5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
473 ml can. Pours a reddish brown with light foamy head. Aromas of tangy dried fruit, light caramel, and toasted malts. Flavors of soft toasty malts. Nothing much else, so more of a malt liquor. Premium? Only in the cost vs delivery… Drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2026
at 22:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 473mL can. Clear dark copper brown with small beige head. Burnt bread crusts, feint caramel malt underlay, simple, decent.
Tried
from Can
at
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - 41st Ave
on 22 Mar 2026
at 05:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
568mL can. Pours clear gold with a light beige head. Resin, pine, and chewy caramel malts on the nose. Flavour has plenty of piney hops, resin, moderate bitterness, and a chewy malt backbone. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 10 Mar 2026
at 21:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 473mL can. Medium-dark mahogany brown with beige head. Piney resinous hops upfront with soft caramel malt underlay. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - New Westminster
on 10 Mar 2026
at 02:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
473mL can, pours a deep dark mahogany with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out lots of chewy resinous hops, a touch of pine, and a big caramel malt backbone. Flavour is much the same, revealing plenty of resinous hops, big caramel malt that borders on roast, finishing piney, bitter and dry. Sort of more like a black IPA than a red IPA with all that roast and bitterness. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from
Legacy Liquor Store
on 24 Feb 2026
at 06:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 5
Huge can. Pours a dark brown with full head. Aromas of chocolate, lactose, dark fruit, and roasted malts. Flavors follow same with more lactose and roasted malts, plus some nuttiness and a feel for whiskey rather than real flavors. I think the whiskey may be exaggerating the lactose notes. Stupid to put an imperial stout in a huge can. That’s just pure greed. Minus points.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2026
at 00:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473mL can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has plenty of oats, some cocoa nibs, and a touch of roast. Flavour is dry, with oats, light cocoa nibs, gentle roast, and some earthy breadiness. Fairly light and dry but pleasant.
Tried
from Can
from
Legacy Liquor Store
on 12 Feb 2026
at 07:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
568mL can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has plenty of roasted malt, a touch of whiskey, and a touch of cocoa. Flavour has medium toasted malt, a touch of roast, some smokiness from the whiskey, and a tiny touch of sugars. This shouldn’t work. Somewhat thin-bodied but it’s pleasant enough.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - South Granville
on 17 Jan 2026
at 08:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473mL can. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Big resinous pine and chewy malts on the nose. Flavour has a crisp and bitter hop expression, very piney and resinous, and a chewy biscuit malt backbone. Great west coast IPA.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - South Granville
on 16 Jan 2026
at 01:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
568mL can. Pours black with a beige head. Roasted malts, some nuts, and light whiskey on the nose. Flavour has a pretty solid roast character, whiskey, some earthy coffee, a bit nutty. Questionable concept, but turned out quite nicely.
Tried
from Can
from
High Point - Beer Wine Spirits
on 14 Jan 2026
at 02:45