The Cascadian
Big Rock Brewery

The CascadianThe Cascadian
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From:
Big Rock Brewery
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
Black IPA
ABV:
6.1%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.59 | pDev: 5.01%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
15
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 19, 2016
Added:
Sep 07, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by PaulietheBrit:
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Rated by PaulietheBrit from Canada (BC)

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

Oct 28, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by MilkLeg from Canada (AB)

Feb 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Corson from Canada (AB)

Apr 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.69 by Bodega95 from Texas

Mar 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.38 by Slongie from Canada (AB)

Feb 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by andrenaline from Canada (ON)

Nov 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by kjyost from Canada (MB)

Sep 30, 2014
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Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%
Let's be clear - this is NOT an American Black Ale. It is a decent American Brown Ale - Traditional with a more aggressive hop profile. This brew pales in comparison to a beer like HUB Secession. I am quite disappointed with the branding and packaging of this brew. It's a decent beer, but I couldn't help but feel misled when I finished drinking it.
Sep 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.84 by sherpahigh from Canada (AB)

Sep 27, 2014
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Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)

3.66/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml bottle poured into a mug. Looks like reasonably strong tea, a clear reddish brown with a thin layer of light beige foam on top. I think this beer was originally going to be dubbed "Rad Trad" (ugh) and was indeed billed as Trad brown ale with added hops. This moniker was instead applied to two beers. Well, mission accomplished although the chosen name conjures up more black IPA associations than the product actually delivers. I humbly propose that this is an American brown with an aggressive hop bill but this is nevertheless clearly in a gray area style-wise. Aroma is indeed hop-forward, with some of the caramel and vanilla notes from Trad per se buried under warm watery orange juice, black tea, and faint pine needle. On the palate this could be one of the most tannic and bitter Big Rock brews to date, with the archetypal caramel malt sweetness present but attenuated in favor of strong tea, mid-range citrus rind, medicinal herb, and perfumed resin (juniper?). The malts are somewhat nutty late in the game and the expected sweetness does peek out here and there. Body on the thin side, quite fizzy and with a dry, nutty, abrupt bitter stop of a finish. You know, its not bad. The pungent hop perfume scratches a certain itch and while I am sympathetic to the view that Trad needs to be retired as a base beer, the outcome here is worth at least one "look".
Sep 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Sep 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.64 by Keizerjl from Florida

Sep 19, 2014
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Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

3.78/5  rDev +5.3%
341ml bottle poured into tulip 12/9/14

A 4.5 clear reddish brown, just a few streams of bubbles but they pump out a well sustained two fingers of light brown foam that leaves 6 pencil thin rings, looks great

S 3.75 caramel, slightly nutty, some gummy bears, melon, faint spruce and citrus, kinda all over the place really, a little coco and call me crazy but I get some juniper

T 3.75 pine and citrus with the nutty malt, I don't mind it but I'm not overly impressed either, another hopped up Trad?

M 3.75 lighter side of medium, bubbles fluff it up, nutty bread on the finish

O 3.75 again I'm getting lots of familiar Big Rock notes but something a little different in there gives me some hope

no a bad beer but at the end of the day its Trad with a different hop profile. I'd really like to see Big Rock try something completely different, not just throwing different hops at an old beer
Sep 13, 2014
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

3.9/5  rDev +8.6%
The "American version" of the Traditional Ale - part of the new Limited edition brew 6 pack here in Cowtown.

Appearance - Pours a mahogany brown with a finger of fluffy cream coloured head.

Smell - toasted caramel malts, hint of citrus hops, nuttiness.

Taste - Hit right away with the toasted caramel malts followed by the bitter citrus hops and hint of nuttiness.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes dry with a pleasant lingering bitterness.

Overall - A well executed American brown ale with a pleasant kick from the citrus hops. I thought the aromas could of used a little more of the hop aroma, but the taste certainly made up for it. Kudos to Big Rock for taking on this challenge of brewing two variations of their Traditional ale.
Sep 07, 2014
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.41/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle, one part of the new mixed pack from Big Rock, dubbed 'Rad Trad', wherein they take that old standby (and its yeast, I presume) and give it a few, more modern day tweaks.

This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper amber hue, with three fat fingers of puffy, tightly foamy, and mildly bubbly ecru head, which leaves some pockmarked cement wall lace around the glass as things slowly sink away.

It smells faintly of musty, sort of dank pine forest esters, stale orange juice, mealy bready caramel malt, wan yeast, soft water (I know), and subtle leafy, floral, and perfumed hops. The taste is more bitter up front than I was expecting, the pine needle, leafy nettle, and overripe citrus rind colluding as such, over a middling lightly toasted bready pale malt, a bit of oily nuttiness, clammy yeast, and further underwhelming earthy, weedy, and musty hops.

The carbonation is even and well supportive, the body a bit on the lee side of medium weight, and plainly smooth, a thin flintiness poised to spoil the so-called party as things warm. It finishes mostly dry, pithy, and a tad grainy.

More on the dank and musty side of the American PAC-NW hop spectrum than the more desirable fresh pine and crisp citrus side of things, which does very little to enhance the base brown ale's attractiveness. And yes, I may have been premature in my style declaration here (blame the name of the beer), as this is obviously trying to be more of a simple American Brown Ale.
Sep 07, 2014
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