Etobichoker
Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.21
|
|
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Etobichoker from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A hazed amber ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, nice fruity malt with smooth candy sugar, fruity esters, incense, and resinous hops. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with loads of banana notes, cloves, eugenol, and floral hops, with light alcohol burn. On tap at Arrow and Loon.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Etobichoker from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Nice package. Pours orange with good radical and lacing. Aroma of Belgian yeast, some florals, light booze. Comes together well. Light sweet malt finish either a little booze. Finishes with some tang and citrus. Tap at Arrow and Loon .
mcberko (47456) reviewed Etobichoker from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500mL can, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a hazy bronze with a medium white foamy head. Aroma is very inviting, bringing out both Belgian and IPA notes, with floral hops, Belgian yeast, and pine - thankfully not hinting at much sweetness. Flavour is similar and really well-balanced between the two styles, with equal parts Belgian yeast and piney floral hops. Just enough of a malt backbone to hold it all together. Mouthfeel is creamy, dry, and slightly yeasty on the finish. A most excellent hybrid beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(Project X bottle from brewery - labeled as a Belgian Strong, 9.5%, 55IBU) Pours a slightly hazy pale orange with a decent head of white froth leaving some lace. Aroma is a blend of fruit from Belgian yeast/malt and from hops - there are rich sweet peach/tropical fruit notes, a bit of herbal/lemon freshness, that coconut-like richness and some alcohol. Flavour is pretty sweet to start, that rich Belgian candy sugar/malt character with orange (fruit and zest) prominent among a lot of general fruitiness. There’s more of that coconut type note mid-palate, some herbal hops, and then the beer dries out and a moderate, slightly spicy hop bitterness finishes it off. Mouthfeel is reasonably thick and syrupy with soft carbonation, and somewhat noticeable alcohol. Interesting - not quite sure what the style is, not quite sure I care! It’s a good blend of malt, yeast and hops fruit characters, and it’s quite tasty.