(473ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours black with a small dark tan head and light lacing. Aroma of sweet black coffee, liqueur, baker's chocolate, toasted nuts, burnt caramel malt and a touch of vanilla. Flavour is cold brew-type black coffee with sugar and vanilla cream up front, a bit of a liqueur vibe to it again, more semi-sweet dark chocolate, toasted hazelnuts, medium-sweet up front but not cloying with a dry finish with aftertaste of coffee beans, cacao and toasty nuts/grains giving light to moderate bitterness. Light to medium body, slightly oily, with average carbonation. Solid sweet stout that isn't too heavy on the sweet, with good coffee/chocolate bitterness. Nice for the ABV.

Dégustée le 2020-12-24. .

(375ml bottle from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours murky dull brownish orange with a fine cream coloured head that is stable with a bit of lace. Aroma of grapefruit, some orange peels, backing of sweeter peach/mango, a bit of doughy malt, punchy resins and a hint of alcohol. Flavour is semi-sweet up front but not overly so for a TIPA, with grapefruit and papaya/melon dominating and backing orange and peach, slightly doughy cereals to the malt, ample resin, becoming dry into the finish with prominent boozy warmth on top of strong resin with notes of grapefruit peel and light pine. Aftertaste rather hot and dry from the alcohol and resins. Medium bodied, with soft creamy carbonation. While avoiding the sugary side of the TIPA spectrum, it definitely lands on the boozy side.

(375ml bottle from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours nealry clear bright gold with a small rapidly faiding white head. Aroma of lemon and grapefruit peels, apple and pear flesh, soft peppery leafy hops, subtle lemon pulp lactic acid, a little bit of tropical undertone, and something I can't place. Flavour is lightly tart and pretty dry from the off with lemon, citrus seediness, light zest, some underripe apple/pear crispiness, light cereals middle to finish. Finish and aftertaste is dry and barely tart with minerals, soft cereals, a little citrus seed/pip, again a note I can't place. Light to medium body, soft carbonation. Decent sour IPA but a little light on sour and a little light on hops for me, quite pleasant though.