Although I do not like hazelnut, as always I try to be objective in my ratings!! Coke color, large long long lasting beige head, great lacing. Earthy musty sweet nose. Smooth sweet malt, hazelnut is quite prominent.Earthy finish. A solid effort

Bottle: Poured a deep black color stout with a nice dark brown foamy head with some good retention and some nice lacing notes. Aroma of deep black chocolate notes with some dry roasted malt notes as well. Notes of light coffee were also discernable. Body was about average with some good carbonation. Well done and well balance overall.

Bottle: Poured a deep black color ale with a huge foamy head with some great retention and some lacing. Aroma of medium bitter roasted malt mix with some dry bitter hops. Taste also consists of roasted malt with some bitter dry hops which is not the most interesting combination IMO. Body is about average with some great carbonation. Interesting but not necessarily something I would go for regularly.

Bomber from Brewery Creek
Orangey-beige colour, a bit dull, with a sparse head. I basically had to re-write my rating after it started to warm up. Initially, the aroma was all rotting pumpkin, but the taste was nicely balanced. But I’ll say this definitively - LET THIS BEER WARM UP BEFORE YOU DRINK IT!

The unpleasant notes in the aroma blow off with warmth and the beer emerges with a fine balance between malt, pumpkin and cinnamon. On the palate, there is a bit of a thick creaminess to the body when cold that thins out with warmth. This allows the impeccable sense of balance to show through just that little bit more. The pumpkin takes the lead, balanced with nutmeg and cinnamon, and rounded off by sweet, slightly doughy pale malts like a Portuguese roll. The finish gets a little flat on the palate, but that’s a minor quibble in the overall context of the beer. One of the better pumpkin ales I’ve had.

Brown bottle, 355 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on October 15 2007; eye: voluminous white head: 7 fingers of head for 2 fingers of beer, head looks like melting ice cream when it diminishes, golden, slightly hazy, light effervescence, lots of lacing; nose: nice fresh hops, grapefruit, light malt, light caramel, orange zest; mouth: astringency, hops, light acridness, malt supports nicely the hops, pine, a bit of pepper, a bit of orange, finale in dry bitterness with a hint of pine, mild astringency, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, medium body, slightly harsh texture, average carbonation; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 15 octobre 2007; œil : mousse blanche abondante : 7 doigts de mousse pour 2 doigts de bière, mousse ressemble à de la crème glacée fondante lorsqu’elle diminue, dorée, très légèrement voilée, légère effervescence, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : beau houblon frais, pamplemousse, léger malt, léger caramel, zeste d’orange; bouche : astringence, houblon, légère âcreté, malt supporte bien le houblon, pin, un peu de poivre, un peu d’orange, finale en amertume sèche avec une pointe de pin, astringence moyenne, moyennement amère, très légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, texture légèrement rugueuse, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : belle surprise

Bottle: Poured a deep dirty amber and hazy ale with a nice foamy head with some great retention and some good lacing. Aroma of bitter hops is dominating with some subtle notes of resin hops. Taste is also dominated by some bitter hops with some light resin notes. Malt presence is a bit weak for the style and some citrus notes would have been appreciated. Interesting and probably one the first bottled IIPA coming from Canada but slightly below average for the style.

Copper color, fluffy beige head. Slightly spicy citrus hop nose. Flavor has none of the citrus, but bittering hops, long finish. Needs more malt sweetness for balance a bitter should display

This porter poured a black colour with a thick brown creamy head. To the nose there was coffee, cocoa, roasted malts and a nutty scent. First taste was smooth and creamy with immediate cocoa flavour. Slightly watery mouthfeel but with lingering coffee / roasted malt flavour. Very smooth and flavourful. Palate was roasted coffee flavour that lasted...

Dull amber colour of a Red Truck Ale with a thick head that lasts long, like a Dix IPA. The nose is earthy and foresty hops like you find in the Two Lions Pale from Taylor’s Crossing, but with the breadcrusty malts reminiscent of Dix Vienna Lager. The body is a bit thin and barely carries across an earthy hop bitterness not dissimilar to that of High Mountain’s Big Wolf ESB. Again, malts are breadcrusty, with a caramel accent. The finish is dry and hoppy like a dry-hopped cask of Yippie IPA. It lacks sugar, definitely, but there’s a time & place to be sweet, and a time & place to be bitter. Unlike some of Matt’s previous efforts, this is no fiasco.

Thanks to JoeMcphee for sharing - clear amber beer with low carbonation - aroma of hazelnut, dough, cherries - zero carbonation in the mouth - sweet and acidic in equal measure - some nuttiness but not much else - some artificial-tasting sweetness in the finish - a little lifeless, but mildly tasty.