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

473ml can <br> 4.50% ABV <br> Canned On: November 5, 2018<br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> April 21, 2019 <br> $3.35<br> The beer pours a golden orange colour with a slight haze a d a huge generous white cap which slowly disappears. The aroma is grass, tropiocal fruits, slight hints of yeast, and perfume. The mouthfeel was mnedium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very similar to a lot of session IPAs using the same hops. A nice balance between tropical fruit sweetness and mildly bitter hops with grassy malt thrown in. Problem is, they are all just ‘meh!’

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

473ml can <br> 5.10% ABV <br> Canned On: February 21, 2019 <br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> April 16, 2019<br> $3.15<br> The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a huge light tan that lasts a few moments. The aroma is citrusy hops, light caramel, some toasted nuts, and biscuit notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very citrus forward, especially grapefruit, with hints of cereal malts, caramel, and pine. An enjoyable beer to watch a game with.

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

473ml can <br> 5.2% ABV <br> Canned On: February 5, 2019<br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge / Eglinton)<br> April 15, 2019<br> $3.05<br> The beer pours a hazed medium gold colour with a very thin white film for a ring. Effervescence is active. The aroma is grainy malt, some light fruit notes, yeast, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, crisp, with average carbonation. The flavour has more in common with a Nortgh American blonde ale than it does with either an English Pale Ale or an American pale Ale. Quite grainy with a slightly sweet start leading to a bitter finish. Aside from the grains and the hops, not a lot of complexity here.

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

473ml can <br> 5.8% ABV <br> Canned ON: February 5, 2019 <br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge / Eglinton)<br> April 14, 2019<br> $3.05<br> The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a thin white film for a head. Effervescence is decent. The aroma is caramel, biscuit malt, light musty hops, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is well balanced with caramel malt, spicy hop, and grains. There is nothing outstanding about this beer, but it is a very good example of a North American take on an EPA.

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

473ml can <br> 6.30% ABV <br> Canned On: December 28, 2018<br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 13, 2019 <br> $3.15<br> The beer pours a hazed medium gold colour with a thin white head which sits on the top for a while. The aroma is tropical fruit, grass, light spices, and herbal hop notes. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet fruit, grains, yeast, and citrus peel. I smell no coconut, and I taste no coconut. Yet the can claims it is there. Despite that, this was a good tasting beer!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

473ml can <br> 10.2% ABV <br> Canned On: March 21, 2019 <br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 12, 2019 <br> $4.95<br> This is a chunky pour. The colour is medium gold, more murky than hazy, with a huge white head which recedes to a creamy film. The aroma is very peachy with notes of grass, light spices, and tropical fruits. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The first thing I taste is alcohol, followed by bitter citrus ring, grass, and finally the peaches come through in the finish. I want to like it, but the alcohol bitterness is hanging around too long.

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

Scottish Ale 473ml can<br> 6.2% ABV <br> Canned On: March 21, 2019 <br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge / Eglinton)<br> April 13, 2019<br> $3.40<br> The beer pours a translucent reddish brown colour with a thick tan coloured head that lasts several minutes. The aroma is roasted malt, molasses, nuts, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a tad on the bitter side. It starts off sweet, but the bitterness overpowers it by the time it reaches the throat. So, a tad thin for a Wee Heavy and a little too bitter for the style.

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

355ml can <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Canned On: March 21, 2019<br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge / Eglinton)<br> April 12, 2019<br> $4.50<br> The beer pours a very hazy light gold colour with a generous off-white rocky head. The aroma is pineapple, grass, weak spices, floral hops, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full boidied wirth average carbonation. The flavour is very grassy with hints of weak tropical fruit and spices before giving way to a hoppy finish. It could have been better!

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

473ml can <br> 4.70% ABV <br> Canned On: March 6, 2019<br> LCBO #457 <br> April 11, 2019<br> $3.20<br> The beer pours a translucent reddish gold colour with plenty of effervescence feeding a 1” off-white coloured head. The aroma is grass, musty hops, as well as citrus and tropical fruit notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The dominant flavours are light caramel and tropical fruit with a mildly bitter finish. Nothing flashy.

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

330ml bottle <br> 9.0% ABV <br> Best Before: December 18, 2021<br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 6, 2019 <br> $3.65<br> The beer pours a very cloudy rust colour with a huge rocky off-white head which lasts. The aroma is very hoppy with notes of pine and citrus, followed by honey, yeast, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is citrusy hops, notes of burnt sugar/caramel, grains, and hints of yeast and honey. An interesting beer. Not very tripel like and not very IIPA like. Yet still enjoyable.

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

330ml bottle<br> 8.0% ABV <br> Best Before: May 27, 2020<br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 6, 2019 <br> $3.50<br> The beer pours a slight hazed gold colour with a huge rocky off-white head which lasts throughout and laces extremely well. The aroma is honey, grass, yeast, and citrus. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour was very grassy, with notes of yeast and tart fruit leading to a bitter finish.

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

340ml draught<br> 5.0% ABV <br> C’est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> April 5, 2019 <br> $5.75<br> The beer poured a coca-cola black with a thin creamy tan coloured head. Lacing was present but minimal. The aroma was coffee, vanilla, roasted malt, milk chocolate, and slight hints of smoked wood. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very coffee forward with notes of dark chocolate leading to a very bitter finish.

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

340ml draught<br> 6.5% ABV <br> C’est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> April 5, 2019 <br> $6.42<br> The beer pours a shimmering black with a thin brown creamy head which disappears quickly leaving almost no lacing. The aroma is black cherry, roasted malt, coffee, and hints of vanilla. The mouithfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very cherry centric with sweet cherry notes in the front and tart cherry notes in the finish, with plenty of coffee and chocolate notes in between. I really enjoyed this.

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

Brewed at County Durham Brewing<br> 500ml draught<br> 6.0% ABV<<br> C’est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> April 5, 2019 <br> $7.74<br> The beer pours a very dark brown, almost black, with a long lasting creamy light brown head. Lots of lacing as this goes down. The aromas are roasted malt, chocolate, nuts, and light coffee hints. The mouthfeel is medium boed with average carbonation. The flavour was milk chocolate, roasted malt, and there were peppery spicy notes in the finish, but that may have been from my lunch. All in all a good beer.

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

473ml can <br> 6.7% ABV <br> Canned On: December 28, 2018 <br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 4, 2019<br> $3.30<br> The beer pours a very hazed golden orange colour with an off-white creamy head which lasts throughout and laces well. The aroma is grainy malt, passion fruit, with hints of orange and grapefruit. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is fruity with notes of passion fruit and orange, and a nice grainy backbone. Quite refreshing.

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

473ml aluminum bottle <br> 5.2% ABV <br> Canned On: March 18, 2019 <br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 4, 2019<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a translucent medium gold colour with plenty of effervescence and a foamy white head which doesn’t last very long. The aroma is grainy malt, maybe a hint of biscuits in there, along with herbal hop notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation (despite the excess effervescence). The flavour is very malty with some subtle sweetness at the start giving way to a twinge of bitter hops in the finish. Nothing offensive here, but not worth reaching for again.

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

330ml bottle <br> 6.1% ABV <br> Best Before: November 1, 2019 <br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 1, 2019<br> $4.95<br> The beer pours a very dark brown colour with a generous rocky light brown head which lasts several minutes. The aroma was burnt wood, molasses, whiskey, and roasted malt. The mouthfeel was full bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour lacks the punch of the aroma with notes of roasted malt, some bitter soy sauce notes, dark chocolate, and minor hints of burnt wood and whiskey. While I’m not a fan of in your face barrel aged beers, I do expect there to be some barrel character and this has it, but not enough of it.

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

340ml draught <br> 7.0% ABV <br> C’est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 29, 2019 <br> $7.08<br> The beer poured a murky dark brown with a thin tan film for a head, although the film lasted and laced well. The aroma was nutty malt, dark fruit, some yeast, and roasted malt. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied, with average carbonation. The flavour was well balanced between the sweet notes of the sugar and dark fruit and the bitterness of the roasted malt and the hops. Quite good.

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

500ml bottle<br> 10.6% ABV <br> Best Before: January 1, 2010<br> C’est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 29, 2019<br> $11.73<br> The beer pours a mahogany colour with clear edges and a thin brown head. Eventually, it appeared more like a brownish cream soda colour. The aroma was Belgian yeast, roasted malt, candy sugar, and dark fruit. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied, and highly carbonated. The flavour was plums and raisins, burnt sugar, and roasted malt notes. An excellent Canadian version of an Belgian Quadrupel

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

650ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> Bottled On: <br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> March 23, 2019<br> $8.40<br> The beer pours a hazed medium gold colour with a half inch foamy white head which slowly recedes to a film on top. The aroma is citrus hops, grainy malt, light pine resin, and some caramel notes. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour has strong notes of grapefruit, caramel, grassy malt, and finished bitter. My kind of Imperial IPA after all these tropical wimpy wannabees from the last few years!

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

750ml bottle <br> 7.0% ABV <br> Bottled On: October 18, 2018<br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> March 23, 2019<br> $11.20<br> First of all, at 7%, this is not an Imperial Stout, I don’t care what the brewer says. Maybe things are different in Virginia, but this beer falls short of the Imperial Stout on every beer web site. The beer pours black with a huge frothy brown head which doesn’t last very long. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and weak hints of dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. The beer is very one dimensional.

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

650ml bottle <br> 6.4% ABV <br> Bottled On: January 30, 2019<br> Granite Brewery and Tied House (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 23, 2019<br> $8.50<br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a half inch brown cap which lasts several minutes. The aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, and some licorice notes. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is similar to the aroma with lots of coffee and roasted malt character. The brewery calls this a Baltic Porter but there really isn’t anything Baltic about it. As a Baltic Porter it fails, but as a Porter it is great!

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

750ml bottle <br> 10.3% ABV<br> Bottled On: June 6, 2017 <br> LCBO #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> March 23, 2019<br> $21.95<br> 2015 Edition, Bottled in 2017 after aging. The beer pours a turbid Indian red colour with a short lived (and by short lived I mean seconds) white cap. The ring around the edge does last forever though. The aroma is tart chrries, yeast, sour grains, and an unrecognizable funky smell. The mouthfeel is puckering, medium to full bodied, with ample amounts of carbonation. The flavour is both very tart, and very fruity. The cherries aren’t as pronounced in the flavour as they are in the aroma but still there. Some grains and yeast are also present but this is a very sour beer. As previously stated, this is nowhere near quad like in what we have to think of is a quad. But it is quite good.

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

16oz draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Granite Brewery and Tied House (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 22, 2019<br> $8.50<br> The beer poured a clear medium gold with a thin white ring for a head. The aroma was yeast, biscuit grains, and light citrusy hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very similar to the aroma with a nice malty backbone complemented by some light citrus and earthy hops, and a mellow finish.

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

16oz draught <br> 5.2% ABV<br> Granite Brewery and Tied House (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 22, 2019<br> $8.50<br> The beer poured a translucent dark copper colour with a thin white ring for a head, which was short lived. The aroma was caramel, bread, yeast, and light citrus. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, weak caramel notes, cereal malt, and light citrusy hop notes. The beer was decent, but the flavour was weaker than the aroma would have indicated.