On tap at Beertown - Toronto, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has plenty of oats, a touch of roast, and some earthiness. Flavour is dry, with oats, gentle cocoa, and earthiness. Dry, hearty and well-balanced. Nothing too deep or complex but reasonably constructed. Decent.

Can from the brewery. clear dark reddish brown under a tiny dark brown head that fades quickly leaving minimal lace. Muted nose of dark chocolate, coffee and roast. Flavour follows with a light molasses sweetness and a light+ coffee bitterness. Mouth is medium with very soft carbonation. Bad can? 7/3-/7/2/12

Can from brewery. Cloudy pale orange with a small short lived white cap that leaves stringy lace. Nose is citrus and tropical fruit with some light bread. Light malt sweetness with a medium- citrus peel bitterness. Mouth is medium with slightly soft carbonation. 7+/3+/7-/3/14

Can from Little Beasts tent at East Gwillimbury Holiday Market.Clear dark mahogany with a large active khaki coloured head that fades gradually, leaving some spotty lace. Nose is roasted malts, light coffee, dark chocolate and some light nuttiness. Light malt sweetness with a light+ coffee bitterness. Mouth is medium with soft carbonation and a dry finish. 7/4/7/3+/14

Can. Hazy blonde. Thick head. Aroma drops pale malt, light esters, vague herbaceous hoppiness. It's dry on the palate - I mean there's a light plasticy phenol note which I obviously don't like but in general it's bready, herbaceous (especially minty) and finishes nice and dry. Seems like Dupont yeast or something pretty close. Moderate bitterness. I'll say this - it's better than I expected. Good for Ontario and this style...if this was from Quebec I'd probably judge it a bit more harshly. But then again, it's good enough that I mentioned Quebec in the rating.

Served in my La Trappe glass. Pale amber-brown sort of colour and hazy. Thick head. Fruity aroma, definitely comes across like a dubbel with the raisiny accent but it's got a lot of tartness, too, the saison aspect. Not quite a dark saison but amber. A touch of sweetness in the finish, and some esters floating around as well. It's about as effective as it can be - not my type of beer but there's just enough depth and complexity for me to appreciate it.

The can had dented outward, and frothed up a lot upon opening. A little extra can fermentation never hurt anybody, right? Dark brown colour. Light brown head, when it dies down. So of course it's thin, fizzy, light vanilla and chocolate. But with that bonus fermentation the stout is thin, and that inhibits the expression of pretty much everything you'd want to taste. Dunno - that's an issue with packaging that probably shouldn't happen.

Light hay malt, a little pepper, some cream notes, lingering light bitterness.

Sample at beerbistro.

Brown bottle, 473 ml, from Philippe Boutin (merci!), at Sébastien Bertrand, savoured on May 7, 2022; eye: orange with a caramel hue, cloudy, no effervescence, ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: garlic, intense, light fruity, mushroom; mouth: garlic, light fruity, mushroom, light oak, finale in mushroom with presence of oil, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, oily texture; in summary: correct FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 473 ml, de Philippe Boutin (merci!), chez Sébastien Bertrand, savourée le 7 mai 2022; œil : orangée avec une teinte caramel, voilée, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : ail, intense, léger fruité, champignon; bouche : ail, léger fruité, champignon, léger boisé, finale en champignon avec présence d'huile, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture huileuse; en résumé : correct