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Vancouver Island Brewing
- From:
- Vancouver Island Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 4.04%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 14, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 02, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
355ml can poured into tulip 15/4/17
a clear golden yellow with some very fine suspended particles after further inspection, a finger of noisy foam falls before i have time to take a sip leaving no lace
S grainy and grassy, some dried leaves, faint fruity notes, apple maybe?
T much like the nose, a grainy lager, nothing stands out but I suppose this fits the style
M light with enough bubbles to give it some life, lager yeast on the finish but its fairly clean
O better then macro lagers, not really anything special but nothing offensive either
Meh, I'm not all that impressed by VIB's "re-branding", 3 of the 4 brews from the mixed pack were pretty average...
Apr 15, 2017a clear golden yellow with some very fine suspended particles after further inspection, a finger of noisy foam falls before i have time to take a sip leaving no lace
S grainy and grassy, some dried leaves, faint fruity notes, apple maybe?
T much like the nose, a grainy lager, nothing stands out but I suppose this fits the style
M light with enough bubbles to give it some life, lager yeast on the finish but its fairly clean
O better then macro lagers, not really anything special but nothing offensive either
Meh, I'm not all that impressed by VIB's "re-branding", 3 of the 4 brews from the mixed pack were pretty average...
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.82/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
355ml can - I'm kind of getting annoyed with this focus on geographic coordinates, rather than what the beer is about.
This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden yellow colour, with a near-teeming tower of puffy, finely foamy, and mildly bubbly off-white head, which leaves some bloated mitochondrial lace around the glass as it quickly dissolves into the ether.
It smells of gritty and grainy pale malt, a hint of Continental gasohol, some wan apple/pear fruitiness, and very plain earthy, weedy, and dead grassy green hop bitters. The taste is bready and crackery pale malt, a sweeter fruity note than that in the aroma - with some pears, weak oranges, and red apples - still present petrol essences, and more understated leafy, weedy, and musty floral verdant hoppiness.
The carbonation is fairly active in its spry frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, with a wee hop (?) astringency taking things down a peg or so here. It finishes off-dry, the malt and inherent fruity character making a day of it.
Overall, this is a surprisingly engaging lager, what with the shitshow that was their 'cerveza' that I had yesterday. Nice and rounded, not as hoppy as I might have implied, but well-made, in the, yes, German style. Very drinkable and sessionable, if I was presented with the option.
Apr 04, 2017This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden yellow colour, with a near-teeming tower of puffy, finely foamy, and mildly bubbly off-white head, which leaves some bloated mitochondrial lace around the glass as it quickly dissolves into the ether.
It smells of gritty and grainy pale malt, a hint of Continental gasohol, some wan apple/pear fruitiness, and very plain earthy, weedy, and dead grassy green hop bitters. The taste is bready and crackery pale malt, a sweeter fruity note than that in the aroma - with some pears, weak oranges, and red apples - still present petrol essences, and more understated leafy, weedy, and musty floral verdant hoppiness.
The carbonation is fairly active in its spry frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, with a wee hop (?) astringency taking things down a peg or so here. It finishes off-dry, the malt and inherent fruity character making a day of it.
Overall, this is a surprisingly engaging lager, what with the shitshow that was their 'cerveza' that I had yesterday. Nice and rounded, not as hoppy as I might have implied, but well-made, in the, yes, German style. Very drinkable and sessionable, if I was presented with the option.
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