7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(375ml bottle from 4th and 7, Toronto) Pours black with a tight little mocha head. Aroma starts with a brutally strong hit of black olives, salty/umami overload that the dessert pastry vibes can't really compete with. Fortunately 5 minutes of air clears the umami, revealing notes of dark caramel and chocolate blend, sweet and lightly floral vanilla, wafer-like cookie vibes, moderate hazelnut, some roast and earth from the cacao and coffee. Flavour never gets the same umami hits, thankfully; very sweet up front with caramel and toffee candies, wafers for sure, fair bit of vanilla, chocolate chunks, creamy hazelnut coffee, dark roast. Finish dries just a little but becomes much roastier and a bit more bitter, hazelnut with some cream, cacao earth, coffee grounds, still dessert AF though. Touch of booze. Medium-bodied, oily, very softly carbonated. Once the umami overdose got over itself this was pretty solid pastry for Ontario.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 15:29