Trafalgar Malted Corpse

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

The name drew me in.....and that was the highlight. Trafalgar could very well be Canada's worst craft brewer with a lot of their beers missing the mark completely. Add this to the list. The pour is a murky reddish-brown with an off-white thin head. Nutty malt, caramel, and floral hops in the aroma.........not enough roast for a porter. Flavour is watered down malt, and metal. Not recommended at all.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Little special from Trafalgar for Halloween 2009 at the LCBO. Best before date on bottle says January 2010, so right on time. Wow... hardly no head (like a beheaded corpse) with a dark caramel-red colour body. Mild aromas of nuts, brown sugar, coffee and chocolate and this is the best part of this brew. Watery mouthfeel and boring (as in flat). The taste is quite mild with burnt sugar, caramel and the coffee, but like I say... pretty, pretty mild. Could be a nice brew, but needs head and way more punch. For next Halloween maybe ??

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

Bottle: Poured a deep clear brown color ale with a large foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of unrefined and stale grain is not very enticing. Taste is also dominated by stale grain with some light residual sugar. Noe ester or hops presence could be identified. Body is about average with medium carbonation. No brewing flaws per say but just an incredibly bad brown ale.

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

650 ml bottle from LCBO, Decided (unwisely) to give it a try as I was buying a bottle of their recommended their Hop Nouveau. I’ll put it down to misplaced optimism. Pours a brown clear ale in the glass. No retained cap. Looks flat and tastes flat. Poses a halloween trick on the drinker....just what is this? It’s not a porter....too thin, sweet and undefined. Is it a weak dark ale dressed as a cola or a sugary flat brown ale masquerading as a porter? All I know is it was sweet and flat, thin and had that signature undefinable unpleasant funky taste riding just below the malt profile. Another poor effort by this brewer and at this price a rip off also.

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

Best before jan 2010. Pours dark brown with a small vanilla head, light lacing. Smells somewhat sweet with some chocolate, coffee and not surprisingly a huge malt presence. Tastes good with a bit of that chocolate from the nose, coffee, lots of malt and a light bitterness to finish it all off. Mouthfeel is thin with low carbonaiton. Not bad but I can think of a few similar brews I would grab instead,