(473ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours very hazy medium gold, thick white head with some lace. Aroma is super-NZ, lots of thick white grape, floral tropical fruit (guava etc), sticky dried mango, heavy dank leafy vibes, white grapefruit peel, Phantasm-like thiols, doughy oat/wheat malt. Flavour is lighty sweet and again loaded with white grape, white grapefruit, guava, heavy thiols, dank AF, sticky mango and resin underneath, peppery intensity to the dankness, malt is quite dry and doughy without a ton of residual sugar which nicely supports the grapey, thiol-laden and white wine heavy hop load nicely. Fruity all the way into the finish, thiol party, round fruity yeast, guava and mango with lightly sugared grapefruit, aromatic white wine squeeze, dank peppery vibes behind it all. Dry finish with lingering tropical florals and citrus over a spicy-dank moderate bitterness. Far and away the best Nano Cinco hops to date, takes a hot minute to really open up but then it's a balanced beast. Huge NZ-forward hop bill, Riwaka and Nelson of course pulling weight but NZ Cascade is surely in there too.

(973ml crowler from the brewpub) Pours opaque pumpkin orange with a pale orange-white head that fades leaving heavy pulpy lace. Aroma is overripe sweet earthy-dank mango, almost funky, some nice ripe apricot there too, musky floral lychee is definitely underlying it if you’re looking for it. Flavour is juicy sweet and only lightly tart, heavy orange juice-like ripe mango pulp up front, the rich sweet-tart apricot is propping it up, lychee really breaking through in the finish with nice musky florals and a little fruit-funk to it. Aftertaste is lychee-forward ultra-dense orange juice. Mouthfeel is medium-full, pulpy, moderately carbed for a smoothie, distracting chunks of what seem to be lychee peel/skin towards the end of the glass in particular. Declicious flavours and aromas, as good as can be for a 'yellow' smoothie - nearly brilliant. Just get that weird texture from the lychee out, it felt like they weren't peeled?

(On tap @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Jan 21/23) Pours opaque dull brownish-pink with a small flesh-coloured ring and pulpy lace. Aroma is mixed berries, raspberry jam of course and some nice sweet cherry, strawberry in the background, floral vanilla cream, overtones of white chocolate, touch earthy. Flavour is quite sweet and lightly tart as expected for a pastry smoothie, prominent cherry flesh and raspberry jam, smooth strawberry and vanilla floral hits, earthy berry pips, nice punch of white chocolate building from middle into the finish, strawberry vanilla vibes becoming more prominent late sip too, soft berry pip astringency and bitterness providing a little balance into the aftertaste but still largely sweet. Medium bodied, could be thicker as a berry smoothie, fairly soft carbonation. Missing a little body but hits the nail on the head in terms of pastry smoothie flavours, white chocolate is complementary to the berries chosen.

(On nitro @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Jan 21/23) Pours very dark brown with a tight and stable dark cream nitro head and no lace. Aroma is loaded with intense dark roast coffee beans lending rich chocolate and earth tones, some brighter floral/fruity notes but they feel more like vanilla, maybe some roast grains in there but the coffee seems to be driving the chocolate party. Smells fantastic. Flavour is a little lighter than I might have expected for >10% but again is driven by the chocolate-forward, nutty and earthy coffee, clear punch of bright floral creamy vanilla, nice smooth lightly roasted malt body, a little crisp/mineral for style like a lower ABV stout can be, not pastry but letting the adjuncts sing. Semi-sweet to dry at the finish, chocolate-vanilla with a little sweet syrup, soft dusty/nutty roast, light bitterness, coffee into the aftertaste. Medium body, maybe light for style but thickness from the low nitro 'carb' fills it up, creamy. Recalls Péché Mortel for the 21st century with its lower bitterness and focus on high quality hipster coffee. Really nice coffee stout!

(On tap @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Jan 21/23 & in 473ml can from there) Odd experience this, both my better half and I felt the draft and can versions were very different beers. Tap version was far superior for me so I'm rating that. Very hazy medium gold pour with a nice thick stable white head and lace. Aroma is super-dank, pineapple weed strains dominating with supporting sweet mango, earthy conifers and grapefruit zest, soft but present cereals in support. Flavour is mid-sweet up front, again loads of dank pineapples (El Dorado) and mango (Citra), but with hefty amounts of conifer and cannabis so Mosaic definitely doing its thing, cereals are present and quite dry really for a TIPA, nice softly fruity yeast, finishes really dry for style with dank grippy weed/conifer, earth, some berry and a little pineapple, moderate bitterness, no hop burn or alcohol. Light to medium body for style, soft semi-creamy carb. Really nice TIPA on tap, felt a bit like Monkish 2017 or something to me being on the dry and dank side of NEIPA. The can was not that at all despite being quite fresh (2wks), much weaker aromatics, canned pineapple, lots of lactose-like sugar, booze. Bizarre.