Glass, 4-ounce, cask, Cask Days at Toronto, savoured on October 19 2013; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of dark brown head, light lacing; nose: roasted barley, coffee, light burnt barley, vanilla extract; mouth: roasted barley, coffee, light burnt barley, vanilla extract, light acridness, hops, semi-dry finale in roasted barley with good presence of vanilla extract, medium-full body, below-average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly oily texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en cask, Cask Days à Toronto, savourée le 19 octobre 2013; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse brun foncé, légère dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, café, léger orge brûlée, extrait de vanille; bouche : orge torréfiée, café, léger orge brûlée, extrait de vanille, légère âcreté, houblon, finale semi-sèche en orge torréfiée avec bonne présence d’extrait de vanille, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement amère, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : bien

Draft - Chocolate and coffee with a hop pine profile lurking in the back. Jet brown with a thin beige head. Chocolates, coffee and huge pine hops. As it warms the smell of the hops is more prevalent. A big mix of things going on that is befuddling my senses, not in a bad way but every sip is dominated by the competing huge flavours. A fun big beer.

Draft - Hoppy grapefruit. Muddy yellow orange with a thin head. Big pine and grapefruit hop bomb. Not much else but a great refreshing IPA.

Some hay and a little bitterness. Pours cloudy blonde with not so much head or lacing. Finishes bitter. Good. Tap at volos.

A deep dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet bitter chocolate malt with coffee grind, coffee crisp. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with light coffee, quite nice. Cask Days 2013.

Some light hay and bubblegum here. Pours amber with ok head and lacing. Light sour finish. Average carbonation. Good Belgian yeast in aroma as well. Nicely rounded. Tap at volos.

A dark brown stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, a smooth sweet chocolate malt with light Brett, musty and smooth. In mouth, a nice musty bitter chocolate malt with light grassy hops, licorice notes, very nice. Cask Days 2013.

(Draught at Indie Alehouse, Oct 12 2013) Pours a slightly hazy gold with a tiny white head, no lace. Aroma pale grainy malt, very typically Belgian saison yeast with light fruitiness, herbal/grassy, very little nut in the nose even if looking for it. Flavour follows on from the nose at first, pale malts with slight sweetness and grain, fruity Belgian saison yeast esters, clean and herbal without funk. Faint grassy bitterness throughout, but moreso towards finish. Finish is dry, a light nutty note becomes apparent there, more chestnut than hazelnut from the listed additions. Don’t know if I’d have noticed without looking for it a priori. Average saison body, fairly sharp carb but on style. This was a decent effort at a standard saison, but I can’t say the nut additions did much. Expected a darker, nuttier beer with saison yeast and was a bit disappointed.

A deep dark porter with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with light grassy hops, dark plums, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate malt with coffee grind, grassy hops, lingering bitterness, nice oily mouth feel, well done. Cask as House Ales robust porter, at Beau’s Oktoberfest 2013.