Subsidiaries
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Matt got this one in a trade and was kind enough to share. +++ sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark orange-copper color with a medium sized foamy white head that left decent lacing. The aroma was sweet tropical fruits and grapefruit. The flavor was dryish and very bitter with moderate tropical fruits and grapefruit.The bitterness lingers forever with some tropical fruits also sticking around. Medium body. Too bitter but some really nice elements here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2013
at 16:24
7.5/10
Tried
on 25 Jan 2013
at 12:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(750mL bottle from LCBO) Pours a clear gold with a mid-sized frothy white head that left lace. Aroma of honey, pale malt, pale pit fruit, some orange and herbs. Flavour starts fairly dry and crackery with a bit of yeast, and then sweetens up with candy sugar, orange oil, white wine and a big helping of herbs, grassy but also a bit coniferous and spicy. Finish is quite dry, alcohol, minty vegetation and faint pepper. Palate is fairly thin for the style with reasonably soft carbonation and alcohol not very hidden for the style. A lot going on here, this is a very interesting pale Belgian strong, but I don’t find it the most drinkable either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2013
at 17:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From 330ml bottle at Brother’s Beer Bistro. Aroma: Hard time sticking out but I could find hoppy citrus accents, especially lemon. Appearance: Pours clear with nice creamy head. Little lacing but nice and sticking well. Taste: Hoppy with citrus and grass notes, tiny cereal notes are also in there. Mouth feel is round and unctuous; body is medium to full and malt / hop flavors are well balanced. Aroma and flavors are not complex enough but it is a very well balanced beer with a warm mouth feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 07:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(on draught at Bryden’s, 31-12-2012) Poured an opaque black with barely a ring of whitish head, no lace. Aroma chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and a fair bit of fruity, slightly tart cranberry, well integrated but very distinctive. Flavour does follow the nose with dark roast coffee, cocoa powder, malt sweetness and cranberry, on the sweeter rather than tart end of the spectrum but still with some acidity. Finishes more acidic and roasty, almost astringent but still fruity. Body is medium-full, silky smooth with very light carbonation. A different impy but a nice one to sip, with much better fruit character than the 2010 bottle version according to my memory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2013
at 20:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
First of the "Rough Cut Series" and found in their Survival Pack (which is 3 bottles of Cream Ale, Dark Ale, Mad Tom and this one). Still, a little hazy (so, not so Kristall) and with a small white head and not much lacing. Wheat nose with eventually, hints of banana, bubblegum and Belgian Ale yeast. Medium-thin bodied, which makes this one easy and refreshing to drink. The hop seems to slightly overpower the taste at the start, with floral flavours that then go into the yeast and wheat, with a little spices. A really enjoyable 12-pack for New Year’s Eve, with a nice addition to their family. Decent for this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2013
at 13:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 ounce can. Pours a deep reddish copper color with a medium white head, doesn’t look like a cream ale! A light nose of fruit and dusty malts. The flavor is a clean tasty mix of caramel, light toasted malts, some strawberry. Good. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2012
at 23:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle thanks to pushkinwow . Pours a clear amber color with a medium sticky white head. A great nose of resin and citrus. Very sweet, massive resin, light pine, candied oranges, linger bitterness, finishes with more resin and orange. Awesome. A bit harsh at times, but excellent brew. I think I’m the first non-Canadian rating of this! Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2012
at 23:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can. Pours a clear bright orange color with a large white head. A fruity and perfumy nose. Sweet, oranges, light biscuit, a bit of sweet glue, lingering bitterness. Quite nice. A creamy palate.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2012
at 21:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Chriso. Pours a pale amber color with a longlasting white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty piney hoppy flavor with hints of grapefruit. Has a fruity malty hoppy piney finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2012
at 14:23