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Oakes (34715) reviewed
Levantine - Barrel Aged from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pale, salmon colour, thin head. Tart, light lemony sumac note. Off-dry, bretty, tannic character.
Tried on 05 Oct 2024 at 05:54
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Spinning Yarn Blend A from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Hazy, dark blonde, with a medium head. Soft, bretty, herbaceous, light acidity, balancing clean malts. This is accomplished saison. Moderate bitterness, lemony notes, rosemary…great complexity.
Tried on 05 Oct 2024 at 05:54
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Violet Moon from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Pale purple, opaque, with a medium head. The gamay jumps out aromatically, along light barrel notes and vague bugginess. Soft, juicy, vinous character, the plums lending tartness and accent. Sweetness up front, then off-dry finish, again a cool blend of tart and juicy. Excellent.
Tried on 05 Oct 2024 at 05:52
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Zenith from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Yellow, slight haze. Thick head. Looks great. Light bug notes, clean pale malt, complex fruitiness. Off-dry finish, with a hint of lemony acidity. This is a very good example, rare outside of Belgium to see one this good. I had no idea there was a purveyor of Belgian-style beer this good in Toronto. I legit thought it was Quebec, Dageraad and nothing, and I was incorrect.
Tried on 05 Oct 2024 at 05:49
mcberko (49191) reviewed
Sangfroid from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
375mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark orangey amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma has plenty of fermented out honey, some grape skins, and some earthy farmhouse character. Flavour has quite a complex profile of musty grape skins, mostly fermented out honey, some hay, and light funk. Perhaps doesn't have the deepest complexity, but the balance is good and there's nice depth to it.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2024 at 06:19
RennyDoig (5686) reviewed
Sangfroid from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
375mL bottle. Pours very murky pale red with small white head. Aroma has leather, wild yeast, blueberry, wet straw. Flavour has blueberry, leather, straw, gentle wild yeast. Fairly tame, but really nice and complex profile.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2024 at 06:11
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Sangfroid from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pale purple, slight haze, no head. On the nose, this has a vinous note, a touch of honey. On the palate, it's got a dryish saison base, light cab sauv that certainly lends some juicy vinous character, and the honey actually jumps out a bit more with floral accents. Quite enjoyable.
Tried on 04 Oct 2024 at 06:06
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Meerkat from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy and pale. Thick head. Floral, herbaceous and bretty nose. Damn, that’s good. Tart, floral, light lychee and brett. This is good stuff. Petit Prince du Nord.
Tried on 01 Oct 2024 at 02:58
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Rosebud from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pale amber. Medium head. Slight haze. Tart, mellow vinous note, light body. Good balance to this. Refreshing, complex.
Tried on 01 Oct 2024 at 02:57
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Séance from Avling Kitchen & Brewery
2 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pale, slight haze. Medium head. Aroma of royal jelly, light plum, soft and mellow, maybe a touch of yeastiness. This seems like a Floodland light…similar structure but less intense on basically everything.
Tried on 01 Oct 2024 at 02:56