500ml bottle.
Clear brown pour, small white head. Big nutty aroma with some grassy hops. Thin mouthfeel, logt carb. Very nuttyfinish, some wet paper, and light hops. Pretty basic but well done, and quite pleasant.

(bottle) clear, bright, dark reddish amber colour with a medium tall brown head; aroma of milk chocolate, roast; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish

Bottle from the LCBO. Cloudy dark copper with no head whatsoever. Strong malty nose with vanilla and roasted nuts. Sweet toffee and fruit with some smokiness and a light leafy bitterness. Nuttiness appears in the finish. Medium- slick mouth with VERY soft carbonation. Quite enjoyable despite the carbonation. I would have thought this was just a bad bottle but other reviews have indicated the same.

Bottle - Toasty notes and some nuts. Deep brown with a small beige head. Light toast and nutty notes. Not bad.

Number two of the Historic Beers four pack I picked up. Commme on Black Creek. Will this beer go down like a rock to head to General Zebulon Pike, or a roaring success like the Bladensburg Races? (Anyone getting this historical, yet subtle US bashing? We did win that war after all, if not all the battles.) It pours an almost opaque brown, with a wee bit of mahogany light filtering through. The head it a bit outrageous, four fingers to spill over the glass on a careful pour. Smells of malts, caramel mostly, and dusty oak (ya I know.) The taste has a good amount of caramel malt, and is a little on the sweet side. A little bitterness on the finish, but just a little. I’m not finding much complexity here, but a passible brew. But I think I’m going to ask the guys to go pick up some historically exceptional beer, when they’re over in Belgium to sign that Treaty of Ghent.

A dark reddish brown ale with a thin big bubbled mocha head. In aroma, a sweet nutty malt with light herbal hops, and a bit of boiled veggies. In mouth, a nutty malt with light metallic notes, herbal hops and beany character, so-so. Boring...must have been a drag for the Riflemen....

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur brune et voilée. Nez malté de caramel aux notes terreuses et rôties, léger de noix et de houblon herbeux avec des notes de chocolat noir ainsi que de faibles traces de café. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture légèrement crémeuse. Léger goût de noix asséchant et accompagné de traces de chocolat noir lors de l’entrée en boucbe auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté de caramel moyennement rôti et aux notes terreuses ainsi que des traces de pain grillé puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux ainsi que des notes de café. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, moyen-léger amer de rôti et de houblon herbeux avec des notes de café et de noix rôties.

Bottle: Poured a clear deep brown color ale with a medium size foamy head with low retention and not much lacing. Aroma of caramel malt with some notes of nuts and light dry roasted ester is pretty interesting. Taste is a solid mix between some caramelized malt with clear roasted nuts and light dry roasted malt finish. Body is about average with medium carbonation. Solid for the style though additional body would improve this beer IMHO.

Holy hell, I gotta give it to these guys for finally putting a good one through. Pours kind of reddish brown, quickly dead head. Pretty high carbonation. Smells of roast malt, tastes smoked, hoppy and even some coffee dark. A nice, powerful musk hangs around in the air inside my throat for a protracted time after a sip. Bottle.