An odd-shaped bottle that should have been a standard bomber 650ml but I’ll probably use it anyway for some homebrew. Tested a little warm at 20.3c, it pours with a huge brown head and a black black body, with only slight hints of velvet red. The aroma is roasted barley with a slight hint of fruit. The flavour is barley and ash with a cherry-fruit finish. The barley’s a little too roasted, but otherwise it shines as a strong and stiff stout. A little less wood on the tongue would make this stunning, but it’s still nonetheless pretty darned good.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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).

Bready dough, overripe bananas, strong wheat tones, plump orange and spices. Light on the citrus.