Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cloak and Dagger, Toronto 20oz pour ($5): Pours a dark amber color with an ok lookin’ head. Aroma is caramel malt and some hops. Taste is mosly similar. Nice amount of bitterness for an amber ale. Good flavour profile in general I would say. Easily sessionable. Not too complex, but definitely better than the run-of-the-mill amber in my opinion.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sample at the Strange Brew Tasting on 02/18/2012. The beer is a clear dark brown color with a medium light tan head that dissipates steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of stale coffee and some off-putting peat. Medium body with flavors of cocoa, mild coffee and malt. The finish is short with a malt aftertaste. Slightly below average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color porter with a medium size light brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma consists of light black chocolate with some medium dry roasted notes and light mocha notes also perceptible. Taste is also a nice enough mix between some mocha with light black chocolate and lightly dry roasted malt notes. Body is a bit thin for style with good carbonation. Not bad though not something I would seek on a regular basis.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
This porter poured a black colour with a tan coloured, rocky head. Light lacing. To the nose there are scents of caramel, coffee, cocoa and cereal. First sip was smooth and slightly bitter with strong flavour of coffee and burnt caramel. Finish is very lightly hoppy with the burnt flavour lingering on the palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(bottle) clear, dark brown colour with small tan head; aroma of roast, coffee; balanced, dry flavour, coffee is not overpowering like in many similar beers
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
A hard taste of smoked barbeque. There is little or no sourness in this porter, and the mocha taste a dead giveaway. It’s pretty decent - had it on tap. Been thinking about buying the bottle at licbo for a while but at ten bucks it’s fairly expensive...esp when trappist triples are going for six/seven bucks
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A deep dark brown porter with a thin mocha head. In aroma, a peaty chocolate, coffee grinds and wood extract. In mouth, a nice smooth porter with light peaty notes, grassy, a bit light bodied but nice. Cask at Beau’s Oktoberfest Oct. 1 2011.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Okay bright gold body, very weak head. Good hoppy aroma. Flavour is a nice light brew with a hoppy finish. This is a good refreshing brew, nothing special, but it’s something you can drink easily.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Came in the OCB Discovery Pack 9 at the LCBO, for summer 2011. Honey coloured (golden with a hue of amber) with a big frothy slightly off-white head that has good retention and dirty lacing. Nice fresh grain scent (biscuit malt) with some mild piney hop well-balanced in the back to add some character. Smooth medium-bodied, not to be too watery, but still be refreshing. Mildly sweet malt with some fruity notes and a lightly dry finish. A pretty good, above average Ontario Pale Ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A reddish brown ale with a thin lacing moka head. In aroma, pleasant nutty malt and floral hops, lightly resinous, chocolate notes. In mouth, a nice nutty and lightly peaty malt, with good hopping, more like a brown than a rousse....but very nice. Bottle from Probstk, thanks Karl.