Paddock Wood Double Double

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Poured out an absolutely colossal light tan head that was creamy, lots of messy as hell lacing. Brew is burnt orange in colour and crystal clear. No lack of aroma - toffee, melted cane sugar, sweet golden raisins, cherry, light spice, concentrated apricot or nectarine... very aromatic with a light floral hint, red licorice - excellent. The aromas are never in your face - they are soft and keep my nose happy. The taste is missing the massive in-your-face spice - which is nice. Initial hops linger for a while now that I’m on to them - pine, mild grapefruit. Nice tasty mix of mild spices that I cannot distinguish between, toffee, raisin, tons of malts dominate the flavour. Citrus is very yummy, this is odd - although the spices are low and I like the citrus, my brain says these should not mix in this fashion. But it works. Excellent creamy mouth feel, wonderful carbonation, medium bodied, finishes with toffee, light roast, a slight lingering spice and decent bitterness. I gotta say that I really enjoyed this brew and never noticed the 10.5% until I got up to take a piss and almost did a header through my drywall ala NAIT.

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

Dull glowing hazy honey brown body with a stupidly long lasting very large nipple shaped crown. Woody aroma, some vegetable and there is this sharp sweaty feet mixes with caramel stink that I’m detecting, no trace of the alcohol . I’m not sure I like this aroma its not bad but its not winning me over either it’s just lacking something. Taste seems clean, nice and malts, good sweetness with a bitter finish. Brew is very heavy bodied with tons of in your face spice. Beer has more hops then I expected with them starting of very flowery but turn piney. I think I just taste celery but when I try to find that again all I get is a lemon lime. Very drinkable tame flavor, I could drink this all the time but there are better out there.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

From Brewery Creek. Rather pricy at $8.25 CAD for a bomber, but this was my first chance at a beer from Saskatchewan. Poured a rich and hazy copper beneath a creamy small head of ivory hue. The aroma was right for an English Strong Ale, malt although not a hint as to the high ABV, yet you certainly could taste it! Nice, nice mouthfeel and a good strong ale finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Finally got my hands on one of these. Thanks Doug. Bottle: pours a cloudy amber-brown ale in the goblet with a puffy tan colored cap which lasts and laces the glass well. Aroma is pure ambrosia: citrus-toffee-raisin bread dough over some spicey grassy tomes and some mustiness. Rich buttery mouthfeel, ample malt spine. Front side is rich in bready malts but instantly balanced by a pervasive resinous hop bite, mid palate there is wonderful complexity: toffee, raisins, citrus peel, oak,mint treacle, cherry tobbaco...excellent! Finish is wet and lengthy with the hops bittering out the citrus bready tones. What a wonderfully warming and satisfying ale...excellent!