Draught, at The Black Tomato in Ottawa; eye: amber with a reddish hue, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head; nose: lots of fresh hops; mouth: start with fresh hops, grapefruit, caramelized malt, finale in hops with a good presence of caramelized malt, medium body, mild astringency; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS En fût, bue chez The Black Tomato à Ottawa; oeil : ambrée avec une teinte rougeâtre, claire, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : beaucoup de houblon tranchant frais; bouche : attaque en houblon tranchant, pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, finale en houblon tranchant avec une bonne présence de malt caramélisé, corps moyen, astringence moyenne; en résumé : pas mal bon

On tap at the Black Tomato, Ottawa, Gold orange ale with a thin white head.. Aroma of floral piney hops,with light berry notes. In mouth, a good biscuitty malt with classy floral hops. Medium bodied. A good IPA, but not as hoppy as the name suggest (but for Ontario standards, pretty decent).

An orange beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet grainy combined with light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with an OK hops presence giving it a touch of citrus.

Hazed golden ale with a thick creamy lacing white head. Light malts and sweet aroma. In mouth, very light in body, short malt and very short British hops. Dissapears quickly with just residual bitterness. A watered down version of a good beer which i tasted a few years back, before RB.

Draught, BeerBistro

Almost black. Strongly fruity, over top of sublime roastiness and chocolate. Sweet overall. A little too sweet, really, but a solid effort.

Bottle from LCBO. Golden ale with a thin white head. Malty and lightly herbal aroma. Decent malt in mouth with nice hops and typical hemp floral notes, nutty, with pleasamt lightly oily mouthfeel.

Copper colour with a thin white head. The ginger aroma is fairly pronounced at a distance, but not so much up close - more earthy hops and Sprite. The flavour starts out malty, slightly cake-like. Towards the finish is turns slightly bitter with a hint of ginger late. Not bad actually - it has a refreshing crispness.

Pale amber. Citrusy hop aroma. It's lemony flavour and lightly soapy mouthfeel makes me associate to washing-up liquid, although in a pleasant way. Medium body and bitter finish. In all a pleasant easy drinking ale.

Durham's first bottled beer - I had this on cask a few times and gave it a 2.4, but figured it was worth the shot if for no other reason that to supply my thirsty beer-loving bretheren in AZ and Stockholm. They only sell this is three Toronto stores, only one of which was near my house. So I went there and they had but 7 sixers - one of which had a broken bottle, rendering it and its neighbours the soggy bottom boys. I thought I was going to be living a life of constant sorrow, but thankfully the others were fine. I got it home, set aside the three I would actually be allowed to drink myself and got to business. The pour was disconcerting - no foam. Where's the carbonation? Does their new bottling line not work properly? Oh no, I was mistaken. One sip and I realized what they'd done. This was cask ale in a bottle. Yes it is filtered, but this had the perfect cask ale mouthfeel that they'd achieved by restraining the CO2 - a trick I've used as a homebrewer for Sleeping Village Mild (and inevitably causes consternation for judges who don't get what I'm trying to do - MILD SHOULD NOT BE FIZZY, DUMBASSES!) But I digress, gone are the minerally overtones that have impeded this brew before and the fresh, crisp hoppiness, perfect mouthfeel and beautifully balanced malts are doing their thing like Durham's never shown me before. It isn't a particularly assertive beer, but neither is it timid. It's the kind of straighforward beer that looks at you funny if you try to sniff it and analyze it. Unspectacular, but a session pint I'll be returning to again and again.

Pale amber coloured. Medium bodied, bitter. If you're not giving it too much thought this is a really good bitter, but as a beer geek I find something is missing.