7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Stray Dog. Exceedingly dark brown color, small tan head. Aroma of dayes, raisins, figs. Taste is sweet prunes and raisins. Interesting stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 23:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Stray Dog in CHCH. Deep maroon brown color, scan tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of chocolate covered brownies dipped in espresso. Taste is rich dark bittetsweet cocoa and lightly burned coffee. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 22:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Clear bright golden yellow color, thick whitebhead, solid lacing. Aroma of white and black pepper, hay. Taste is bitter lager. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2013
at 23:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Dodson Street. Clear golden color, thick off whitebhead, solid lacing. Aroma of lightly toasted caramel. Taste is burnt caramel on toast. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2013
at 23:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draft at Dodson Street. Seems that this latest version is a bit stronger than in previous years. Extremely dark maroon color, beige head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of pure milk chocolate. Taste is Italian coffee soda. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2013
at 23:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Dark maroon color, brown and beige head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of dark cocoa and caffe macchiato. Taste is sweet and roasty dark chocolate and espresso. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2013
at 23:11
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Goldings Free Dive courtesy of the Good George staff, thank you gentlemen. Pours almost completely black, brown head. Nice aroma of pine needles dipped in coffee taste is roasty with a bright bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2013
at 22:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Belmont Station. Pours hazy amber with no head. Aroma of brown sugar/maple. Full bodied. Not too sticky. Flavors of brown sugar/maple/hop, and light berry. No heat. Quite pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2013
at 16:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Third Renaissance of the night. Pours a slightly hazy amber colour with a bubbly warm cap, decent retention and lots of lace. Grassy hops aroma with some heavy grain, mostly caramel, with hints of raisins and wood. Medium-bodied with a slick oily mouthfeel and a very mild dry finish. Again, heavy cereal grains of bread form the base of the taste, with the hop right over it. Pretty close to their English Pale Ale, but not as hoppy, thinking they should probably change their names around for their Pale Ales. Maybe someone played a joke and changed the recipes around.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2013
at 22:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Just finished their American Pale Ale and did not like it, so let’s hope this one is much better (as I do like all of their other brews). This English Pale Ale has a huge bubbly head that lasts longer and delivers some light patchy lace. Slightly hazy and golden-amber, but more on the amber side for this one. Hoppy nose at first, but after breathing, fruit malt come out to balance the grassy aromas. Medium-bodied with a some light dryness in the finish. Bitter and grassy flavours with the fruity and mild grain malts. So, much better than their American Pale Ale. Just not sure this one is an English-style one, as the hop is way present. Probably should be the American one instead.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2013
at 18:38