Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A deep dark IPA with a thin mocha head. In aroma, a smokey caramel, with light corky notes. In mouth, a smooth chocolate malt with light organic notes, a bit peaty and funky. Cask Days, Oct. 30 2011.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2011
at 18:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Wow... this is from Muskoka ?? Quite a hoppy brew. Pours a deep golden colour with an amber hue and a medium off-white head that creates a nice coat over the brew and thick lacing. Beautiful fresh hoppy nose. The other nice thing about this beer is that it is not filtered to the max. Good bitterness in the taste with the malt being smooth in the background. What nice Canadian IPA that is easy-drinking, hoppy and a treat from Muskoka.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2011
at 20:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a deep amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of fresh green Cascade hops with nice citrus and light resin notes is very well balanced. Taste is also a nice mix between some floral green hops notes with light citrus and resin notes back by a solid malt backbone with semi-dry caramel notes. Body is full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Another well balanced beer by an Ontario brewer who keep surprising me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2011
at 12:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This ale poured a beautiful amber colour with a medium, bright white head. Aroma’s include hopps, hops and more hopps. Citrus, grass and pine most prodominate.A little malt/caramel and spice too. First sip was mildly carbonated with an attack of bitter hops to the tongue. Flavours of spruce and citrus very powerful. finish is bitter with a sharp spruce flavour lasting on the palate.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2011
at 18:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hard bitter hops with some perfume florals and lots of grapefruit citrus. Crisp bitter aftertaste and little taste of alcohol despite the high percentage. Pours clear orange with good lacing and initial head. Good base of caramelized malt. Tap.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2011
at 20:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craft Beer Co tasting, thanks to the Cad. It pours gold, with a thick white head. The nose is sweet tangerine, orange sherbet, grape, orange squash and hay. The taste is tangerine, orange pith, apricot, biscuit, hay and straw, with a solid bitter finish. Medium body, average carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2011
at 13:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the 1st CBC Sunday Tasting. Thanks to Mad Tom. Has a lovely, rich hop mose. Some thick brea, bit of honey, lemon citrus. Medium sweet flavor, sweet bread, light straw, some zesty citrus, pine. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Slight oily hop finish, nice sugars, light orange, light toast. A damn fine IPA. (4.1)
Can at ChrisO Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012 - London. Pours perfectly clear gold with a fine, white cream head. Fairly malty nose, some straw, pine. Light to medium sweet flavor with mellow hops, dried pine, light orange. Light to medium bodied with average to high carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, some light jammy citrus fruits. Very pleasant. (3.7)
Can at ChrisO Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012 - London. Pours perfectly clear gold with a fine, white cream head. Fairly malty nose, some straw, pine. Light to medium sweet flavor with mellow hops, dried pine, light orange. Light to medium bodied with average to high carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, some light jammy citrus fruits. Very pleasant. (3.7)
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2011
at 09:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Big brown bottle with swing-top at the LCBO. Pours a deep amber colour with a full creamy-foamy off-white head that has great retention and decent lacing. At first pour, a hay smell is what comes out of this, but after breathing a bit, the hop comes out. Nicely balanced mouthfeel between wet and dry. The hop also shows up more and more as you sip it. Well-mixed with the caramel malt base. Quite easy to drink and pretty nice overall... just a tad expensive for a 6.4% brew (as that is the price for higher alcohol content beers in the same format - and this one, not being an import). A great English Pale Ale (being less bitter than APA).
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2011
at 16:27
7.5/10
Bready dough, overripe bananas, strong wheat tones, plump orange and spices. Light on the citrus.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2011
at 13:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a medium amber color ale with a nice foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of bitter and citrus hops is quite powerful on this one. Taste is a nice mix between some floral notes of hops with some citrus, piney and bitter notes clearly coming out; malt base is dry caramel and strong enough to sustain the malty base. Body is full with good carbonation. Very well brewed and quite pleasant. Probably one of the best IPA to be bottle out of Ontario.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2011
at 12:08