fresh on tao at the Toronto Beer Fest.
Wow, Got hops?
my lord, yes, there are definetly 100IBU’s in here. i LOVE hoppy beers, but my god. Almost have trouble finishing this one. Initial aroma is well, HOPS, quite pungent also. Overall very well done.

can at home.. September 2020.. hazy murk amber... big white head.. soft peach dry fruit nose... Light floral oily fruits.. soft juicy fruit.. soft peach fruit

LCRBM2: Black, opague. Coffeearoma. Coffee and caramel in the flavor. Lots of coffee. Sweetened coffee. But good coffee.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Orange color. Melon and pineapple in the aroma. Firm grassy, citric hopbitter flavor with sweet Cantaloup melon. Firm grassy hopbitter aftertaste. Balance is lacking just a bit, but flavors and aromas are nice.

Bouteille 2005. Nez de malt rôti, de chocolat noir, légèrement fruité (cerises sûres, notes de raisins vineux) et léger de café et de houblon herbeux avec des notes de crème, de vanille, d’épices (anis) et boisées. Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, légèrement crémeuse et sirupeuse. Goût fruité légèrement sûr (cerises noires et sûres, léger de raisins vineux, notes de cassis et de bleuets) aux notes boisées, de vanille, d’épices (anis, réglisse noire) ainsi que des notes lactiques de chocolat au lait et de crème lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût amer de malt assez rôti et légèrement brûlé avec un goût de chocolat noir puis progressivement vient se rajouter un goût plus sec de café noir, d’alcool très doux et de houblon herbeux (notes terreuses) ainsi que de petites notes fumées. Arrière-goût long aux note sèches, moyennement amer de rôti/brûlé, d’alcool très doux, de café et de houblon herbeux (notes de chocolat) avec un léger goût fruité sûr (moût de cerises noire, de cerises sûres et de cassis) et des traces de fumée boisée. [notes 2006]

This beer is obviously a little past its prime, and possibly its rating may reflect a more innocent era in Ontario brewing, but its still a pretty good beer. Pours cloudy brown. Good aroma of hops and some roast malt. Bottle possibly at the last place you can still find this - The Rhino.

Not sure how long this has been retired for, but it tastes a bit past its prime. Or was this what it always tasted like? Guess ill never know. Pours black with a little coca cola head that diappearses immediately. Cole like in ocolour. Taste is a little sour, a little nutty bitterness. Nothing really going on here other than enjoying a slow death in retirement in the beer cellar at the rhino.

Not sure if this is really retired or not. If so, I certainly shouldnt be drinking a bottle for 4 bucks at the Rhino. Pours with a creamy reddish hue head. Thick n black. Smell has boozy malt and some coffee, some cacao full on with the sour after that the raw fruit brings in Brazil. But that sour doesnt come till the aftertaste. No idea how old this is. Stubby.