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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clean amber colour with a frothy warm, light-yellow coloured head, average retention and minimal lacing. Lots of freshly grounded ginger smell with hints of fruitiness, sweetness. The taste shows the fruity malts as well with the ginger giving a gingerbread feel, dipped in an amber beer. The cranberries are hard to get in here, so not really a fruit beer, but a nice spiced Christmas brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
This ale poured a hazy light yellow colour with a fizzy, bright white head. Minimal lacing. Scents include orange citrus, a little creamsicle and a tiny bit of clove? First swig was creamy, quite carbonated and a little thin. Flavours of creamsicle and light malt. Finish is lightly creamsicle tasting.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Can that pours a clean, golden colour with a foamy white cap, average retention and light lace. Lime juice nose with some sweet malts giving some cereal notes. I also get some rusty water, which seems to leak in the taste as well. Flavours of hints of lime juice and the cereal malts are milder than in the aromas. Very light salt lingers on the tongue. Must be refreshing to drink cold, and better to cut the slight rustiness. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Big frothy warm cap, good retention, leaving some thick patchy lacing. Light golden colour and just slightly hazy. Caramel nose, kind of like diacetyl - so not what I was expecting for aromas. Mild hops in the background. Diacetyl seems to be in the taste as well. Not as strong, but still... for a juicy IPA ?? Again, some hops to save things a little, in the finish. Not sure what is really going on here, but not really juicy, and really not what I thought this would be.
Wheaty, sweet, citrusy, orange peel
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
This porter poured a deep black colour with a creamy, medium brown coloured head. Beautiful lacing. Scents include dark chocolate, smoke and molasses. First swig was a welcome, slightly thin. Flavours of dark chocolate, caramel and a hint of cherries. Finish is burnt with a good helping of chocolate lingering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
This ale poured a crystal clear, amber colour with a creamy, off white head. Nice lacing. Scents include caramel, perfume and a little maple. First swig was smooth and malty with light hop flavour/bitterness. Flavours of caramel and floral hops most prominent. Finish is lightly bitter with that malt flavour lingering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from the LCBO. Slightly hazy pale gold under a large fluffy quick fading white head. Nose is citrus and tropical fruit with a some honey and floral notes. Light+ sweet start with a medium bitterness . Mouth is medium and oily with average carb. 7/3+/7/3/14
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Looks like cola pouring from the can with a big creamy-frothy beige cap that goes down very slowly and leaves a little creamy-spotted lacing. Lots of chocolate and cocoa powder in the nose, over the roasted malts. Hints of spices, nuts, vanilla and earthiness. There is a slight cherry sour kick at first in the flavours, but the chocolate and roasted malt are mostly taking over. Not too sweet. Definitely roasty. Light cherry notes blended in all of this pretty good porter. Until next year !
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
I’m not a big fan of Railway City but I loved creamsicles as a kid so grabbed this before leaving Toronto. Railway City orange Creamsic Ale 4.8% Opaque orange gold with a fast dissipating head. The aroma is an ok approximation of a creamsicle but a bit fake. The taste is tangy old citrus with a bit of cream. Meh, awesome label but an average beer at best. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone