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

January 29, 2010 <br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 20oz draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> $7.25<br> The beer poured a dark brown with black hues and a 1" thick light brown. The aroma was roasted malt, molasses, and cherries. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with mild carbonation. The flavour was dry cocoa, roasted malt, and sweet fruit with a bitter finish.

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

December 4, 2013 <br> The Amsterdam Brewhouse (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 245 Queen’s Quay)<br> 650ml bottle <br> 8.10% <br> $8.95<br> The beer pours a translucent dark brown colour with reddish hints and a thin tan ring for a cap, which disappears quite quickly. The aroma is caramel, licorice, coffee and dark fruits. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Flavour starts off sweet with caramel and finishes with yeast, and coffee notes. Overpriced, but decent.

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

October 9, 2013 <br> LCBO Outlet #217 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Queen’s Quay)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 5.60% ABV <br> $4.75 <br> The beer pours a medium gold colour with a half inch white head. Aroma is citrus, grains, and weak spice. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour was biscuity malt, weak citrus notes, and a nice bitter finish.

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

Canada: Ontario<br> October 30, 2009 <br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 20oz draught <br> 5.0% <br> $6.95 <br> The beer was poured a translucent red with a huge foamy tan coloured head. The aroma was caramel malt with some grass. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was grainy malt with a 'burnt' sense to it. An alright beer.

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

March 24, 2011 <br> The Town Crier (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> 500ml draught <br> 6.50% ABv <br> $6.25 <br> The beer poured a hazy reddish-brown in the glass with a thin ecru coloured cap. The aroma was citrusy hops, pine, and malt. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was grapefruity hops, and caramel. Very enjoyable beer.

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

February 3, 2012 <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> 355ml bottle <br> 4.16% ABV<br> $4.65<br> Beer was tried as Amsterdam 416 Urban Wheat. The beer poured a clear gold colour with a slight haze and almost no head. The aroma was wheat, grass, and some floral hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was wheat and some mild citrus.

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

March 16, 2019 <br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> 568ml can <br> 4.2% ABV <br> Canned On: February 25, 2019<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a medium gold colour with very little head, and what head there is, lasts less than a couple of minutes. Lots of effervescence. The aroma is grainy malt, weak herbal hops, and weak peppery note. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is weak grains, some light hops, and grass. It tastes better than a lot of 4.2%; pale lagers, that is for sure. But still....568ml is too much!

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

November 7, 2013 <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> 355ml bottle <br> 3.2% ABV (the bottle says 4.2% on the front, and 3.2% on the back label) <br> $3.75<br> The beer pours a solid dark brown colour with a thin ring for a head. Aroma is roasted malt, molasses, coffee, and chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dark chocolate and coffee with hints of herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. A rich tasting beer with notes or coffee and cocoa.

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

November 28, 2013 <br> Amsterdam Brewhouse (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> 12oz draught <br> 7.80% <br> $7.00<br> The beer poured a golden honey colour with a half inch snow white head that laced well. The aroma was tropical hops, grass, and weak caramel. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was weak pineapple/papaya, some burnt grass, and hints of a honey sweetness. Very enjoyable.

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

June 13, 2014 <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 391 King Street West)<br> 16oz draught <br> 6.2% <br> $7.50 <br> The beer poured a dark mahogany colour with a creamy tan cap. The aroma was funk, tobacco, and fruity notes. The mouthfeel was average bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was tobacco, some roasty malt, grass, and coffee. Quite good.

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

June 3, 2014 <br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 5.9% ABV <br> $6.95 <br> The beer pours a hazed golden yellow with a long lasting white head. Aroma is wheat, spices, and citrus. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The first and last thing you taste is salt, although there are peppery and citrus notes as well.

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

Canada: Ontario<br> July 25, 2014 <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 391 King Street West)<br> 20oz Draught <br> 5.6% ABV (as listed on the Menu) <br> $6.95 <br> The beer pours a solid coca-cola colour with a creamy light tan head that lingers. The aroma is roasted malt and dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet coffee, roasted malt, and chocolate. Another enjoyable beer.

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

October 12, 2015 <br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 6.2% ABV <br> $6.65 <br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a thin creamy brown head. The aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, and floral hops. The aroma is medium-full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dark chocolate. coffee, roasted malt, and a hoppy bitterness.

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

April 30, 2018 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 7.7% Abv <br> $5.30<br> The beer pours a dark brown, almost black with a creamy brown head that recedes to a thin film. The aroma is roasted malt, rye, hops, and licorice. The mouthfeel is full bodied, very creamy, and with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, some rye spiciness, and a nice bitter finish. A very good beer.

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

October 3, 2013 <br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 500ml, bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> $6.25<br> The beer pours a very dark brown with a creamy brown head. The aroma is rye, cocoa, and licorice. The mouthfeel is creamy, fuill bodied, with average carbonation. The flavour is cocoa, rye, spices, and a hint of licorice. .

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

May 29, 2014 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> 500ml bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Best Before: February 2016 <br> Batch: 761 <br> $7.05<br> The beer pours a hazed golden colour with a bubbly light tan coloured head. Aroma is light citrus, grapefruit, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light grapefruit, juicy fruit, and grains. Good and refreshing.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

October 3, 2014 <br> LCBO Outlet #483B (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Royal Bank Plaza)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 10.50% ABV <br> $7.20 <br> The beer pours a solid black with a half inch light tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and copius amounts of anise and chocolate. The mouthfeel is full-bodied, quite possibly the fullest bodied beer I have ever tried. The flavour is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and smoke. An excellent beer.

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

December 17, 2018 <br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> 330ml bottle <br> 10.5% ABV <br> Bottled On: July 25, 2018<br> Best before: January 25, 2020<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a translucent copper hued solid black colour when held up to a strong white light. The cap is light brown in colour, creamy, and about 2cm think. The aroma is roasted nuts, soy sauce, nuts, and oatmeal, and maybe a whiff of alcohol. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dominated by roasted malt and alcohol with hints of leather/charred wood, coffee, nuts, and dark chocolate. Sadly the leathery taste and the alcohol being so noticeable kill this beer.

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

March 20, 2008<br> 330ml bottle<br> 5.50% ABV <br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> $7.25<br> The beer poured a hazed orange gold colour with a generous fluffy head that took a few minutes to recede. The aroma is wheat malt and light spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and highly carbonated. The flavour was wheat malt, sweet banana hints with a slight hoppy finish.

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

April 7, 2022<br> 473ml can <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Canned On: December 1, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> $2.20<br> A more experienced beer reviewer’s review! The beer poured from a can a very weak golden yellow with a generous bubbly white head which quickly disappeared with little to no lacing. The aroma was weak grains, weak hops, and some acidic notes. The mouthfeel was weak to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was mainly grains with weak hop and metallic notes. Certainly not a beer I would want to drink with any regularity, but not as bad as some other macro lagers either. <br> <br> Original Review <br> First Tried in 1987 <br> 341ml bottle<br> 5.0% ABV <br> Not a beer that thrills me. First off.............I have to admit that of Canada's two mega-breweries, I have generally supported Molson. In fact, I've only tried three Labatt products, and all of them were only tried once. Blue, John Labatt Classic, and Labatt Copper (you all remember Labatt Copper don't you? 1995? National campaign which had Copper X and Copper Y and beer drinkers voted which was their favourite? and the winner lasted all of 5 months in beer stores). Anyway, I digress. Blue is supposedly Canada's beer of choice. The aroma was malty, but dissipated quickly. The colour was a very pale yellow with a slight head. The mouthfeel was very watery suggesting that if you enjoy the flavour, you can probably down these by the case. The flavour was nothing to write home about as it too was watery with only slight malt tones. All in all a forgettable beer.

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

April 7, 2022<br> Brewed in Canada by Labatt Brewing Company<br> 473ml can <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Canned On: March 14, 2022 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> $2.70<br> A more experienced beer reviewer’s review! The beer pours a very pale straw colour with a bubbly white head which disappeared in mere seconds. Considering it was canned less than a month ago, that surprises me. There was no lacing. The aroma is grains and herbal hops. Not much else. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grass and rice. I can actually taste the rice! I didn’t like this beer the first couple of times I tried it (the Labatt version in 1987 and the American version in 1992), and it won’t be a regular for me, but it really isn’t all that bad. I can see why billions and billions drink it. Score adjusted up to 1.9<br> <br> <br> Original Review<br> 341ml bottle<br> 5.0% ABV<br> Guelph, Ontario, Canada<br> January 21, 1987 (Canadian Version) / August 16, 1992 (American version)<br> I have had two versions of this beer, the Anheuser-Busch brewed version in the bars of Memphis, Tennessee, and the "brewed in Canada by Labatt under license...." I'll take the Canadian version hands down. Sadly, the Canadian version sucks too. For a beer that is as heavily advertised as it is, and sells as much as it does, the rating here says it all. This is America's finest pisswater (Labatt Blue is Canada's finest pisswater). It amazes me when I go out with friends, there is always one who orders Bud. Take a gamble people, try one of the beers on tap you've never heard of....they're great (with all due respect to Tony the Tiger). This is one of those beers I will go out of my way to avoid. Having it in your fridge is a great way to get taken off my Christmas card list!

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

500ml draught<br> 4.8% ABV <br> The Beerbistro (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> December 15, 2011<br> $6.65<br> The beer poured a dark coca-cola brownish-black, with golden-brown edges and a cream coloured cap. Aroma was wheat, roast, caramel, toffee with some weak floral hints. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt, toffee, and a hint of molasses and spice.

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

355ml <br> 5.6% ABV <br> Canned On: January 24, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> March 21, 2022<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a red tinged gold colour with a creamy tan coloured head and leaves a lot of lacing. The aroma is cereal malt, grapefruit notes, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is hop forward with grapefruit notes galore, the malt and yeast notes are in the background. There is a tart berry note in the finish that ruins what otherwise is a very good beer.

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

500ml bottle <br> 5.6% ABV <br> Bottled On: December 26, 2021 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> March 19, 2022<br> $7.50<br> The beer pours a golden orange colour with a generous white head which collapses into a thin white ring within seconds. Lacing is non-existent. The aroma is biscuit malts, yeast, tart citrus, and light cranberry. It’s definitely citrus, but it doesn’t say ‘tangerine’ to me. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is very tart with both the cranberry and tangerine up front. Not a lot of bitterness in the finish, although it could be washed away by the tartness.

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

473ml can <br> 5.60% ABV <br> Canned On: December 14, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> March 18, 2022<br> $3.55<br> The beer pours a translucent cranberry red with a creamy white head which lasts a long time and provides a lot of lacing. The aroma is ginger forward with notes of tart cranberries, wet grass, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is well balanced between the tartness of the fruit, the ginger flavour, and the grains. I’m not a huge fan of cranberries, but I really like this beer!