Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16

A big coffee nose on a near-black body with a thin tan head. A really nice and relatively rich porter for 5.8% abv. Taste profile leads with café au lait, supported by some semi-sweet chocolate and a touch of cherries. Not getting any cinnamon here. A nice creamy mouth feel and relatively dry finish make this a winner.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

on tap @ The Beer Bistro.
Lovely beer, quite a bit more coffeeish than last year, but all the flavours are still there. lots of cinnamon, and spices, but a little more coffee, and bitterness than i remember, but all in all, very very nice.

A deep dark porter with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, nice chocolate malt with dark fruits, light cinnamon, pleasant. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt with dark fruits, light mineral notes, light cinnamon and ginger, pleasant. Bottle was 7 years old.

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

Pours a thick, dark brown color with dark brown head. Excellent roasted malt, dark fruit and coffee nose. Medium body that came across more as a coffee porter than a porter spiced with cinnamon. Well balanced, dry mildly bitter finish. Nice

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours pitch black with a creamy and tan head. Aroma is roasted malty. Dark and roasted malty. Breadish. Lingering dark malty. Roasted malty. Lingering dark malty far finish.

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

"strong" being a relative term in terms of a 5.5 percent brew, well sure I ain’t compliancin’ but it sure don’t seem likes a "strong" in my books..... how’mnever we do understand that Ontarians have a constitutional weakness compared to the rest of the world, whereas they just can’t handle things like reality and relativity relative to the rest of the country and/or planet we’s done lives in.....nonetheless I’s got some okay beige head here and brown body, average at best methinks. Aroma is sweet coffee, carrotcake, barley, pumpkin, kinda meh. Flavour is a lot of roasted barley with a decent dry finish, but it’s dry and carrot-y and not complex at all..... which leads me to believe that some may rave over it, but again it’s not the kinda beer I’d advise you to buy a plane ticket to go find. It’s all right, fo sho, no complaints (well, a few) but it’s not a spectacular mess. And at aroond 2000 ratings, that’s exactly what I’m looking for - can’t imagine reviewing all these middling beers for the next decade, sounds like boredom incarnate. Get me some godlike stuff that I can take to the grave, or get outttathaway. Amen, and all that.

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

(bottle) clear very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of spice, roast; creamy palate; balanced, simple flavour with a long light bitter finish

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

What in the world this was doing on shelf in June, being a seasonal beer and all, I have no idea. So I bought it. Also worth a note I wish Gretzky made a beer, like he "makes" a wine, cause this is beer number 99 for me. This beer pours a black, inkiness as dark as my outlook was on election night. With a barely a finger of dense tan head, or 100 fingers by Hudak’s math. Nose of smoky, medicinal black cardamom, molasses, and toasted malts. Nice smooth flavour on the first try, like those first few months of any politician’s rule, before the lies and broken promises become unbearable. Toasted malts, more of that black cardamom flavour, and mild molasses sweetness. Overall very drinkable.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Single bomber from the LCBO. Pours a real dark brown with very little highlights. The beige head is slightly creamy with decent retention and some good amount of lace. Beautiful mild aromas of coffee at first, but seems to go away quickly. Roasted malt, dark fruits and then, after breathing, the cinnamon and other spices come out. Smooth wet mouthfeel (oily a tad) with a medium-full body. Roasted malt flavours with again, mild dark fruits and the cinnamon showing in the finish. Even hints of berries and mint show up which makes this interesting. Just wish it was not as mild overall.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

This porter poured a deep black colour with a quickly dissipating, tan coloured head. Scents include smoke, oak?, leather, ripe fruit and a little cocoa. First swig had a thin mouthfeel to almost watery proportion. Flavours of smoke, caramel, cigarettes and roast. Finish is quite roasty with lite coffee flavours lingering.