7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Brewery draught, 1/31/23. Clear, ruddy-amber. Medium sized, white head, moderate retention. Dainty bourbon spice, spiced cherries, liquor filled chocolate cherries. Vanilla. Wow this is quite elegant. Hint of oxidation but it's endearing. No booze. Some white wine and maybe even a bit of pomelo. Rich but nicely aged and attenuated malts. Big citrus backbone; this was very well-hopped. Vanilla, oak, drying out heavily on the finish. Used to like hops in my barleywines but I don't anymore. It distracts and detracts from the texture and malty richness, I think. Still, very respectable here. The heaven hill is nicely understated but richly emerging slowly.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Brewery draught, 1/31/23. Hazy golden-honey. No head. Tons of white wine with a melon flare and maybe a bit of Meyer lemon character. Juicy, delicate, not a massive nose. Clean, no alcohol noted. Again, much richer than the nose prepares you for. Rich, juicy, earthy, caramel-and-vanilla-like grape character, well-aged with a hint of alcohol dryness within. Rich, succulent, malty body but not syrupy or thick. Love the melon, pineapple and lychee that's out in force here. Juicy grape, honey, vanilla lingering.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Brewery draught, 1/31/23. Clear amber, no head. Maple and very delicate floral notes with restrained bourbon spice. Low sugar, no booze. Golden raisin and vanilla are strong on the finish. Clean and little/no oxidation. Soft, malty, richer than the nose prophesies. White grape and golden raisin for days with elegant tartness mixing with spicy bourbon. Palate is coated with honey-like base malt. Never heard of this bourbon before but love the floral spice. Vanilla, caramel, more sticky fruit sugar lingering. Not boozey.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Brewery draught, 1/18/23. Lightly hazy, bronze-amber. No head. All promised is delivered. Clear lactose, carrot cake spice and carrot in the nose, though with the carrot pretty minimal. Clean, no alcohol, with soft malt. Sweet lactose and tasteful spicing balance sweet malt. Some earth and floral notes with light carrot lingering alongside spice. Pretty balanced while obviously being on the sweeter side to provide the carrot cake. Maybe a little less lactose and somehow even more carrot would give more carrot impression. Despite all it seems they added, it's still very light on the carrot. I don't think I would find it in a blind tasting....

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Brewery draught, 1/18/23. Heavily hazy, light amber-bronze, small, fluffy, off-white head, strong retention when swirled up. Juicy, citrusy, passion fruity Galaxy with somehow no pine at all. Or more importantly, no harsh pine resin. Bit of sweat, earth and funk. Not as explosive as the OG Galaxy but this is VERY nice, especially given how awful almost all other Galaxy has been this year. Sparse malts, cracker and bread with maybe some nuttiness from rye. No alcohol or flaw. Soft, fluffy-carbonated, expansive texture with malt and more grapefruit than expected. Juicy, light tropical fruits and lots of citrus and light spruce. Doesn't go the passion fruit and white wine direction expected, but still balanced and deliciously hoppy and bitter with no gross resin or chalky/pithy hop. Great attenuation, clean.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Brewery draught, 1/18/23. Clear, medium amber. Small, beige head, low retention. Light caramel and toast with mildly fruity yeast and a bit of herbal hop as an afterthought. Soft, quite malty, with rich toffee and cream up front drying out heavily with toast through the middle. Lingering toffee, raisin, plummy fruit but a quenching dryness. Very malt driven (as one expects). Clean, no alcohol noted.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

1.5L bottled May 10, 2021, drunk 12/17/22. Clear brass-lemon-golden. Massive, thick, well-retained, white head. Brett has emerged, not heavily, but still nicely. Lemon, light lime, other valeric/isovaleric acidity with very mild band-aid. Soft spelt nuttiness and hints of honey and biscuit. Saison yeast shows mineral, chalk, plaster, all the best esters and phenols with not a trace of bubble gum, clove or banana. Clean, no alcohol. Soft, fruity and lightly tropical, moderately citric Brett notes with nutty, crackery malts and chewy spelt. Lemon, lime, dainty honey, high attenuation but not tannic or grainy. Lingering tartness, though well-aged and mild. Pepper and herbs with cracker and honey. Flawless, bright and with excellent, delicate Brett. A lot more interesting than the young draught beer, unsurprisingly, but this could go years more.

Taking one for the team drinking this.

🇹🇳 shock 🇫🇷 (they did make nine changes) 1-0, though it was not enough for them to advance out of the group.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Brewery draught, 11/27/22. Lightly to minimally hazy, bronze-copprr. Small, white head to ring. Juicy, but floral and malty nose with respectable mosaic hops. Citra does most of the work in concert with white bread-like malts Soft, malty, appropriately bitter with no scallion. Leave it to CBC to make the cleanest, most onion-free Mosaic IPA I've had in years.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Brewery draught, 11/27/22. Lightly hazy, glowing honey-golden. Small, white head. Strong pepper from the yeast with a touch of citrusy honey. Biscuit and orange peel seem nicely dry and fruity. Clean. Soft, malty, peppery, very nicely balanced via phenolics. Honey, biscuit, white pepper and mild fruits. Lingering pepper and biscuit. Honey shows a great mix of residual sugar and fermentation. A little tartness here would go a long way, but this is still balanced.