Molson Exel

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Purchased a 12-pack, on special, at a Metro store in Ontario. It was the smallest amount I could find. Use to sell this at the convenient store I worked as a kid, 20 years ago. Light golden with big bubble carbonation. The head is pretty decent for such a brew: frothy, bubbly, white, average retention and patchy lace. Malty nose at first pour with some mild honey and adjuncts coming later. The light honey and grain is what also appears in the taste. Nothing really offensive here, so this is a decent alternative to those who cannot have alcohol, but want a beer. Better colour than Busch beers that have way more alcohol content.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

This tastes like weak cider and should be avoided like the plague. Nowhere near the flavour and aroma of European non-alcoholics, instead it's a drainpourer's paradise.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I first tried this when I was 13. I bought it at Luongos and nobody asked me for ID. I thought that was great. Got home and drank all 6 of them and couldn't figure why I didn't have a buzz. Only then did I realize it was a non-alcoholic beer! My bad! It tasted good then.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

I first tried this many years ago when it first came out. My son was still a teenager and I wanted to slowly introduce him to beer. I tried this and Buckler. A friend had told me this tasted like apple juice...not far off. Fast forward 18 years. I tried this again. It was awful. Sure, it pours a golden colour with a white head like your average lager, but there is no aroma, there is no flavour, and there is no bite on the tongue. Even the apple juice flavour of long ago has dissipated into nothingness.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 3

This one poured a not all that bad light gold colour, with decent carbonation, along with a flimsy white head. The aroma a floral, perfumy sort of arrangement (kinda like Corona, maybe?). The taste was supremely unbeer-like, and although the mouthfeel was not repulsive, the aftertaste was something to avoid. Why would anyone waste their money on this sh*t; better to drink either a "regular" swill or water. Sorry, I couldn't bring myself to finish more than half the can. I must say I tried this crap only to get the style logged.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

I tried this at the Hour Glass in Hamilton during Odd Fellows night. As reduced alcohol beers go this may be the best I have tried. It pours a very pale yello with good carbonation and a little bit of froth. There is no aroma which detracts fronm the beer. The flavor is weak but does exist. I must admit that this RA is more satisfying than many of the others I have tried.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 3

Had to struggle to just get through one. Aroma is weak, color is standard swill gold and the flavor is weak, but what is there isn't the greatest. I'm not sure why I even bothered trying this one. Perhaps bored.

Aroma: 0 | Appearance: 0 | Mouthfeel: 0 | Flavor: 0 | Overall: 0