8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Boss pour at the brewery, because fuck it, sometimes you just gotta walk straight to the bar and order 12oz of imperial stout. Now, they did say 2024 and if we call it something else that will be confusing. This was released in 2024. Very dark, with a thick head. This looks appetizing. Rich dark malts, toffee, molasses, good bitterness, some alcohol in the finish, but there’s still good sugary balance. Rounded. I really liked this one...and it was poured a bit too cold and still rocked.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2024
at 01:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
355mL can [labelled Penelope Passionfruit Sour]. Pours murky blonde with fast-fading foamy white head. Aroma has juicy passionfruit. Flavour has a bunch of passionfruit up front, moderate tartness, very light acidity; foamy mouthfeel. Very simple, but still enjoyable; a decent kettle sour.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2024
at 21:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flight pour at brewery. Pours black with small beige head. Aroma has tons of bourbon barrels, some chocolate. Flavour has a deep and rich bourbon barrel and malt profile. Smooth mouthfeel. Tons of well-incorporated bourbon barrel character. Excellent.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2024
at 22:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Flight pour at brewery. Pours clear blonde with small white head. Aroma has crisp semi-sweet apples and a bit of farmhouse funk. Flavour has slightly tart semi-sweet apples, skins, only a small touch of funk. Effervescent carbonation. Not bad, but the palate has less funk than the nose suggested.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2024
at 22:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flight pour at brewery. Pours dark brown with off-white head. Aroma has roasted malt and general earthiness. Flavour has roasted, grainy malts, a touch of espresso and cocoa. Simple, but decent enough.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2024
at 22:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flight pour at brewery. Pours almost clear blonde with white head. Aroma has pine, mango, light citrus. Flavour has bitter pine, some bright dank oils, somewhat juicy stonefruit. Pretty decent, nice and brights hops, though a bit on the tame side.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2024
at 22:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 650mL bottle shared with Chris M in Halifax. Chill hazed golden yellow with small white head. Funk and barnyard with light tart sourness. Actually quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2024
at 01:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Strange Fellows, pours a hazy dull golden with a small white head. Aroma has some spicy hops, light pine, a touch of stone fruit zest, and cereal malt. Flavour is fairly fruity, with melon, stone fruit, some bitter pine, light spiciness to the hops, and toasted grains. Fairly bright, reasonably fruity, not much residual bitterness. Pleasant enough, but a bit lacklustre and lacking cohesion.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2024
at 21:19
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Strange Fellows, pours a cloudy bright peachy pink with a small white head. Aroma is still mostly a function of yogurty lacto despite the earthy rhubarb being there in the background and strawberries to a lesser extent. Flavour is tart and yogurty, with plenty of jammy strawberries, a touch of earthy rhubarb, and then a boatload of lacto. The yogurty character is really too intense and overtakes the fruit. Another lame fruited kettle sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2024
at 21:14
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Strange Fellows, pours a cloudy yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of chalk and car exhaust, some stone fruit pith, and a touch of allium — I don't detect any Nelson whatsoever. Flavour has plenty of hopburn, light chalk, a touch of stone fruit pith, but then the residual astringency / hopburn kicks in again. Muffled, astringent and poorly calibrated.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2024
at 21:14