Barley Mill Brew Pub Reviews

DeanF	3.2 Barley Mill Pen City Oatmeal Stout Listed as "Pen City", probably same beer. Soft barley aroma, has good foam on deep dark brown body. Flavour is okay molasses, dark chocolate, some licorice, mouthfeel is full and smooth. This is nice, easy, well crafted, probably their best beer. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	1.4 Barley Mill Berry Sour Has the stench of soft rancid berry, tartness, armpit hops, still foul no matter what. Has okay deep ruby body and some modest foam. Flavour is rotting cheese with some tart berry notes. Terribly cloying aftertaste. This is totally wrong, it only gains a few points because it looks mostly correct and is barely tart. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	1.8 Barley Mill Stallion Vague hops aroma, and I mean really vague. Has murky yellow body with no foam. Flavour is weak hops and vague citrus. Mouthfeel is watery with very modest carbonation. This is the very textbook definition of a boring IPA. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	2.4 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale Soft grain aroma served with a lemon wedge and the lemon lingers. Has weak gold body and little foam. Flavour is weak grain character and nothing else. Mouthfeel has okay carbonation but nothing else. This is highly mediocre, maybe a few dozen more lemon wedges could make it palatable. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	3 Barley Mill Rude Pony Served with an orange slice - who serves an IPA with an orange slice? Anyways it smells of soft hops overpowered by said orange slice, has okay gold body with modest foam. Flavour is soft hoppiness, slightly sweet. Mouthfeel is full, decent carbonation and good oiliness. Hardly memorable but light years ahead of the other ones I've tried from them so far. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	1.6 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Murky brown sugar smell, has muddy brown liquid like the discharge from rusty pipes. Flavour is all butter and brown sugar. Cloying butter aftertaste. This is bad in every respect. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	2.5 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale Soft caramel on the nose, has weak copper body with little foam. Flavour is okay maltiness, some hints of hops. Mouthfeel is way too thin but there's okay carbonation. Average at best. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	1.8 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft Way too soft grain aroma, has weak gold body with minimal foam. Flavour is all heavy butter, weak grain. Finish is all cloying butter. This is all sorts of wrong. Saturday, August 15, 2020
DeanF	2.3 Barley Mill Caballero Cerveza Mexican Lager Soft grain aroma, served with a lime so the lime dominates. Has weak gold body with little foam. Flavour is all murky grain, cloying buttery finish. Very mediocre and boy that lime is necessary. Saturday, August 15, 2020
Oakes	2.8 Barley Mill Pen City Oatmeal Stout Dark brown. Thin head. Light fudgey nose, thin body with just a touch of chocolate. Quite sweet. Wednesday, March 14, 2018
mcberko	3 Barley Mill Pen City Oatmeal Stout On tap at St. Augustine’s, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out subdued dry cocoa and light oats. Flavour is a bit metallic, with oats, subdued dry cocoa and biscuity malt. Thin but pleasant enough. One of the best Barley Mill beers, which isn’t saying much. Friday, March 9, 2018
Ferris	3.2 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Draft - Light honey and ark malts. Clear Amber with a rich beige head. Much like it smells. Dcent but not exciting. Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Ferris	2.9 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale Draft - Lemon (wedge) and biscuit. Clear gold with a decent white head. Biscuit and lemon. Not very wheat like. Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Ferris	3 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft Draft - Light honey and pale malts. McLean gold with a rich white head. Loght pale malts. Not much here, but nothing wrong. Tuesday, August 16, 2016
mcberko	1.7 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale On tap at Barley Mill Pub, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, not much else. Flavour is very bland, with toasted malt dominating, with a fairly sharp astringency on the finish. Not very clean or easy drinking. Bad. Sunday, June 12, 2016
mcberko	1.2 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale On tap at Barley Mill Pub, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma mad flavour are stale, with herbal and biscuity notes, and some definite infected notes (DMS). Very bad. Sunday, June 12, 2016
mcberko	1.5 Barley Mill Caballero Cerveza Mexican Lager On tap at Barley Mill Pub, pours a clear yellow with a small white head, served with a lime wedge (lol). Aroma is more or less bland other than lime. Flavour is even blander than the classic genuine draft. Tastes like nothing. Pointless creation, but at least clean. Sunday, June 12, 2016
mcberko	1.5 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft On tap at Barley Mill Pub, pours a clear piss yellow with a large white head. Aroma is crisp and clean, with straw and biscuity malt. Flavour is basically indistinguishable from a macro lager, with notes of straw, corn and dry biscuity notes. Clean and easy to drink, but it’s basically an industrial lager. What more needs to be said? Sunday, June 12, 2016
Bonaldi_Taylor	2 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale Friday, August 21, 2015
reebtogi	2.9 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale Now called Mustang Pale Ale as I received 2 menus (a drink menu and a food menu) and one menu said Palomino Pale Ale and the other stated Mustang Pale Ale, even though they only have one pale ale on tap. Anyways, pours a golden amber color with a small white head that leaves some spotty lacing on the glass. Mild aroma of grains. Taste is a citrus and grassy hop bitterness with a grainy malt sweetness. Light bodied with moderate carbonation. A decent pale ale, but there are many better ones out there to be had. Tuesday, June 11, 2013
reebtogi	3 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Pint on tap at the brewpub pours amber in color with a small off-white head that leaves a few spots of lacing as it settles. Mild aroma of caramel and chocolate. Taste is light caramel and chocolate malty sweetness with a grassy hop bitterness. Light to medium bodied with mild carbonation. Slightly below average for the style. Tuesday, June 11, 2013
reebtogi	2.6 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale Pint on tap at the brewpub pours a clear pale golden color with no head or lacing. Mild aroma of citrus and cereal grains. Grassy hop bitterness with light citrus and a grainy malt sweetness. Light body and light carbonation. Definitely below standard for the style. Tuesday, June 11, 2013
reebtogi	2.3 Barley Mill Caballero Cerveza Mexican Lager Pint on tap at the brewpub pours a pale straw color with a small white head that leaves only a few small spots of lace behind. Aroma is very mild with some grains. Taste is very light grass bitterness and grainy malty sweetness, but does not finish harshly. Light body and light carbonation. Below average. Tuesday, June 11, 2013
reebtogi	2.5 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft Pint on tap at the brewery pours straw color with a small white head that leaves a few spots of lacing. Aroma is grassy and grainy. Taste is a sharp grassy hop bitterness with a light grainy malt sweetness. Typical macro lager style which means this is not very good and not recommended. Tuesday, June 11, 2013
fiulijn	2.7 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft Draught at the brewpub Pale blond color, with creamy head. The aroma is corn-ish, but also a bit crispy. The flavor is mild, with light cereals, and low bitterness. Very simple. Wednesday, August 10, 2011
fiulijn	2.4 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale Draught at the brewpub Hazy blond color, with creamy head; unfortunately served with a lemon wedge. No aroma; dry mouthfeel, almost with no flavor, and a trace of wheat; ordinary bitterness. Poor. Wednesday, August 10, 2011
fiulijn	2.4 Barley Mill Caballero Cerveza Mexican Lager Draught at the brewpub Pale blond color, creamy head; unfortunately served with a slice of lime. Like its sister Cayuse Wheat, this has almost no aroma and flavor, but it has some corn instead of the trace of wheat; the bitterness is low. Poor. Wednesday, August 10, 2011
fiulijn	2.8 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale Draught at the brewpub Amber-copper color, with creamy head. Light aroma of caramel and just a trace of sweaty hop. Dry mouthfeel, simple caramel flavor, ordinary bitterness with no hop quality. Boring. Wednesday, August 10, 2011
fiulijn	3 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Draught at the brewpub Brown color, with creamy head. Light aroma of nutty caramel. Simple flavor, some caramel, dry, with a nutty edge; ordinary bitterness. Simple. Wednesday, August 10, 2011
thepegjett	2.8 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale A - Roasted caramel A - Dark amber with short lasting creamy head T - Slightly sweet and dry. I would have liked more hops P - Full bodied with soft carbonation O - I liked it. Saturday, April 2, 2011
DuffMan	1.9 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale GCBF 2010. Pale lemony yellow. Low wheaty aroma, watery wheaty flavour. Limp, lacking character. Meh. Wednesday, September 15, 2010
DuffMan	3.2 Barley Mill Red Clover Honey GCBF 2010. Hazy orange amber. Floral honey aroma, honey and peaches in the flavour, nice and bright. Tasty. Tuesday, September 14, 2010
CapFlu	2 Barley Mill Red Clover Honey (Draught) Sampled at the brewpub on June 10, 2010. Lasting white, thin head atop a copper body. Nose is malted corn. Very thin, perhaps some honey in the base but too watery. Definitely no clover spiciness is showing through. I appreciate the effort but this beer needs retooling. 5/2/4/1/8 Tuesday, June 15, 2010
CapFlu	2.1 Barley Mill Caballero Cerveza Mexican Lager (Draught) Sampled at the brewpub on June 10, 2010. Clear, amber with a highly carbonated body. Lime slice having been on the rim is killing the aroma. Mildly lactic is all I can smell. Citrus flavour with a milky finish. Below average. 5/2/4/1/9 Tuesday, June 15, 2010
CapFlu	2.6 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft (Draught) Sampled at the brewpub on June 10, 2010. Lasting, medium white foamy head atio a highly carbonated light yellow body. Nose is tinny, tonic and milky. Smooth, ligh lemon front with a lactic finish. Average. 5/3/5/3/10 Tuesday, June 15, 2010
BrewDad	3.4 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Great Canadian Beer Festival – 2009 – Victoria BC Tasty brew was the first of a great festival. This was malty and finished quite nice. I was impressed lets hope they are all the good or better. What a great festival start. Saturday, September 19, 2009
DuffMan	2 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale Draught @ Milestone’s in the Vancouver airport. I confirmed with the bartender that this beer is made in B.C, so I’m assuming this is the brew. Light copper, generous white head. Grainy aroma with a hint of hops. Interestingly, that hint vanishes on the palate, which is sweet and grainy with a hint of toast. Thursday, February 19, 2009
Gethinbeer	2.3 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft From stubby can. very weak aroma. Golden colour with a thin white lace. Refreshing bitter flavour, a little malt. Bitter, little bit of honey for sweetness. a lager beer really, Wet the palette. Saturday, January 3, 2009
JoeMcPhee	2.4 Barley Mill Classic Genuine Draft From can. Pale golden beer with a light off-white head. Aroma is lightly orangey with a bit of crisp, if somewhat industrial pale malt base. The flavour is quite bland. Lightly fruity flavour. Watery palate but it’s not terribly offensive. Saturday, January 3, 2009
CapFlu	0.9 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale (Draught) Sampled at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2008 in Victoria, September 2008. Butterscotch. Blah! Very poor. 3/2/2/1/1 Thursday, September 11, 2008
SpringsLicker	2.6 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Thanks to Oakes for a can of this . A small white head starts the show. Then some light caramel malt steps in briefly. Thin, watery, inoffensive and ordinary. Sunday, December 2, 2007
jcwattsrugger	2.7 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale @GCBF-on tap-pours a white head that laces and yellow color. Aroma is barnyard wheat, some light hops. Taste is barnyard wheat, some light hops-lemon/slightly flat, some honey. Saturday, October 27, 2007
jcwattsrugger	2.9 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale @GCBF-on tap-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is lots of caramel-medium malt. Taste is lots of caramel-medium malt, some light fruit/yeast, that don’t quite balance, although still nice. Saturday, October 27, 2007
CapFlu	1.2 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale (Draught) Sampled at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2007 in Victoria on September 8th, 2007. Smells of their wheat beer. Flavour of big butter and tonic water. Wednesday, September 19, 2007
CapFlu	0.5 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale (Draught) Sampled at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2007 in Victoria on September 8th, 2007. Near clear with a lightly carbonated and white head. Nose of pure butter and tonic water. Needs popcorn. Yuck! Wednesday, September 19, 2007
HazelRah	2.6 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale This is made for fans of Okanagan Springs Pale Ale and is plain in the same way. A light brown with bitterness begging to be augmented by some dry hopping. Wednesday, December 27, 2006
HazelRah	3.5 Barley Mill Nite Mare Brown Ale Smooth, malty, and not too sweet. This is as good a session brown as I’ve tasted on tap. I’d like to try this one at a warmer temperature than they serve it at, though. Wednesday, December 27, 2006
HazelRah	2 Barley Mill Cayuse Wheat Ale Tangy, but restrained as was the phenolic presence. At least the food is always good at the Barley Mill. Wednesday, December 27, 2006
HazelRah	2.4 Barley Mill Appaloosa Lager Went down smooth without much to distinguish it from any other lager at a brewpub. Good graininess, no adjuncty bite, so can’t complain as it’s meant to quench. Wednesday, December 27, 2006
SpringsLicker	2.7 Barley Mill Mustang Pale Ale From a can sent by Oakes! Pours medium amber with a thin head of white that falls immediately. Nutty caramel aroma, little to no hop aroma. The flavor is lightly sweet lacking any hop character, but the palate is a bigger detractor than the lack of flavors. Chalky, some cardboard with a bit of astringency in the finish. Needs more hops. Tuesday, September 19, 2006