Subsidiaries
8/10
tastes like a good cup of joe, cream and sugar included. The touch of sweetness is barely noticeable but plays its part well.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2010
at 07:20
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a nice thin white head and a million bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of corn, wheat, curacao, yeast and a lot of coriander seed - nice! Medium-bodied; Assertive carbonated feeling and a lot of lemon and citrus character up front fading to a slightly mild coriander seed taste ending with a good light wheat taste - very nice and complex. Aftertaste is mild, subdued, sweet and slightly tangy from the citrus. Overall, a very nice wit, definitely good for the style due to its complexity throughout the beer! I enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone visiting Toronto or can get it at an LCBO! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from the LCBO in Toronto (Summerhill), Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 11-October-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 16-April-2010.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2010
at 20:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown bottle, 341 ml, gift from Luc Bourbonnière or Karl Probst (merci!), savoured on April 14 2010; eye: black, opaque, nice coffee head that turns into a minuscule ring, no lacing; nose: coffee, roasted malt, vanilla, roasting, chocolate milk; mouth: coffee, roasted malt, vanilla, roasting, chocolate milk, finale in roasted malt with presence of chocolate milk, medium body, average carbonation, a bit thin, lactic; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, cadeau de Luc Bourbonnière ou Karl Probst (merci!), savourée le 14 avril 2010; œil : noire, opaque, belle mousse café qui se transforme en un minuscule anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : café, malt rôti, vanille, malt torréfié, lait au chocolat; bouche : café, malt rôti, vanille, malt torréfié, lait au chocolat, finale en malt rôti avec présence de lait au chocolat, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, un peu mince, lactique; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2010
at 13:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2009 ceramic bottle thanks to blutt59. Batch 09-669-673. Pours with a hazy golden orange body with no head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol and some apple. Taste is sweet, boozy, alcohol, with a bitter finish. Syrupy with very light bubbles. Not my favorite barley wine, not too much character or depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2010
at 13:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small white head and a hazed golden body. Aroma is tart with lemon, coriander and other spices. Taste follows through with the tart and lemony character of the aroma with perhaps a bit of pineapple. Tingly carbonation. Refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2010
at 10:28
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
(bottle) yellow with tan head; sweetish malty aroma; flavour is malt and wheat; bit of light mineral bitter finish, overall once again not bad but also unexceptional
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2010
at 15:50
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
(bottle) black colour with tall tan head; aroma of coffee with hint of smokiness; taste of coffee with light bitter finish; overall not impressive, very simple and one dimensional rerated 01/2011 (bottle) very dark colour with medium tan head, weak aroma of coffee with a hint of roast and bread; faint flavour of coffee, watery palate, not offensive just watered down and mediocre - tastes like water used to rinse a bottle of good porter - I guess a good beer for people who think they like beer but really don’t
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2009
at 17:06
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
(bottle) clear yellow colour; aroma of malts with hint of citrus; clean, acidic light flavour; nothing repulsive but not much overall - simple, one dimensional
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2009
at 17:00
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
(bottle) clear golden colour, tall quickly disappearing head; aroma bread, caramel; light sweetish flavour with no finish; not very interesting
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2009
at 14:52
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
(bottle) dark amber colour; aroma of fruit, bit of longan - very pleasant and promising; taste disappoints - very simple, with unpleasant bitter finish tried again in 2011 - still disappointing: (bottle) clear medium amber colour, tall tan head; aromas mostly floral, noticeable lack of citrus and fruit this time; flavour is still simple, palate watery -> worst APA I have ever had - it could easily be another Rickards crappy product
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2009
at 15:49