5

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

473mL can. Pours hazy light gold with a white head. Dead hops and stale malts on the nose. Flavour has stale pine, old citrus, stale crackers. Generally just a stale IPA, though it's only 3 months old.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473mL can. Pours a dark brown with a white head. Tons of toasted bread, gentle nuttiness on the nose. Flavour has burnt bread, toasted nuts; quite earthy. Decent carbonation. Nice dark lager with good roast character.

7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Medium brown. Thin head. Nutty, with a slight toffeeish accent. Decent body. It's not bad - doesn't have the malt richness the style should have, but some good character, body and the dry take is okay for schwarzbier.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

473mL can, pours a dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has dry bready malt, toasted nuts, and some earthiness. Flavour is dry, with bready malt, some earthiness, and a touch of toasted nuts. Earthy, bready, and lightly herbal. It’s alright.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Poured from 473mL can (pkg 2024/09/30; thanks Sammy). Medium dark brown with small light beige head. Dry bread crusts, clean and simple, but a touch thin. Average.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from the LCBO. Super dark mahogany with a small khaki cap. Nose is dark roast, coffee, and chocolate. Light molasses sweetness with a medium- dark chocolate and coffee bitterness. Mouth is medium- with slightly soft carbonation and a dry finish. 8-/3/7/3/14

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Schwarzes Lager, in der Nase angenehm röstig, ebenso im Trunk. Fast wie ein Stout nur etwas leichter. Passt.

7

A golden pils with a thick frothy lacing white head. In aroma, nice crisp biscuit malt with grassy German hops, light mineral notes, pleasant and classic. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with grassy German hops, light mineral notes, light chalky notes, pleasant. On tap at Dominion City.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured from 473mL can (w/ the brewnosers). Slightly hazed copper with small white head. Toasted nuts, dry bitter finish. Decent.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from 473mL can (w/ the brewnosers). Hazy amber with small white head. Malty toasted caramel, a touch woody. Okay.