City and Colour
Flying Monkeys in Barrie, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.39
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A sultry, thick, high-alcohol Imperial Maple Wheat Ale brewed with maple syrup and infused with fair-trade, organic Bourbon vanilla pods chiming in at 11.5% abv.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Brown bottle, 750 ml, gift from Louise (merci!), savoured on July 27 2013; eye: maroon, semi-opaque, nice beige head, nice effervescence, light lacing; nose: toffee, maple, malt, maple extract, slight burnt, vanilla extract; mouth: toffee, maple extract, malt, alcohol, slight burnt, slight alcohol, vanilla extract, finale in maple extract with presence of acridness, medium-full body, quite sweet, cloying texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, cadeau de Louise (merci!), savourée le 27 juillet 2013; œil : marron, semi-opaque, belle mousse beige, bonne effervescence, légère dentelle; nez : toffee, érable, malt, extrait d’érable, très léger brûlé, extrait de vanille; bouche : toffee, extrait d’érable, malt, alcool, très léger brûlé, très léger alcool, extrait de vanille, finale en extrait d’érable avec présence d’âcreté, corps moyen-corsé, pas mal sucrée, texture toquante; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2013
at 10:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours clear orange with ok head and lacing. Very heavy on maple. Syrupy texture. Aside from maple, aroma has some malt and lots of booze. Very sweet finish. Tap at Session.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2013
at 21:15