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

March 22, 2013<br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 4.2% ABV <br> $3.50 <br> The beer pours a translucent reddish-gold with a thin tan ring for a head. Aroma is grainy malt, ginger, and light hops. Mouthfeel is light bodied, with high carbonation. Flavour is a British bitter crossed with Ginger Ale but got more beery as it warmed up. Heavy on the ginger and the spice. Not something I would try again.

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

September 14, 2011<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 4.2% ABV <br> $3.50<br> The beer poured a translucent medium golden-red colour with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipated into a ring. The aroma was slight skunk, weak grainy malt, and some floral hoppy hints. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was very grainy and acidic, not at all good.

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

August 13, 2007 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 5.2% ABV <br> $3.50<br> The beer poured a dark brown with a small head that quickly disappeared. The aroma is malty with a hint of almond. The mouthfeel is thick and fullbodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is a slight touch on the sour side with some citrusy hints backed up by a heavy malty taste. This beer goes down very well.

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

August 12, 2015 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 4.5% ABV <br> $3.50 <br> The beer pours a translucent light gold with a snow white head and lots of effervescence. The aroma is light grains, tropical fruit, weak citrus, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very grainy with light notes of citrus and spice. Nothing spectacular.

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

October 29, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> 500ml can<br> 4.50% <br> Best Before: April 30, 2021<br> $2.85<br> The beer pours out a translucent ruby colour topped by a frothy tan coloured cap that quickly disappears. The aroma is grassy malts, caramel, nuts, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet caramel, cereal malts, and a hunt of citrusy hops. Finish is a combination of both bitter and tangy. Quite good.

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

October 6, 2011<br> LCBO Outlet #217 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Queen’s Quay)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 6.2% ABV <br> $3.60<br> The beer poured a translucent dark rusty-red colour with a thin tan head that quickly disappeared. The aroma was nutty malt, floral hops, and dark fruits. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet, malty, with some nuts. Alcohol was noticeable.

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

September 20, 2010<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 4.5% ABV <br> $3.50<br> The beer poured a translucent golden colour with long lasting tan coloured bubble head. The aroma was grainy malt with some floral hops and earth notes. The body was weak to medium bodied, and medium carbonation. The flavour was bread, grass, and a decent hoppy finish - not too bitter. A good beer, not great, easily drinkable.

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

October 19, 2013<br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 8.4% ABV (sticker placed on back of bottle) <br> $6.25<br> The beer pours a beautiful opaque black colour with a thin tan creamy head that lasted throughout. The aroma was roasted malt, dark chocolate, and coffee. The mouthfeel was medium full, with average carbonation. The flavour was a complex arrangement of dark chocolate, molasses, vanilla and coffee.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 7

330 ml Bottle <br> 8.0% <br> I tried this beer on August 17, 2007 at 'Smokeless Joe' in Toronto. The beer poured into a tulip glass a beautiful reddish brown colour with almost no head. Like Biegaman, my bottle was also marked as 8%. The aroma was cognac, malt, alcohol and burnt butterscotch. The mouthfeel was very very smooth with a medium body and some mild carbonation. The taste was very heavy on the cognac, and a little hint of fruit. I did feel the alcohol burn, and for a beer with an 8% abv, that's not good in my book. A little pricey at $14.25/bottle as well when I can visit some other places and get an Abbey Quadrupel for less.

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

330ml bottle <br> 4.5% ABV <br> I tried this beer on October 3, 2008 at “Smokeless Joe’s” in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent gold, with almost a thin white head. The aroma was all grainy malt with a hint of hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was very grassy…all malt, very little hops. I tried a mouthfeel of this during the Olympics and was quite surprised at how bad it was. Having a full bottle reminds me that there’s nothing here to threaten the craft beer industry.

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

355ml can <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 24, 2010<br> The beer poured a translucent medium gold with a generous white bubbly head which quickly disappeared. The aroma was grainy malt and metal. The mouthfeel was weak bodied and medium carbonated. The flavour was stale grainy malt, and acidic bitterness.

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

473ml can <br> 5.50% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br> February 21, 2008<br> The beer pours a translucent gold colour with a generous white fluffy head that disappears quickly, and is highly effervescent. The aroma is very grainy with some faint honey hints. The mouthfeel is thin, carbonated, and watery. The taste is somewhat watery as well with some hints of grass and honey, but nothing strong.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

473ml can <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br> December 23, 2007<br> The beer poured a translucent gold colour with a generous white fluffy head which quickly disippated after pouring was complete. The aroma was vomit, pure unadulterated vomit. Had I not poured this myself, I don;t think I would have drank it. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, mild carbonation. The taste was better than the aroma. There was a definite hoppy taste. It was a very easy drinking beer, went down well.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

June 28, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #217 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Queen’s Quay)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 5.2% ABV<br> $3.10<br> The beer poured a very dark brown with a generous light brown head. The aroma was roasted malt, and chocolate. The mouthfeel was full-bodied, slightly creamy, and medium carbonated. The flavour roasted malt, chocolate, and cocoa to give it a 'dry' feel.

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

June 19, 2015 <br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 650ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> $6.90<br> The beer pours a reddish-gold colour with a generous foamy off-white head. The aroma is very grassy with a hint of herbal hops...just a hint. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is weak caramel malt, grass, and weak hops. Nothing more than ticking off a province really.

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

500ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV (as written on bottle) <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br> July 25, 2007 <br> The beer poured a translucent gold colour, darker than most North American lagers. The head was quite large and quite dense but disappeared quickly leaving a little lacing on the side. The aroma is hoppy with some yeasty tinges. The mouthfeel is slightly thick with ample carbonation and medium-bodied. The taste is very much pilsener like, but not as good as some of the common Czech Pilseners in my opinion.

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

November 20, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill)<br> 330ml bottle <br> 10.0% ABV <br> Best Before: March 21, 2023 <br> $4.95<br> The 2020 Birthday Beer. The beer pours a mahogany colour with a thick tan coloured head. Lots of lacing. The aroma is grains, candy sugar, honey, dark fruits, and caramel. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, creamy, and well carbonated. The flavour is burnt sugar, grains, light anise notes, and dark fruit. This Trappist ale needs a bit of work!

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

March 12, 2008<br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500 ml bottle <br> 5.5% ABV <br> $2.30 <br> The beer poured a nice translucent gold colour with a minimal white head. The aroma was mainly grainy malts with nothing else. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with ample carbonation. The flavour was similar to the aroma in that it was very malty with very little other discernable flavours. This beer is readily available in Canada, but is simply an average brew at best. Not something I would consider buying again