. It's not very resemblant of authentic chai tea, but I can see what they're going for.

The taste is pretty big rock-like. It's really watery and lacks any body, and the flavour is not very chai like at all, it just tastes like a below average brown ale. Feel is very light carbonation, and not much finish.

Meh, this is a pass.

I can see I'm a big minority here. I just don't dig this beer.
Oct 15, 2013
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.63/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
341ml bottle. Nice stereotypical Indian busy imagery depicted on the label. Wow NINE exotic spices - why stop there? Why not an even ten?

This beer pours a crystal clear, medium bronzed amber hue, with one rather skinny finger of wispy, barely bubbly dirty white head, which leaves little beyond a few specks of islet lace around the glass as things sink away.

It smells of cardamom, ginger, clove (well, 3 out of 9 is where I stop), bready, almost cake-like caramel malt, a subdued earthy floral rosewater character, and a hint of herbal tincture. The taste is more spice, loud and proud up front, edgy and savoury all at once - nutmeg, ginger, and clove most prominent - a dry toffee-tinged caramel malt, and more herbal leafy hops, this time without the alcohol quotient.

The bubbles are pretty laid-back, just a wee, ineffectual fizziness, the body an adequate medium weight, and kind of too metallic (from the spice, I gather) to be declared outright smooth. It finishes off-dry, the bready, toffee-esque malt starting to gain the upper hand on all those untethered spices.

Definitely right up the alley of the aromas wafting from each and every coffee shop I pass lately (and a few breweries, it would appear) - all that's missing is some pumpkin, and this goes from a slavish ode to Indian restaurant play-you-out, to full-on fall warmer (for those wusses who can't deal with +15 temps).
Sep 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by BigBry from Canada (AB)

Sep 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

Sep 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by intoxabroad from Taiwan

Sep 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Aug 24, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by schnarr84 from Canada (AB)

Aug 24, 2013
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Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

3.58/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
341ml bottle poured into tulip 22/8/13

A clear amber liquid saturated with little bubbles, very well carbonated, thumbs width of tan foam sits around for a few sips leaving a few random patches of lace

S heavy on the spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, jump out, quite floral with some root beer and toffee with some earthy wood

T a little toned down compared to the nose, everything's still there but not as strong, almost over spiced, I don't mind it but its not very "Beer" to me

M a little watery but the bubbles give it some life, a little slick with heavy spice after the fact

O alright but nothing special, lots of spice that's for sure and I could see many people thinking too much

decent stuff but I doubt I'd ever bother again, some might like the heavy amount of spices but I think its a little overpowering,
Aug 23, 2013
Life Of Chai from Big Rock Brewery
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 14 ratings