5.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Brown color with a chocolate malty aroma. Taste is roasted with a hint of sweetness. Coffee bitterness at the end.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ Craft Culture, Queens (May 2024). Clear reddish brown with a small foamy beige head, caramel malt aroma, high carbonation, bitter dark roasted malt taste, faint caramel flavor, thin body, long medium bitter finish. A bit too thin and watery.

6.4

A bit thin. The adjunct don’t do much to shine through. Just a weak kinda lame beer. Nhl adventkal 2022

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a very dark brown from a can. Nicely roasty, coffee aroma. A little more coffee in the mouth, maybe a little too much so? Good beer.

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

473ml can. Clear, dark brwon colour with ruby shimmer and huge, frothy, moderately to mostly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Slightly earthy, nutty, toasty, caramel malty and yeasty fruity aroma, hints of caramel and lingonberry, dusty, yeasty overtones. Taste is rather dry, slightly earthy, nutty, toasty, caramel malty, minimally yeasty fruity, slightly leafy hoppy, diluted hints of dark caramel, toasted nuts, minimally chalky overtones. Watery texture, dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation. Rather dry, quite watery, almost a bit anaemic - so-so.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can: Poured a dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is malty, nutty, chocolate. Taste is rich malts, nutty, chalky, light bitterness.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Older tasting notes from a Beer52 package. Dark brown pour with a with a beige head. Aromas of malt, red berries. Tastes of roasted malt, caramel, coffee. Quite nice.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can from Half Time. Clear, dark brown pour, small foamy head subsides. Aroma is a Deep, roasty malts, a bit more roasty than the norm, eliciting coffee notes. Taste is roasty malts, coffee. Minor bitterness.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33cl can from beer52
Lots of carbonation. Thin beige head. Clear deep amber pour. A decent brown ale.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can pour from Total Wine & More, Burlington. Appearance is dark, dark mahogany-brown with light sparkle, thin cap of beige head with poor retention and trace lacing. Aroma is toasted bittersweet malts, nuts, earth, cardboard. Taste is roasted malt, earth, vague nuts. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth, frothy texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, pretty standard brown ale with an earthy, nutty bent.