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

473ml can
6.3% Abv
King.Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
March 7, 2014
$2.65
The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a weak rocky light tan coloured head. Aroma is grapefruity hops, caramel, and some weak metallic notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dominated by a metallic aftertaste, which comes after the grapefruity hops and caramel notes fade away.

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

650ml bottle
6.0% ABV (as written on bottle)
Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
March 2, 2014
The beer pours a dark brown with a thin tan creamy head. Aroma is fruity, with hints of licorice, chocolate, and caramel. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour starts of with a sour hint to it, but also has hints of molasses/caramel and nuts. The sourness befuddles me.

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

330ml bottle
8.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Bottle Number: 16141 (June 2013)
March 1, 2014
The beer pours a solid coca-cola colour with a thin brown head. The aroma is whiskey, dark fruits, molasses, and charred wood. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is whiskey, some peat is evident, molasses, and dark fruits. Despite being the same ABV as the others in the Ola Dubh series, the alcohol is more notioeable in this one.

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

16oz draught
6.0% ABV (as marked on keg)
Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February 27, 2014
The beer poured a coca-cola colour with a 1" creamy dark tan head that lasted throughout the experience. The aroma was light bourbon, roasted malt, vanilla, coffee and chocolate. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour had notes of bourbon, vanilla, coffee, and chocolate. More complex and therefore better than the regular porter.

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

16oz draught
7.7% ABV (as marked on menu)
Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February 27, 2014
$7.50
The beer is poured in a tulip glass a solid black colour with a 1" creamy brown head. Aroma is strong coffee, dark fruits, and a hint of chocolate. The mouthfeel is full bodied, with average carbonation. Flavour is a nice melding of the coffee, roast and dark fruit flavours, with a mild bitterness in the finish. An excellent way to start the evening.

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

20oz draught
5.7% ABV
Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
february 27, 2014
The beer pours a solid brownish red colour with a thin off-white head. Aroma is dark fruit, caramel, some roast, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is on the sweet side with fruit and caramel dominating before giving way to a slight bitter finish.

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

500ml can
2.0% ABV (as marked on can)
Milton LCBO OUtlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
February 22, 2014
The beer pours out a metallic hazed yellow colour with a very short lived white frothy head. Aroma is grapefruit, with some grains and musty hops in the background. Mouthfeel is (surprisingly) medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is strongly grapefruit with notes of a grainy lager type brewed beverage in the background. Quite refreshing, but one is enough.

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

750ml bottle
10.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February 19, 2014
The beer pours a solid black colour with a generous frothy dark brown head that lasts a few minutes. The aroma is a wake me up blast of coffee and chocolate nibs as well as dark fruit (think chocolate covered raspberries). The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is well balanced between sweet chocolate, dark fruit, roasted malt, and licorice. Rich and decadent, and maybe too much so.

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

750ml paper wrapped corked and caged bottle
8.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February 14, 2014
The beer pours a slightly translucent darl copper colour with a thin tan head that slowly dissipates to a thing ring and islands. The aroma is tart fruits, yeast, grains, and funk. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with lower than average carbonation. The flavour is tart fruit, traces of molasses, grains, and yeast. An excellent beer.

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

600ml bottle
6.9% ABV
Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
February 11, 2014
$7.85
The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a thin rocky tan coloured head. The aroma is yeast, light fruit (almost tropical), grains, and some earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet fruit tones, yeast, grains and a hint of the spice. A decent bock.