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

12oz draught <br> 6.5% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> October 11, 2019 <br> $8.25<br> The beer poured a translucent golden brown with a white head which lasted a while and laced decently. The aroma was grass, herbal hops, and light yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was nothing like the aroma. The first flavour I got was pepper, followed by cold sweet coffee and grass. This was a very interesting beer.

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

12oz draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> October 11, 2019 <br> $7.50<br> The beer poured a solid dark brown colour with a creamy tan coloured head that lasted a few minutes. Lacing was minimal. The aroma was roasted malt, nuts, vanilla, herbal hops, and weak coffee. The Mouthfeel was thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was bitter coffee, vanilla, tart cherries with a bitter finish.

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

568ml can <br> 4.7% ABV <br> Canned On: LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill)<br> October 8, 2019 <br> $3.70 <br> The beer poured a slightly hazed orange-gold colour with a bubbly white head that lingered a few minutes. The aroma is pine, tropical fruit, cereal grains, caramel and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is not very well balanced. There is a hint of sweetness from the caramel and tropical fruit notes, but for the most part, this is a very bitter beer.

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

473ml can<br> 7.1% ABV<br> Canned On: August 21, 2019 <br> LCBO Outlet # 007 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Eglinton / Mt. Pleasant)<br> October 7, 2019<br> $3.35<br> The beer pours a hazed metallic gold with a 2” off-white foamy cap. Lots of sticky lacing. The aroma is pine resin, grapefruit, grass, and caramel. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel, pine, citrus, and grains with a bitter hoppy finish. This is very good.

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

500ml can <br> 5.2% ABV <br> Best Before: March 20, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill)<br> October 6, 2019<br> $2.65 <br> The beer pours a translucent pale straw colour with a bubbly white head which doesn’t last long, nor laces very well. The aroma is grainy malt, yeast, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very grainy with an overly bitter hop finish, and aftertaste. Was hoping for better!

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

500ml can <br> 4.70% ABV <br> Best Before: April 30, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill)<br> October 5, 2019 <br> $3.15 <br> The beer pours a slightly hazed metallic gold colour with a half inch white head which lingers. The aroma is tropical fruit notes, orange, bready malt, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grainy malt, some light fruity notes in the background, and a mildly bitter finish.

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

473ml can 11.0% ABV <br> Canned On: August 6, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet # 007 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Eglinton / Mt. Pleasant)<br> October 4, 2019<br> $6.95<br> The beer pours a translucent light rust colour with a thin tan coloured film for a head. The aroma is alcohol, honey, alcohol, yeast, more alcohol, some light grains, and even more alcohol. The switch from 10% to 11% isn’t going well in my opinion. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with below average carbonation. The flavour is all alcohol, with some hints of dark fruit sweetness. This takes me back to the first couple of barleywines I had, since then they’ve only gotten better but this will scare me off the style for a while.

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

473ml can <br> 2.5% ABV<br> Canned On: May 23, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet # 007 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Eglinton / Mt. Pleasant)<br> October 3, 2019<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a solid golden orange colour with a generous foamy white head which quickly disappears, leaving only a thin white film on top. The aroma is grains, pineapple, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with below average carbonation, as is expected for a radler. The flavour is grass and pineapple. Not a lot going on with this one.

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

650ml bottle <br> 6.2% ABV <br> Bottled On: April 11, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> October 2, 2019<br> $11.95<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed golden colour with a generous foamy white head which doesn’t last long. The rhubarb is overpowering in the armoa leaving only hints of grass, herbal hops, and weak yeast in the background. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour tastes like a nice balance between a blonde lager and a strawberry rhubarb pie, and I love strawberry rhubarb pie. There are hints of grass, and a bitter hoppy finish, but this is pie in a beer glass.

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

473ml can<br> 6.8% ABV<br> Canned On: September 11, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet # 007 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Eglinton / Mt. Pleasant)<br> October 2, 2019<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a huge foamy dark brown head which quickly recedes to a creamy ring. The aroma is dark chocolate, coffee, cherries, vanilla, and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour brings a new element to this beer as there are elements of charred wood in the flavour that you don’t get in the aroma. Chocolate abounds with hints of cherry and coffee. Doesn’t hold a candle to the old Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout of yesteryear however.

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

473ml can <br> 5.8% ABV <br> Canned On: August 29, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill)<br> October 2, 2019 <br> $3.20 <br> The beer pours a coca-cola black colour with a creamy light brown cap on top. The cap thins out over time, but leaves a little lacing. The aroma is pumpkin and spice forward with a hint of roasted malt, coffee, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a competition between the spices and the coffee for dominance, although I feel the coffee wins out in this one. The pumpkin flavour is present but not overpowering. The finish is both bitter and tangy. A good pumpkin beer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

335ml can <br> 4.8% ABV <br> Canned On: July 3, 2019<br? LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> October 1, 2019<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a translucent ruby red with a thin pink film for a cap. The aroma is tart fruit including cherries, apples, and raspberries with hints of grass, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. I’m not sure what beer the other reviewers had, but the contents of my can are very tart, so tart it actually tastes like vinegar with weak notes of black currant. I’m not impressed.

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

330ml bottle<br> 6.20% ABV <br> Best Before: April 04, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> September 28, 2019<br> $3.50<br> The beer pours a translucent dark copper colour with a half inch light brown creamy head. Lacing is minimal. The aroma is yeast, tart cherries, and grass. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between the sweet and tart cherry flavours and there is a lingering bitterness that comes with Belgian red and brown sours. A great beer….what took me so long!

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

473ml can<br> 6.8% ABV<br> Canned On: September 5, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill)<br> September 28, 2019<br> $3.05 <br> The beer pours a very murky pale gold colour with a generous foamy off-white cap which doesn’t last too long. The aroma is tropical fruit, grains, pine, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is tropical fruit, weak opine and spices, grass, and a very weak hoppy finish. Not a fan!

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

473ml can <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Canned ON: August 27, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill)<br> September 28, 2019<br> $3.50 <br> The beer pours a transparent medium gold colour, with orange hues, and a foamy white cap which doesn’t last very long. The aroma is grainy malt, earthy hops, and weak yeast notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. While the beer does not look like a Vienna, the flavour reminds you that it is. There is a definite hint of caramel sweetness, with a mildly bitter hop finish. Unfortunately, there is a tartness that also accompanies the sweetness but lingers longer.

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

Labeled as Chimay Gold <br> 330ml bottle<br> 4.8% ABV<br> Best Before: March 31, 2021<br> LCBO #10 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill)<br> September 28, 2019 $3.45 <br> The beer pours a very murky gold colour with a long lasting head that laces well. The cap is an off-white colour. The aroma is yeast, citrus, grains, candy sugar, and spices. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The spiciness comes through in the flavour, along with a definite hoppiness, rounded out by the grains and some honey sweetness. Similar to last weekend’s St. Bernardus Extra 4, but better.

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

20oz draught <br> 5.1% ABV<br> Mick E. Fynn’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> September 27, 2019<br> $7.74<br> The beer pours a hazy gold colour with a creamy white head which laces well. The aromas are tropical fruit, pine, grapefruit, weak spices, and grass. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grapefruit, grains, and a hint of some tropical sweetness like pineapple. All in all a solid ale from a traditional lager brewer.

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

473ml can <br> 6.8% ABV <br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> September 23, 2019<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a dark golden colour with red hues, slight haze, and a frothy white cap which lasts a few minutes. The aroma is citrus, grass, some weak tropical hints, caramel, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, slightly creamy, with average carbonation. The flavour is light caramel, toasted malt, weak citrus, and yeast. The finish is mildly bitter but not overpowering.

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

473ml can <br> 5.7% ABV <br> Canned On: July 10, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #483 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Royal Bank Plaza)<br> September 23, 2019<br> $3.40<br> The beer pours a hazed caramel gold colour with a short lived generous off-white cap. The aroma is yeast, sour grains, slight citrus notes, and weak spices. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, slightly creamy, with average carbonation. The flavour is grainy malt, some peppery spiciness, and a mild bitter finish. Has the yeasty factor that the Shillow didn’t have.

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

473ml can <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Canned On: July 2, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> September 23, 2019<br> $3.20<br> The beer pours a hazy caramel brown colour with a huge light coloured tan head which doesn’t last very long, but what does last laces well. The aroma is caramel, rye, herbal hops, The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour has a spicy tang to it, I can taste the rye, the caramel, and a weak citrus hint from the hops. Maybe it’s just me, but with a name like ‘Belgian’ Rye Ale, I expected more yeast character and I didn’t get any.

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

473ml can <br> 3.2% ABV <br> Canned On: July 5, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #483 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Royal Bank Plaza)<br> September 22, 2019<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours a hazy pale yellow colour with a very short lived white head. The aromas are tropical fruit, old grains, The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very similar to the aroma with tropical fruits galore, and grassy malts. There isn’t a whole lot of bitterness in the finish. Goes down easy!

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

330ml bottle <br> 4.8% ABV <br> Best Before: April 20, 2010<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> September 21, 2019<br> $3.55<br> The beer pours a hazy straw gold colour with a generous white bubbly head which lasts forever! The aroma is yeast, grass, citrus, and spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is yeast, grains, with some funk in the finish. A solid Belgian patersbier!

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

473ml can <br> 3.5% ABV <br> Canned On: August 2, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> September 20, 2019<br> $2.95<br> The beer pours a very translucent pale gold colour with a 1" bubbly head which disappears within seconds. The aroma is grains, herbal hops, bready yeast, and a hint of citrus. The mouthfeel is thin bodied, with average carbonation. The flavour is similar to that of a light beer. You taste the grains, the bitter hop finish, and there is a hint of lime that lingers.

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

1 litre draught <br> 5.1% ABV <br> Bar Hop Brewco (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> September 20, 2019<br> $22.00 (includes the price of the 1 litre Hofbrauhaus stein)<br> The beer pours a translucent orange-hued gold with a frothy white head that lasts over an hour. The aroma is grainy malt, light yeast, a definite noble hop nose, and a hint of honey. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, average carbonation, and matches the textbook definition for 'crisp'. The flavour is certainly malt forward, heavy on the grains, slightly sweet, and with a mild bitter finish. An easy drinking Helles to open the Oktoberfest season.

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

473ml can <br> 4.4% ABV <br> Canned On: June 12, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> September 14, 2019<br> $3.15<br> The beer pours a translucent golden colour with a thin bubbly white head which doesn’t last very long. The aroma is grains, spicy hops, and weak yeast notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is cereal malt, some weak hoppish notes, and a mildly bitter finish. I was hoping for better from Side Launch.