5.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
473mL can. Pours murky gold with foamy white head. Bubblegum sweetness on the nose is dialed in by a restrained malty character. Flavour has chewy bubblegum, sweetbread; lingering bitter finish to the sweets. Definitely a bit better dialed in than the blonde version, but still pretty half-assed.
Tried
from Can
from
High Point - Beer Wine Spirits
on 05 Feb 2025
at 03:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
473mL can. Pours murky dull gold with a white head. Bubblegum esters and sugary caramel on the nose. Flavour has bubblegum, burnt caramel, and dry wood. The nose is a bit fucked, but the flavour profile is almost okay. It's the bubblegum that kills the flavour unfortunately. Disappointing
Tried
from Can
from
High Point - Beer Wine Spirits
on 05 Feb 2025
at 02:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, Legacy. Looks quite dark for a pale ale, like a light brown/amber. The head is thin and bubble. The aroma is earthy, fairly chewy. There’s a lot of malt here, and I wouldn’t surprised if wet hops from Texada - didn’t know there was a hop farm there, cool - are mild. The taste is malt-forward, with chewy, toasty malts, a bit of biscuit, and even some richer caramelized sugars. The hops are woody, apparent in some bitterness, but not overly strong there, and hardly registering at all in the aroma/taste side of things. The finish is mostly sweeter, chewier malts and a bit of woodiness, along with a vague sense of lingering bitterness. A good amber ale, more or less, with more hop than that description might normally imply.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2025
at 19:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Brewed 11/10-2023. Dark brown, seems clear. Decent, dark tan head. Aroma: Dark malt, roasted. Coffee. Taste: Dark malt, good amount of coffee. Roasted. Some dark chocolate. Good. Bought: Gift from JC - thanks!, 473 ml can Info: 5/10-2024, BB: ??/??-????
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2024
at 06:46
7.4/10
Draft at the source. Cloudy golden amber color white head. Aroma of dusty berries and fresh hay. Taste is blackberry bubblegum and dusty straw. Nice one
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2024
at 21:22
8.4/10
Draft at the source. Dark clear brown color light tan head. Aroma of earthy coffee grounds and unsweetened cocoa. Taste is earthy coffee. Dry finish. Delicious
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2024
at 20:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown dense beige head. Light nose, earthy and vague coffee. Palate of dry malt, bitter chocolate & coffee tones Best ever from them but that isn't saying much
Tried
on 20 Feb 2024
at 00:33
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with full head. Aromas of freeze dried coffee, nutty chocolate and oily roasted malts. Flavors of acrid almost sour roasted malts
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2023
at 00:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
473mL can, pours black with a small light brown head. Nose is full of dry espresso and dusty cocoa nibs in good complementarity. Flavour is on the dry side, with plenty of dry cocoa nibs, medium espresso roast, and some earthiness. Labeled a dessert stout, but it really does not come across that way, at least compared to all the pastry stouts out there these days. This is just a nice dry, medium roast stout complemented by a bit of coffee and cocoa. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2023
at 03:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Updated April 2025: 473 ml can. Pours a dark reddish brown with moderate head. Aromas of candi sugar, raisins, copper, and toasted malts. Flavors of coppery mineral water, raisins and toasted malts. Harsh . Seems typical of a North American attempt at a Belgian, overly metallic and missing both depth and complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2022
at 03:19