7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Originally rated August 2004. Tried this beer for the first time at Zaphod’s in Ottawa, on tap, a few years ago. Was blown away ! Now I buy it in a 6 pack of stubbies. I have also bought this beer in a 20 litres and 50 litres for poker nights. Pours a dark amber-red colour with a medium beige head. Small amount of lacing. Low carbonation, but a good malt scent. Starts with a fruity-sweet taste and finishes with a mild bitter bite. Still prefer this one on tap. This brew kills the other one, Premium Lager, that they make. One of my favorite session beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Apr 2012
at 17:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Originally rated February 2005. This brew is also called "Dogsbody" by the brewer. It poured a golden colour with a slight amber tint to it. The head was nice and creamy and lacing is intence. The nose was pretty floral and grainy. The mouth was fruity with hints of peach and honey. Slightly bitter, but with a very smooth and creamy finish. An excellent session ale (as its name refers to), and my beer of choice for our poker nights. Always get it in 20L kegs.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2012
at 22:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A deep dark brown IPA with a thin mocha creamy lacing head. In aroma, a nice herbaceous and piney hops, with light chocolate, very nice. In mouth, a smooth bitter chocolate with grassy and catty hops, resinous, a bit of astringency, medium bodied. On tap at Arrow and Loon, Feb. 4 2012.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2012
at 18:27
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft: Poured a clear light brown color ale with a small foamy head with light retention and limited lacing. Aroma of light caramel malt with light sweet nutty notes as well. Taste is a mix between some nutty caramel notes with some semi-dry caramel malt. Body is about average with good carbonation. Not overly complex and easily drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2012
at 11:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks David Cohen. The bottle spent the last few years at Dancing Camel’s cold storage room at about 0 degrees celsius. Clear golden. Aroma of floral hops, some fruits (a hint of passion fruit) and a bit of oxidized notes. Medium-bodied. Surprisingly still quite decent and even pretty hoppy, can’t find too much passion fruit though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2012
at 06:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pint at the Highlander Pub in Ottawa. Has an aroma of crisp row grains, inviting, but simple. Body is yellow with little head. Flavour is a mix of grain with some sweetness. Has a nice, crisp, citrusy finish. It’s a better blonde than I expected.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2011
at 23:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A reddish amber porter with a thick frothy mocha head. In aroma, nice nutty chocolate malt, inoffensive. In mouth, a sweetish nutty malt with light milk chocolate, light to medium bodied. OK. Sampled at brewery, Dec. 9 2011.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2011
at 19:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
Originally rated February 2006. Bought this limited brew at the LCBO on Rideau street in Ottawa. Created for Valentine’s week with passion fruit concentrate. Pours a slightly hazy light golden colour with a great big white foamy head. Retention is also great, and the lace is all over in small patches. Great passion fruit smell with hints of their regular traditional ale. Mildly syrupy mouthfeel. Good sweet start in the taste department, with notes of honey and the passion fruit. Then, leads into a slight grainy and bitter finish. Some grapefruit is also in the finish. Smooth aftertaste. As you all must know by know, I love fruit beers. This one is a first for passion fruit in a brew, and I think it is well-brewed. Not too sweet to gross out the stomach, but not too dull like some fruit lagers/ales.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2011
at 22:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Originally rated February 2006. Comes in a stubby bottle. This premium lager pours a golden colour with an amber touch. Carbonation is quite present, big white head with medium retention and good all around lacing. The nose is very nice, with floral notes and a beautiful perfume. The mouthfeel is the weakest part, being a bit thin and watery, but then, the taste bring you back right into it. Grainy malt, floral hops, slight fruit and a dry and mild bitter finish. Not much of an aftertaste. Recommended for a good alternative to macro lagers, and for a good intro to micro-breweries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2011
at 22:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A golden amber orange Marzen with a thin off white head. In aroma, light biscuit malt with grassy hops. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt, with barley sugar, and grassy and smooth German hops, not bad. On tap at Oktoberfest Ottawa, Sept. 30 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2011
at 22:51