Vancouver Islander Lager
Vancouver Island Brewing
- From:
- Vancouver Island Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #472 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 67
Ranked #39,585 - Avg:
- 2.47 | pDev: 31.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 27, 2025
- Added:
- May 26, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
67
Poor
67
Poor
Islander Lager is the only local lager brewed on island time, the island way. Made with theonly four ingredients you need to make a lager: Barley, hops, yeast and water, Islander will never use additives, preservatives, fillers or frilly stuff (aka limes). Islander is brewed with a commitment to our communities because without them, we would not exist.
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Reviewed by DW87 from Canada (BC)
1.31/5 rDev -47%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25
1.31/5 rDev -47%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.25
Vancouver Island Brewery makes some awesome beers. Their Island Lager is definitely not one of them. All you get here is notes of corn and cooked vegetables. If you are expecting any hops in the taste, they are nowhere to be found. This brew is just watery and unpleasant. It is a 1.5 out of 5 at best.
Mar 27, 2025
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.79/5 rDev +53.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +53.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Vancouver Island Brewing 'Islander Lager' @ 5.0% , served from a 473 ml can
A-pour is a light gold from the can to a clear light gold in the glass with a small size white head leaving a streaky lace along the pokal
S-similar to some noble German hops & malts
T-clean lager , crisp hops & malt , mostly malt backbone on the swallow
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-easy drinking , ok beer
prost LampertLand
Jun 04, 2023A-pour is a light gold from the can to a clear light gold in the glass with a small size white head leaving a streaky lace along the pokal
S-similar to some noble German hops & malts
T-clean lager , crisp hops & malt , mostly malt backbone on the swallow
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-easy drinking , ok beer
prost LampertLand
Reviewed by Kevin_Tupper from Canada (BC)
1.65/5 rDev -33.2%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
1.65/5 rDev -33.2%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
I wasn't very keen on this beer. I bought it because of the price, and I wanted a 15 pack of something. Opting to go local, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was not impressed. It is a fairly rancid lager, and I did not enjoy it. I'd compare it to a keystone but worse
Mar 25, 2014
Reviewed by CrazyMike from Canada (AB)
2.72/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.72/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Pale yellow appearance with little head that quickly dispears, no lacing. Smell consists of corn, grain, grass and cooked vegetables. Hard to pick up though.
Taste is similar to your average adjunct lager, sweet corn along with grain, grass and a hint of malt. Metallic and dull cooked vegetable taste. Light bodied with low carbonation. Finish is a dry, corn taste.
Vancouver Island Lager? More like Lucky Lager, this tastes like your average bargain beer. It's drinkable, but boring with no features that stand out. Can't believe I tried this at a fancy restaurant.
Feb 19, 2012Taste is similar to your average adjunct lager, sweet corn along with grain, grass and a hint of malt. Metallic and dull cooked vegetable taste. Light bodied with low carbonation. Finish is a dry, corn taste.
Vancouver Island Lager? More like Lucky Lager, this tastes like your average bargain beer. It's drinkable, but boring with no features that stand out. Can't believe I tried this at a fancy restaurant.
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