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Vancouver Island Sea Dog Amber Ale

Vancouver Island Sea Dog Amber Ale

Rated 3.213 by BeerPals

Brewed by Vancouver Island Brewing Company

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Style:  Amber Ale

5.2% Alcohol by Volume

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Ready, Aye, Ready! We’re proud that our brewery’s hometown is also the base of the Canadian Pacific Naval Fleet. As a tribute to our nation’s Naval heritage, and to commemorate our Canadian Naval Centennial, we’ve crafted a unique beer for a unique occasion. Sea Dog is an amber coloured beer with a burst of hops and smooth malt finish. Here’s to 100 years of protecting our waters, our citizens and our sovereignty...Bravo Zulu!

ID: 47922 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 12 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank19721
Overall Percentile64.5
Style Rank321 of 1302
Style Percentile75.3
Lowest Score2.7
Highest Score3.6
Average Score3.340
Weighted Score3.213
Standard Deviation0.397

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  • PALEALERIDER 2314 reviews
    rated 3.2 11 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Pours a foamy off white head and has an amber appearance but is still quite clear. Mild and light roasted malt aromas, wheats, grains and earthy hops. Flavours are mainly dark roasted malts. Very light toffee and caramel hints. Wet mouthfeel. Light tingling sensation. Pretty good.

  • POOTZ 1565 reviews
    rated 3.6 11 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Bottle - Puts a clear copper ale in the glass with a 1 finger cap that goes to a surface lace, but does modestly lace the glass. Aroma has a bit of burnt caramel and some grassy tones. Silky mouth feel, medium bodied. Flavour has some nice maltiness in front the hopping is in a support role here so there are some pleasant malt-hop combination tastes, toasty caramel, hints of licorice, boiled apple butter - goes to a clean malt forward finish with the hops giving a light tang in the end. Great choice of malts , important in an amber. Quite drinkable and flavourful for a commercial craft ale, I was surprised.

  • CYRENAICA 2418 reviews
    rated 3.6 2 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    September 24, 2013
    LCBO Outlet #483B (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Royal Bank Plaza)
    341ml bottle
    5.2% ABV
    $2.24
    The beer pours a translucent dark amber colour with a thin tad head. Aroma is sweet malt, molasses, and grains. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is on the sweet malt with dark fruit, molasses, and grains.

  • MYKE 542 reviews
    rated 2.7 11 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    There's really not much to say about this one, other than the fact it's kind of weak and bland, but drinkable. Would make for a good lawn chair beer.

  • CHOPZ 7473 reviews
    rated 3.6 11 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

    From the LCBO, in the BC Craft Brewers Guild Natural Selections 6-pack. Pours a clean deep amber colour with a nice warm frothy head, great retention and patchy lacing. Cereal nose with some oats and hints of chocolate and spices, hops. The taste is milder, on the malty cereal side as well, with some light soapy hops and again, these chocolate notes (which I have no idea where it comes from, but chocolate malts in an amber ??). Quite interesting, different amber ale, worth trying.

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