500 ml can from the lcbo, bottle says 4.5%. Clear copper pour, medium frothy white head. Biscuity, cracker malts, and some tame grassy hops. Soft carb, soft mouth feel. Quite a bitter finish, a little astringent, the bitterness really lingers, with a floral, grassiness. A nice session ale, but a little too bitter to be 100% sessionable.

Can from RCSS. Clear pale gold with a small slow fading white head. Nose is earthy hops and toffee with some honey and light floral notes. Flavour is light sweet with a more pronounced herbal bitterness along with some spice and hints of citrus. Mouth is slightly thin and slick with soft carbonation and a lingering bitter finish that i wasn’t expecting. 7/3+/6+/3/14

(can) hazy, bright yellow colour with a tall beige head; aroma of stewed fruit; mostly dry and bitter flavour with a long, medium bitter finish; watery palate

Man do I live close to this brewery (at least for a couple of more months) and I’ve never been. I always get waylaid by Indie Ale House. (Mmmmm sweet Indie.) But when they show up at the LCBO (which is farther from my house than the brewery) I have to buy one. Hope it inspires a walk over. Pour from a can into the proper Junction Glass (one of only two branded glasses I own.) Golden with a white head, that reduces to a dense sheet with a little lacing. Really light on the nose, malts and just a little indiscriminate hops, a touch of corn syrup. Taste is similar to the smell, hay malts, bitter hops, and a little corn syrup again. The bitterness hangs around. Doesn’t impress.

A golden ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, nice crisp biscuit malt with grassy hops, lightly resinous, pleasant. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, very nice. On tap at brewery.

Single can from the LCBO (4.5% ABV.). Pours a very slight hazy, rich golden colour (with almost an amber hue). The head gets pretty creamy, off-white, lasts pretty long and has good amounts of lace. Toasted malt aromas, quite grainy with some fruity notes. The first sip had this rusty water taste from the hops, which I never like in any beers. Thankfully, it goes away after a while. The grassy hops are quite nice after that, over some cereal malts that linger together. Makes a decent session ale with big flavours.

On tap at the Ottawa Beerfest. 4.6% an opaque copper pour. It has quite an earthy malt aroma medium bodium with a smooth mouthfeel. The taste is satisfyingly earthy light fruit notes and has a crisp bitter finish. Nothing to write home about but it is a satisfying ale.