Flying Tanker
Vancouver Island Brewing
- From:
- Vancouver Island Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 11.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 02, 2015
- Added:
- May 23, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by CookstLiquor from Canada (BC)
3.84/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 650ml bottle. Pours a hazy orange-juice colour. Ample fluffy head. This year's version of Flying Tanker is much improved and better balanced and integrated than last year's. The nose is a really nice mix of clove, fruit, banana and spicy hop and yeast notes. SImilar taste with lots of big hefe notes showing up and a huge bitter finish. The carbonation is big and mouth cleansing. An easy beer to drink a lot of.
Jun 21, 2013
Reviewed by EspressoGuy from Canada (BC)
2.83/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
A: creamy hazy yellow; huge head!
S: lemon rind, fresh grapefruit, bread yeast, coriander,
T: I don't know what to make of it: noticeable bitterness amidst a muddle of fruity flavours. Little if any maltiness. Like biting into a bitter grapefruit rind; and the bitterness grows and grows. Not very pleasant.
M: light-bodied.
O: In some ways this beer is like a Saison or even a hefeweizen ... But then there's that hard edged bitterness. Even though I'm not a fan of this beer I'd buy version 2.0 just to see where they take it.
May 30, 2013S: lemon rind, fresh grapefruit, bread yeast, coriander,
T: I don't know what to make of it: noticeable bitterness amidst a muddle of fruity flavours. Little if any maltiness. Like biting into a bitter grapefruit rind; and the bitterness grows and grows. Not very pleasant.
M: light-bodied.
O: In some ways this beer is like a Saison or even a hefeweizen ... But then there's that hard edged bitterness. Even though I'm not a fan of this beer I'd buy version 2.0 just to see where they take it.
Reviewed by Derek from Canada (BC)
4.06/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A: Hazy yellow/straw, white head, great retention & lace.
S: Lots of vanilla, grapefruit, lemon, light mineral.
T: Lots of vanilla and citrus, good spicing, wheaty biscuit, solid bitterness.
M: Well-attenuated, moderate body has a crisp finish.
O: A good drinker. Not overly Belgian, more bitter orange rind than spicing, which is fine with me.
May 12, 2013S: Lots of vanilla, grapefruit, lemon, light mineral.
T: Lots of vanilla and citrus, good spicing, wheaty biscuit, solid bitterness.
M: Well-attenuated, moderate body has a crisp finish.
O: A good drinker. Not overly Belgian, more bitter orange rind than spicing, which is fine with me.
Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
4.07/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
650ml bomber poured into tulip 8/9/12
A milky pale orange with a bone white head as big as you want it, a slow pour still pumps out three fingers of soapy foam, great retention and some spider web lace
S this one confused me a little, banana and bubblegum followed by peppery spice, Belgian yeast, grapefruit rind, and a earthy hop blast. A Hefe/Wit (not to be confused with a developmentally delayed individual) crossed with a Saison and I'm loving it
T more grains and much more spice, I like the flavor but I loved the smell, more rind somehow and no banana and bubblegum
M a little foamy and gritty, medium bodied but the carbonation instantly turns it airy, no booze burn whatsoever, in fact I get no booze anywhere drinking this beer
O I thought this was a pretty solid brew, interesting beer and yet again I'm well above the average
a nice hybrid beer I never really placed, Saison, Belgian IPA, hopped up Wit, who knows? I liked it a fair bit that's about all I know
Sep 09, 2012A milky pale orange with a bone white head as big as you want it, a slow pour still pumps out three fingers of soapy foam, great retention and some spider web lace
S this one confused me a little, banana and bubblegum followed by peppery spice, Belgian yeast, grapefruit rind, and a earthy hop blast. A Hefe/Wit (not to be confused with a developmentally delayed individual) crossed with a Saison and I'm loving it
T more grains and much more spice, I like the flavor but I loved the smell, more rind somehow and no banana and bubblegum
M a little foamy and gritty, medium bodied but the carbonation instantly turns it airy, no booze burn whatsoever, in fact I get no booze anywhere drinking this beer
O I thought this was a pretty solid brew, interesting beer and yet again I'm well above the average
a nice hybrid beer I never really placed, Saison, Belgian IPA, hopped up Wit, who knows? I liked it a fair bit that's about all I know
Reviewed by FondueVoodoo from Canada (BC)
3.12/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: Pours a pale gold with 3 fingers of sudsy head which slowly dissipates into a thin film around the glass.
S: Scents of ripe bananas, Belgian yeast, sweet malts and herby spices.
T: Initial tastes of fruity sweetness followed by yeasty and wheat flavours, similar to a saison, and finishes with a lasting bitter, acrid aftertaste.
M: Light mouthfeel with a very dry finish. Moderate level of carbonation.
O: The initial smell is sweet, yeasty and spicy like a saison, but the taste picks up the bitterness of an IPA without the accompanying floral and pine notes. The two contradictions clash more then compliment each other here. Worth trying, but I don't think I would go for another.
May 26, 2012S: Scents of ripe bananas, Belgian yeast, sweet malts and herby spices.
T: Initial tastes of fruity sweetness followed by yeasty and wheat flavours, similar to a saison, and finishes with a lasting bitter, acrid aftertaste.
M: Light mouthfeel with a very dry finish. Moderate level of carbonation.
O: The initial smell is sweet, yeasty and spicy like a saison, but the taste picks up the bitterness of an IPA without the accompanying floral and pine notes. The two contradictions clash more then compliment each other here. Worth trying, but I don't think I would go for another.
Reviewed by DaftCaskBC from Canada (BC)
3.3/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.3/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: 1" white head over cloudy golden yellow liquid.
S: Yeast, bananans, cloves and wheat.
T: Yeast and strong grassy and earthy hops.
M: Dry mouthfeel along with medium viscosity and carbonation.
O: Average drinkability, but I found the somewhat strong earthy Belgian hops that were added to this White IPA to be quite overpowering.
May 23, 2012S: Yeast, bananans, cloves and wheat.
T: Yeast and strong grassy and earthy hops.
M: Dry mouthfeel along with medium viscosity and carbonation.
O: Average drinkability, but I found the somewhat strong earthy Belgian hops that were added to this White IPA to be quite overpowering.
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