On tap at hardrock 42 in Sudbury. Black pour, small brown head. Sweet, chocolate aroma with some nice roasted dark malts. Good mouthfeel, solid carb. Finish is roasty and sweet with more cocoa flavors and some sweet hazelnut. Nice brew, but reminds me of a sweet stout with a lager mouthfeel.

Dark brown with a creamy, beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted grains, coffee. Taste is mildly bitter on a creamy palate. Lingering dark chocolate. Fairly simple but nicely done.

Smell of roasted malt, a faint of peat. Deep bronze colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, some smoke, tar, licorice. Lively carbon. Medium sweet.

Appearance: foggy deep brown, good head. Aroma and taste: pure, dark malts, bread, hop. Light sweet, light to medium bitter. Mellow, well balanced. Mouth feel: light to medium body, appropriate carbonation. Overall: good.

Can: Poured a dark black color lager with a nice off-white foamy head with good retention and light lacing notes. Aroma of roasted malt with some light fruity notes is quite pleasant. Taste is a nice mix of light roasted malt with some bitter notes and some light sweet fruity notes also noticeable. Body is about average with good carbonation. Easy drinking with the right amount of complexity.

This lager poured a deep amber colour with a quick living head. Scents of smoke, malt and caramel. First swig was nice but a little thin in the mouthfeel dept. Malty, smokey flavours most prodominant. Finish is smokey but very good. Thicker would be better... That sounds terrible!

I’m familiar with the seven deadly sins (intimately, wink, wink) but the 8th is a new one on me. What is it? Booziness? Horribly pouring a beer? (There was this time in Singapore...) At any rate Hop City’s version of it pours a dark coke colour with a tan foamy head that fluffed it way up only about a finger. Smells of coffee, roasted malts, and little chocolate in there too. The smell alone got my gluttony and greed a-goin’. The taste however didn’t follow through, mostly malts, with some breads, cereal and a lot less roast than I was expected. There is a metallic hint too, but overall it’s rather light on flavour. (Easy drinking is what the marcobrewers sinfully call it.) Is the 8th disappointment? The Pope might not say so, but for me it just might be. It’s an okay beer, drinkable, but not great.

A reddish copper brown lager with a thick receding lacing mocha head. In aroma, nice bitter chocolate malt with coffee grind, roasty and nice. In mouth, a nice roasted chocolate malt with light grassy hops, a bit thin but overall nice. On tap at loose moose.

Can from the LCBO. Dark brown pour with a big tan head. Nose is coffee and chocolate and roasted malts. Sweet chocolate and caramel front but finish provides a little bitterness though somewhat soft. Medium creamy mouth with medium carbonation. Decent.

Single can from the LCBO. Pours a dark brown colour with a big frothy beige head, good retention and soapy lace. Aromas of roasted malts and butterscotch with hints of grassy hops and nuts. Smooth mouthfeel, between wet and slightly creamy with a little stickiness. Light flavours of roasted malt, giving notes of coffee and nuts, with the nice yeast. I really enjoyed this one, and so did Lilihel. She would keep some of these in her fridge.