4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle from Loblaws. Hazy amber body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Very faint lacing. Aroma of rust, digestive biscuit and pot puri. Flavour of stewed tea, metallic water and stale bread. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Soft fizz. Horribly metallic - I couldn’t finish the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2016
at 19:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a deep amber colour with a warm cap, good retention and creamy lacing. Loads of apples in the nose with some caramel, roasted malts and hints of nuttiness. The roasted malts are pretty tasty with some good hops. After the bitterness ends, some light sweetness lingers (brown sugars). Some rusty water aromas do come out with time. A pretty nice brew with a decent balance of sweet-fruity malts and stronger hops in the mouth.
Tried
on 16 May 2016
at 20:43
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a hazy light-golden colour with a nice white cap, good retention and foamy lacing. A good balance of mild cereal grain and hops. The taste is a little of the same, but with the hops showing in the finish that is not as balanced with the very mild malts. Overall refreshing and what a blonde should be. Wish the hops were as tasty as the nose gives out to be.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2016
at 20:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a nice dark brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of chocolate malt notes with some light bourbon and some light roasted malt. Taste is a quite nice mix of chocolate malt notes with light roasted malt notes offset by some vanilla and bourbon notes with a smooth finish. Body is full with nice creamy texture and some good carbonation with no warming alcohol. Solid BA stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2016
at 20:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a bright amber color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal and peppery notes is enjoyable. Taste is a nice mix between some peppery yeast notes, some cereal and light citrusy hoppy notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable and easy to drink though hoppy side could me more pronounced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2016
at 19:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
(On tap @ Lansdowne Brewery, Jan 13 2016) Pours deep amber brown with a moderate whitish head with lots of lace. Lemon zest and orange juice, caramel and toffee, a little pine. Palate is sweetish and malt forward but with some lemon, white grapefruit, and a good kick of pine bitterness. A little bread to what is mostly caramel malt at the core. Aftertaste has moderately high bitterness, resin, pith. Medium body, alcohol not totally hidden, average carbonation. Not quite as juicy as I’d like and a little malty, but a decent DIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2016
at 16:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap @ WVRST, Toronto, Jan 6 2016) Pours pitch black with small pale brown head and no lace. Aroma roasted dark malt, brown sugar, molasses, light vanilla, dark chocolate, light coffee, a bit woody. Flavour of unsweetened dark chocolate, a bit of toffee and brown sugar, roasted malts, light ash, wood, vanilla. Finish is light roast bitterness, dusty, malt lingers, a hint of alcohol. Medium bodied, average carb. A decent imperial stout but the barrel doesn’t come through much. Not bad, not exciting either.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2016
at 15:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Brown color, cloudy, small head. Good body strength; the aroma is dusty; it’s fairly sweet; mix of dirt and rum, liquorice, malt. Some puke.
Very messy, all over the place.
Brown color, cloudy, small head. Good body strength; the aroma is dusty; it’s fairly sweet; mix of dirt and rum, liquorice, malt. Some puke.
Very messy, all over the place.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2016
at 13:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This coffee porter pours a cola-like look with a big warm-beige head that stays long and creates decent creamy lacing. The aromas have lots of herbal hops over the roasted malts and coffee notes. The taste is pretty much the same with some nice dryness in the finish from the hops. Roasted malts and the coffee is kind of mild overall. I think I might prefer the Mill Street version as the coffee is more present. Not liking the balance of the hops in this one.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2016
at 23:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Coffee and some black roast. Pies black with ok head. Lift sweet finish with some caramel. A little cloying on finish. Not bad. Bottle from lick bow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2015
at 19:40