Nothing gets between me and trying another sour ale. So back in Foggy Vancouver at the alibi room it pours with a nice murky swamp brown-copper and minimal head. Typical aroma of malt and hops with cherry hints, approaching complexity. Has a nice balanced flavour of malt and cherry, cool finish due to the low abv. That’s fine, that’s great, that’s a drinkable beer. Not sour enough l, but whatch ya gonna do.

On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a clear pale blonde with a large white head. Aroma brings out metalli notes, dry biscuity malt and rather abrasive hopping. Flavour is along the same lines, with a bone dry biscuity malt backbone paving way for bone dry hopping and a slight metallic tinge. Certainly brewed to style, but without much character. Clean enough and drinkable, but pretty boring.

On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a fairly clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is very dry, with Belgian yeast and biscuity malt, also a touch of cardboard. Flavour is along the same lines, with a very clean palate of dry crackery malt and subtle Belgian yeast. No notes of cardboard in the flavour. Dry finish that is balanced and refreshing. Very nice blonde.

650 ml bottle. Pours a clear dark brown with no head. Aromas of dark caramel, cherries and alcohol. Flavors of dark nutty caramel, dark raisins, and brown sugar, with quite a bit of alcohol. Nice base if alcohol was checked. Leans towards a barleywine

Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Hazy golden color, very small head. Very light aroma of bread; I wonder if it would show more, from a different glass, bus as is it’s too mild. The mouthfeel is light but not too weak, dry; the malt flavor is not impressive, but at least there are some cereals and a biscuity character; good bitterness level, maybe a light herbaceous touch, but the hops don’t provide the expected quality. Some chicory-like bitterness, unwanted.
Clean beer, but misses the point, not being able to strike either with the malt or the hop.

Cask at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver; 414 ml
Dark brown color, almost black, with small beige head. Bold beer, the smoothness and roundness is highlighted by the cask conditioning; moderately sweet, with an accent on caramel; but there is a sharp burnt feeling, like coffee, that is less than pleasant. Very similar to the regular Double Dubbel. I’d like to try this strong beer without the coffee.

Bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver
Dark brown color, no head at all. Caramel aroma, with a soapy touch that is sooo North American.Full bodied; nice caramel and malt flavor, they used a very fruity yeast, candi sugar, too much alcohol presence, just the minimal required bitterness, a bit nutty.
Nice, but it’s an American strong beer, not much Belgium here.

Bottle - Raisin, plum and nice rich dark fruit. Deep brown with a decent with a decent off white head. Some spice, tobacco and dark fruit. Decent.

Waxed bottle poured and split at Matt’s. Thanks Alex. Pours a dark ruby color with a patchy fizz head. Over ripe fruit aroma. Harsh ripe berry fruiy, grape, dark fruit. Maybe brown sugar. This was a weird blend of fruit here, and strong harsh flavor. Rough beer for me. Not my thing.