6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating - A 375ml bottle from Alcool, the state bottle shop in Saint John. Pours a light hazy yellow with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of fruits & sweet malt. Light bodied. A mildly sweet dry bitter finish. Very well made NEIPA.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

473mL can. Pours black with nice beige head. Aroma has a very gentle roast malt. Flavour has roasted malt; a bit drawn out. Mouthfeel is moderately thick. Nice, but lacking distinct character.

7

A deep dark stout with a thick frothy lacing brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, light mineral notes, OK. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt with dark fruits, light coffee, musty character, light mineral notes, very nice. On tap at Monks and Jonesie.

7

A hazed blonde cider with aroma of sweet apple jam, light acidity, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet apple jam with light acidity, light mineral notes, pleasant. On tap at The Joyce.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Dark amber. Bright. This is a big ole chewy old timey DIPA. Like 20th century almost. I don't pick up what sorts of hops they are, as they're loaded with pine bitterness and crushed under the weight of a massive pile of pale and crystal malts. It's actually pretty well executed for the type, but it was never my favourite type.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

(375ml bottle c/o Phyllomedusa who picked it up somewhere) Pours deep brownish amber with a small white head. Aroma and flavours of caramel-inflected, somewhat toasty and grainy malt with some citrusy hops, pine, some resin, lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter, with a bit of tinny astringency on the finish. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Feels like this was oxidized mis-labelled or something, definitely mostly malty, not particularly dry, like an American IPA from 2005. The colour was not reflective of most of the photos on Untappd, but it is what it is.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

(Tap) clear, very dark brown colour with a small, brown head; aroma of chocolate, coffee; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish