6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dullish pale amber, medium head but it's weak. Very bitter, a bit fruity. Ends up halfway balanced, even though it probably shouldn't. Not gonna lie, this would have been much better six months fresher.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2023
at 04:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a deep dark mahogany with lots of red tints and a pink-tinged head. Aroma brings out a big dose of lacto, some funky bugs, lactose, and of course dark cherries. Flavour is full on cherry-forward, with loads of lactose, plenty of oak, and subdued bugginess. Why put lactose in this?!?! There's some nice cherry, some oak, even some nice bugs… why ruin it by sweetening it with lactose? Very puzzling decision to do it this way. There's a good beer under here, but, released in its current form, it is not optimal. And lambic-style? Embarrassing that this could be called anything approaching that territory. Get rid of the lactose and this might be good.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2023
at 04:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from the tap. Clear light gold with small white head. A bit of weird artificial sweetness in the malt here with quite mild hopping. Average.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2023
at 06:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at BBT 05/2023. Surprisingly only med-med-full body, rather high carbonation. Med-high sweetness, medium bitterness. Only a hint of warmth, which is fascinating considering the ABV - it is hidden really well. Maltiness does not feel rich enough. There is moderate candyish caramel, med-light chocolate, med-light coffee, only light hazelnut, hints of vanilla. Good, quite easy drinking, at least relatively so. But I expect something more from pastry imperial stouts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2023
at 18:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shared bottle at BBT May 2023. Dark brown with minimal beige head. Aroma of coffee, hazelnuts, chocolate, roasted malt.Taste is chocolate, roasted malts, roasted malt, hazelnuts. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2023
at 18:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aroma: coffee, lactose, cinnamon. Taste: milky coffee, nougat, hazelnut praline, bit empty in body. Full bodied, moderate carbonation, moderate bitterness. A dessert could have been excellent with slightly fuller body.
Tried
on 16 May 2023
at 18:32
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from BCL
This is very dark, near black, with medium sized beige head. The aroma is mild, some malt, caramel. It's full bodied, sweet, with a good base of malt, caramel, candi sugar; luckily it avoids the common traps for the style this part of the pond (no bubblegum etc); there is a tiny amount of celery that integrates well; it gets richer in the finish, toffee pudding; hiding the alcohol quite well.
This is one of the most enjoyable, North American Quads I ever had.
This is very dark, near black, with medium sized beige head. The aroma is mild, some malt, caramel. It's full bodied, sweet, with a good base of malt, caramel, candi sugar; luckily it avoids the common traps for the style this part of the pond (no bubblegum etc); there is a tiny amount of celery that integrates well; it gets richer in the finish, toffee pudding; hiding the alcohol quite well.
This is one of the most enjoyable, North American Quads I ever had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2023
at 06:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Sunny blond colour, slightly hazy (the first pour is actually very clean), with small frothy head. Aroma of malt, and jam, sweet aroma. Lean body, minimal residual sweetness contributing to the mouthfeel; they used a 'special' barley, but unfortunately the result is worse than with regular barley; there are mild vegetable notes, moderate bitterness, mild hop resins, tiny bitty pith in the finish, and some alcohol; the aftertaste is a bit disappointing.
It's decent, overall.
Sunny blond colour, slightly hazy (the first pour is actually very clean), with small frothy head. Aroma of malt, and jam, sweet aroma. Lean body, minimal residual sweetness contributing to the mouthfeel; they used a 'special' barley, but unfortunately the result is worse than with regular barley; there are mild vegetable notes, moderate bitterness, mild hop resins, tiny bitty pith in the finish, and some alcohol; the aftertaste is a bit disappointing.
It's decent, overall.
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2023
at 06:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Slight haze. Pale. Thin head. Medium body but some plasticy ferm in there, not good. Lacks hop for an ipa. This one goes nowhere for me.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2023
at 06:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 650mL bottle @ Weathered 2023. Dark brown with small beige head. Belgian yeast, burnt sugars, bread crust, doesn’t quite come together. Average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2023
at 08:28