Very dark brown. No real head. Aroma of milk chocolate, plum and a little toast. As it warms the esters gain raisiny depth and alcohol starts to show. Flavour is fairly sweet with a hint of dark malt bitterness. The alcohol comes through quite a bit at the end...and in the absense of any other strong statements becomes kind of dominant. Overall, the malts are dull, muted with a leaning towards milk chocolate. There’s a few interesting elements and that gives me hope that with some refinements and experience this will emerge as a go-to winter brew. Today, though, it has no sense of purpose...no cohesion...and if a BW is going to lack that it better be a lot ballsier than this. Remaining bottles will hit the cellar I should think - the sherry notes this will gain should improve the beer in the same way they do for Hermannator.

Reddish brown ale with a thick light moka head. A sweet caramel malt in aroma, with light fresh green hops. In mouth, a roasted torrefied malt with smooth hopping. A mix of porter and IPA. Nice. Bottle from JM in Port Coquitlam, BC. Nov. 3 tasting at Marc’s.

A deep brown stout with a thin off white head. Light coffee aroma with notes of olives amd cold coffee. In mouth, a nice coffee malt with bitter chocolate, a bit thin in mouth. Bottle from Ian. Nov. 3 tasting at Marc’s.

A dark amber lager with a thin off white head. A rather buttery malt, lots of butterscotch, cloying. In mouth, a lightly sweet caramel malt with some nice peaty notes, woody, but also some boiled corn. Medium bodied. If it wasn’t for the diacetyl and corn, this would be comparable to the Trois Mousquetaires Okto. Thanks Capflu.

Bottlefrom BC Liquor Store. Black with ruby edges, thin tan head. Unsurprisingly a choc porter aroma. Somewhere between choc milk and dark choc. Some powder, some lactic. Nice choc. Needs more depth and complexity.

Thanks to Oakes for this one! Pours black with a minimal off-white head. Caramel malt aroma. Roast malt flavor that quickly adds a bitter roast bite in the finish with some assistance from the bittering hops. The sweetness stays underneath the bitter malts the complete time. Not quite a Porter, not quite a Brown Ale. Roasty, bitter, dry, yet smooth and medium bodied. Different and uniquely good brew.

Bottle from BC Liquor store. Black with tan head. Some charcoal. Nice juicy beer, not sour, but enjoyable. Competent, bit too sweet. Nothing special, but ok.

Deep red amber with a thick light moka head. Light sweet malt with fruity esters in aroma, but rather buttery. In mouth, very buttery (sounds like that Oktoberfest, donit?) with a cloying sweetness, and notes of cloves. Detected light signs of infection, in terms of a light lactic medicinal note. Medium bodied. Received in ealry 2006 from JM. Merci.

Bottle from BC Liquor Store, Vancouver. Copper colour with lots of grapefruit hop on aroma, moderate earthiness in mouth. Not bad malt and then earthy grapefruit on finish. Good bittterness. Fine. Not too extreme.