Nelson Brewing Co. Reviews

didgerito	2.6 Nelson Hooligan Organic Pilsner Did not see the word organic on the tin anymore. smells like a woody pilsner but a bit brighter, taste is likewise, a brighter more deciduous pils. Wednesday, April 24, 2024
didgerito	4.5 Nelson Loki Lager very crisp with great fine carbonation incredibly easy drinking great metallic note which i love Tuesday, April 16, 2024
pictoman	3.3 Nelson Cryo Pop Hazy IPA Poured from 473mL can. Very lightly hazed gold with white head. A bit sweaty stone fruit hops with a mild malt backing. Okay. Thursday, March 14, 2024
cmacklin	3.5 Nelson Cosmic Haze Double Hazy IPA 473ml can. Pours a hazy yellow orange with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, orange, peach and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, pineapple, guava, earthy yeast and piney hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium to full body with a thick, creamy, smooth texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and well made. Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Gerbeer	3.4 Nelson Wild Honey Ale 473 ml can. Label says Wild Honey Blonde Ale. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of sulphur, honey, and soft toasted malts. Flavors of biscuity malts and honey. Simple stuff. A bit bitter and sweet. Not worth a return. Sunday, December 10, 2023
Gerbeer	3.1 Nelson Faceplant Winter Ale 473 ml can. 6% for 2023. Pours a dark brown with light head. Aromas of toasted malts, dry grass, nuts and a bit of copper. Flavors follow same. Dry. Not sure why this is a “Winter Ale”. Boring. Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Crit	3 Nelson Happy Camper Organic Summer Ale Gold, white head. Light fruity nose and fore. Light malt mid with medium bitterness in finish. Great lace !! Pleasant and easy drinking Tuesday, July 25, 2023
cmacklin	3.2 Nelson Loki Lager 473ml can. Pours a clear yellow with a small, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Mild aroma of grainy pale malt and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of grainy pale malt, cantaloupe, honeydew and light grassy hops in a crisp, dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Clean, refreshing and crushable with lots of flavour. Saturday, April 15, 2023
solidfunk	2.9 Nelson Hooligan Organic Pilsner Some noble hops and a little grain. Some tin. Golden pour with decent head. Finish mostly crisp. Ok. Can. Thursday, March 30, 2023
jercraigs	3.4 Nelson Valhalla Hazy Pale Ale 2023-02-25. Lightly hazy yellow orange body, small off-white head. Aroma has mild fruity hops, melon. Muted citrus. Flavour is lightly bitter, moderate fruity, light tropical fruit and melon. Smooth average to light bodied palate, moderate carbonation. 6-7/3/6-7/3/13-14 Can from Spinnakers, Victoria, BC. Sunday, March 12, 2023
Crit	3.1 Nelson Hooligan Organic Pilsner Hazy gold , lasting white head. Lt spicy hop nose. Sweet fore, very light spicy hops. Very late arriving hop finish. A bit too sweet Thursday, December 22, 2022
cmacklin	3.4 Nelson Mango Coconut Hefeweizen 473ml can. Pours a cloudy yellow-orange with a small, foamy, short lived, off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, banana, mango, yeast, clove and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, mango, coconut, banana, yeast and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a slightly creamy texture and average carbonation. Coconut was pretty faint, but overall an interesting Hefe. Sunday, September 4, 2022
Gerbeer	3.4 Nelson Bent Pole On tap. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of dull pine, hop pellets (cascade/centennial) and toasted malts. Flavors follow sane; old school hopping. Clean with light bitter finish Friday, July 15, 2022
solidfunk	3.7 Nelson Valhalla Hazy Pale Ale Lots of rich citrus here. Comes off nicer than a lot of hazies I've had recently in western Canada. A little green onion but it's light. Hazy yellow pour with pretty good head retention, and good lacing. Clean finish with just a little hop tang. Can. Sunday, April 3, 2022
Oakes	3.2 Nelson Clever Fox Apricot Saison Hazy, pale, medium head. Sugar-coated apricots on the nose, and it's a bit yeasty. Yeasty on the palate, too, with some tartness. Sweaty. It comes across like the apricot is there to cover up a suboptimal saison. The apricot character is sweet-tart. I mean, I don't expect Turkish-level sweetness here, nor do I receive it. The whole production ends up okay. Sunday, February 20, 2022
pictoman	3.5 Nelson Hibernaculum Poured from 473mL can (from New District liquor). Dark brown with small beige head. Lots of raspberry, light chocolate, mild tartness, hint of nuts on the finish. Found it a little lacking in body, but not bad. Thursday, January 27, 2022
Oakes	3.7 Nelson Hibernaculum Dark brown. Medium head. Big razz nose, some chocolate in there as well. Big body, thick chocolate and a lot of raspberry, dropping a touch of tartness in there as well. Saturday, December 25, 2021
Oakes	3.5 Nelson Nerdic Skiing Mild tartness and light body. Rosemary more notable on the nose, more balanced with some of that orange. Saturday, December 25, 2021
Oakes	3.6 Nelson Hooligan Pale Golden, medium head. Hop nose with onions and weed, and a bit of bready pale malt. More mellow on the palate, a mild orange and blueberry hop note, again balancing malt. Saturday, December 25, 2021
Oakes	3.6 Nelson Pridealicious Nice clean sour, sweet strawberry, with a little basil overtop. Hazy blonde. Good balance. Saturday, December 25, 2021
Oakes	3.1 Nelson 50 Shades of Grisette Slight pink colour to the blonde. Hazy. Thin head. Has a saison yeast aroma and taste, with light malts, and a touch of cherry. So mostly dusty...like dupontish yeast but left a bit sweeter than that. Saturday, December 4, 2021
cmacklin	3.7 Nelson Hyperbolic 473ml can. Pours a cloudy magenta with a medium, creamy, long lasting, pink head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, vanilla and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, lactose, grapefruit, vanilla and floral hops in a dry, slightly tart finish. Medium to full body with a thick, creamy, smooth texture and soft carbonation. Not the best beer ever brewed - EVER, but full of flavour and the ABV is well hidden. Thursday, September 23, 2021
DeanF	3.7 Nelson I'd Crush That Has very nice cloudy gold and good foam. Smells of an actually a well executed meld of refreshing guava with a trace of sweet coconut to round it out. Taste is coconut forward with tart sweet guava, ends with lingering coconut and also crisp. This is working extremely well, and I'm a guy who normally hates coconut. Thursday, August 5, 2021
DeanF	3.4 Nelson Pool Vibes Pours with very good foam on cloudy yellow, carbonation a little heavy. Smells of good fresh watermelon, bitter lager hops behind it and not totally cooperating. Taste is okay fruity hops, juicy, ends full and refreshing. It's working quite well for its intended purpose. Thursday, August 5, 2021
DeanF	3.3 Nelson Astro Panther Good blackish brown body and okay foam. Nice sweet roasted coffee, baker's chocolate notes. Taste is more roasty coffee, soft sugariness and a dry finish. Nice enough, a little two dimensional. Tuesday, August 3, 2021
DeanF	3.7 Nelson Hyperbolic Cloudy milky purple body and okay foam. Heavy chewy berry aroma, fresh and tart. Taste is fresh berry, tart but some lingering hop bitterness. Alcohol invisible, refreshing and enjoyable. Tuesday, August 3, 2021
zabrazasca	4.4 Nelson Hop Good Thursday, July 8, 2021
zabrazasca	4.2 Nelson Full Nelson Wednesday, July 7, 2021
zabrazasca	3.1 Nelson Wild Honey Ale Wednesday, July 7, 2021
zabrazasca	3.3 Nelson Paddywhack IPA Wednesday, July 7, 2021
zabrazasca	4 Nelson Old Brewery Pale Ale Wednesday, July 7, 2021
zabrazasca	2.8 Nelson After Dark Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Oakes	3.6 Nelson I'd Crush That Can. Hazy, and the colour is a funny pale salmon thing. The aroma showcases the guava more than anything, I'd say, On the palate, light coconut, light tartness, and a bit of guava. Everything is fairly restrained, but not in a bad way (although I often like coconut to be unrestrained). I actually think this mellow bit of balance works. I don't think I"ve had this flavour combination before, either, which I appreciate. Saturday, June 26, 2021
piscator34	3 Nelson Bent Pole Can. Sold in colour with slight haze and medium carbonation. Aromas of woody caramel, white grapefruit, and sesame seeds. Flavors of driftwood and seeds. Mild grapefruit and grainy malt. Light bodied with moderate bitterness. Everything a bit too muted. Wednesday, June 23, 2021
piscator34	2.4 Nelson Hooligan Organic Pilsner Can. Clear dark yellow in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas of wet pilsner malt, and aloe. Flavors of sprouted grain, black pepper, and orchard fruit. Watery on the palate and quite bland. Wednesday, June 23, 2021
piscator34	3.3 Nelson Power Leopard Can. Clear copper in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas of pine resin, flamed grapefruit peel, and sweet pale malt. Flavors of rich pale malt, more flamed grapefruit peel, mild toffee, and earthy hop. Way more old-school IPA than expected, but still pretty solid. Tuesday, June 22, 2021
piscator34	3.4 Nelson Passmore Pale Ale Can. Clear pale gold in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas of toasted grain, exotic florals, apricot, and citrus. Light bodied with flavors of grainy malt, mild grapefruit and herbal hop notes, along with a hint of caramel. Slight mineral edge on the finish. Well balanced and thristquenching. Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Oakes	3.5 Nelson Power Leopard Vibrant amber, but there's slight haze. Thin head. Herbaceous hops, sweet and bright biscuity malts on the nose. Moderate bitterness, and lots of that biscuit sweetness, veering a bit towards caramel. Light fruitiness, a bit of a marmaladey note I associate with Fuller's yeast, although I think it's just the character of the hops. Dried apricots and those sorts of notes. Saturday, February 27, 2021
Oakes	3.7 Nelson Fjord Hopper Kveik IPA Can, from a random store in YLW. Dull yellow colour, with a frothy head. I like the nose on this quite a bit - a happy melange of pomelo, papaya and rambutan. Low bitterness, although it's enough for balance. The sweet malts come through quite clean, and then there's a touch of yeast in the finish but also a fair bit of orange. The balance is good, the muddy appearance not at all an indicator of the palate. Friday, January 8, 2021
zabrazasca	3.2 Nelson Bent Pole ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Friday, December 25, 2020
xkid_official	3 Nelson Wild Honey Ale Simple, refreshing and crisp. Subtle honey sweetness. Nothing groundbreaking but a tasty one! Friday, December 11, 2020
DeanF	2.2 Nelson Take Er Easy Modest muddy orange body and minimal foam, very faint caramel on the nose but seems clean. Flavour is more modest muddy malt, chewy hazelnut. Slightly cloying sweetness on the back end. Pretty mediocre. Friday, October 23, 2020
DeanF	2.5 Nelson After Dark Pours muddy brown, minimal head. Weak biscuit on the nose. Flavour is more weak biscuit, slight smokiness, chewy molasses. Modest carbonation. Pretty subdued, hardly memorable. Friday, October 23, 2020
DeanF	3.3 Nelson Bent Pole Very good foam, nice cloudy orange body, large carbonation bubbles. Strong sweet hops on the nose, pine, hints of clove. Flavour is good piney hops, mellow malt notes. Mouthfeel is a little too watery, could use more oiliness and crispness. Still rather enjoyable. Friday, October 23, 2020
DeanF	2.8 Nelson Night Lights Tropical IPA Good foam on a clear yellow body, soft sweet fruity hops on the nose that really should be stronger. Flavour is some sweet hops, some bitter hops, but it all comes across rather boozy. Oily mouthfeel and that alcohol lingers, odd for only six and a half percent. Seems disjointed, needs more attention to detail. Saturday, September 19, 2020
DeanF	2.9 Nelson Spruce Tip Ale Nice foam on a weak clear coppery body, lots of lemon and lime on the nose... maybe that's the spruce tip, but it doesn't smell right, more like Mountain Dew than anything else. Flavour is lots of grain, some lemon, slight grass maybe if I think about it real hard. Finish is nicely dry. Seems to underdeliver what's advertised. Saturday, September 19, 2020
DeanF	3.2 Nelson Valhalla Hazy Pale Ale Nice yellow body and very good white foam, earthy pineapple and piney hops on the nose. Flavour is soft pineapply hops, rather subtle and lacking character. Okay dry mouthfeel. Passable but hardly interesting. Saturday, September 19, 2020
mamasquibs	5 Nelson Wild Honey Ale Sunday, August 16, 2020
zabrazasca	3.4 Nelson Happy Camper Organic Summer Ale ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Thursday, August 13, 2020
DeanF	2.5 Nelson Wild Honey Ale The aroma is soft honey with vague grai, has cloudy gold and kind of a bad tinny foam going on. Flavour is all sugary malt and tin. Mouthfeel is more cloying tin, bad carbonation, at least they served it to me cold. This is incredibly mediocre. Monday, August 3, 2020