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

November 5, 2008<br> Bar Volo (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 587 Yonge Street)<br> 341ml bottle<br> 6.50% ABV <br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $6.95<br> The beer poured a beautiful translucent dark gold (with reddish hues) in a tulip glass with almost no head. The aroma was bready malt, some maple notes, and yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was malty, some yeasty notes, some caramel, and a little hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

October 30, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 650ml bottle<br> 5.00%<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $3.95<br> The beer poured a solid brown colour with a thin light brown head. The aroma was a little smoke, a little chocolate, and a little coffee. The mouthfeel was very weak for a stout, almost watery with mild carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, smoke, and chicoree.

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

October 27, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 4.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $3.30<br> The beer poured a translucent light red colour with a long lasting thin tan coloured head. The aroma was freshly baked bread, some malt, and a small amount of hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with mild carbonation. The flavour was malty, with a little hint of both sourness and bitterness detected on the tongue.....but no discernable flavours to account for either.

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

October 27, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 330ml bottle<br> 7.00% ABV <br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $3.45<br> The beer poured a slightly translucent reddish-brown with a huge tan coloured rocky head that lasted quite a while. The aroma was floral hops, caramel malts, and some yeast tones. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, with mild carbonation. The flavour is malty with some sweet fruit tones (plums, apples) and a little yeast.

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

October 21, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 20oz Draught<br> 6.00% ABV <br> Kegged On: Unknown<br> $7.10<br> The beer poured a clear dark reddish gold with a thick creamy tan coloured head. The aroma was sweet malt, with some citrusy hints, and some smokiness. The mouthfeel was full-bodied, slightly creamy, with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet, malty, with a dry finish.

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

October 21, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 330ml bottle<br> 8.40% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $11.95<br> The beer was poured into the special Kwak glass a translucent golden red, highly effervescent, and with a long lasting white head. The aroma was yeast, fruity, with some hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with medium to high carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt, plummish tones, and a bitter finish. AR – 9, AP – 9, MF – 10, FL – 10, OA – 9

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

October 14, 2008<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East)<br> 400ml draught<br> 5.80% ABV<br> Kegged On: Unknown<br> $6.90<br> The beer poured a crystal translucent dark golden colour with a thin white head. The aroma has some grainy malt hints, some hop hints, as well as some fruity hints like apricot. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, and was lightly carbonated. The flavour was grainy malt, and was very smooth. This went down well.

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

October 14, 2008<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East)<br> 625ml bottle<br> 7.50% ABV (as displayed on the bottle)<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $16.90<br> The beer poured a translucent orange-brown colur with a light tan head. The aroma was hops, malt, and some citrus tones. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was all hops as the grapefruity tones were very evident on the tongue

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

October 10, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 341ml bottle<br> 6.00% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $2.15<br> The beer poured a translucent dark red, with brownish hints, and little or no head. The aroma was sweet malt, with a hint of hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet dark malt, some chocolatey tones, and a little hoppish bitterness.

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

October 10, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 650ml bottle<br> 6.20% ABV <br> Bottled On: Unknown <br> $5.75<br> The beer poured a translucent very dark brown, with a creamy, tan coloured head. The aroma was dark malt, muts, and chocolate. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with medium carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, some hazelnut, and some hops. Nicely complex

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

October 10, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 6.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $3.75<br> The beer poured a dark brownish-black. When held up against sunlight, there was a trace of light getting throogh. The head was thin, bubbly, and gone in an instant. The aroma was roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, and slightly creamy. The flavour profile was similar to the aroma, roasted malt with a definite cocoa like taste and feel.

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

October 3, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 330ml bottle<br> 4.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $6.25<br> 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 average carbonation. The flavour was very grainy, all malt, very little hops or bitterness. 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: 3 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

October 3, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 4.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $7.50<br> The beer poured a translucent very pale gold, with almost no head at all. 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. Boring beer, nothing awful, nothing great.

Aroma: 2 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

Brewed under License in Canada by the Maritime Beer Company Incorporated (part of Sleeman Brewing and Malting Company)<br> September 30, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 473ml can <br> 5.00% ABV<br> Canned On: Unknown<br> $1.95<br> The beer poured a translucent pale yellow colour with a very generous white bubbly head that quickly disappeared. The aroma was weakly grainy malt with no other noticable odours. The mouthfeel was weak-bodied, watery, with a lot of carbonation. The flavour was pretty skunky, with an acidic bitterness and not much else. The beer went down faster than a glass of orange Kool-Aid.

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

September 30, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 6.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $3.50<br> The beer poured a very dark translucent reddish-brown colour, with a 1" thick tan coloured head. The aroma was sweet and molasses like, very malty. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied, medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt, molasses, and dark fruit with a little bit of brown sugar.

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

September 30, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 650ml bottle<br> 5.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $4.95<br> The beer poured a translucent orangy-gold with a thin light brown head that lingered. The aroma was weakly pumpkin-like, with some grassy malts, and cinnamon. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was malty, but there was a hint of pumpkin, and more than a hint of cinnamon.

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

September 23, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 275ml bottle<br> 6.60% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $7.50<br> The beer poured black with a thin tan coloured head. The aroma was chocolate and plums. The mouthfeel was full-bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, raisins, plums, and chocolate. A little sweet for me.

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

September 23, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 5.00% ABV (as displayed on the bottle<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $10.95<br> The beer poured a translucent reddish gold with a thin white head. The aroma was a little malt, some piney scents, and hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with medium carbonation. The flavour was a hoppish onslaught with a nice grapefruity finish. Very drinkable.

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

September 23, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 4.80% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $6.50<br> The beer poured a very dark brown, with a creamy tan coloured head (which lasted). The aroma was weak with hints of roasted malt, coffee, and chicoree. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with medium carbonation. The flavour was malt, licorice, and sour coffee.

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

September 12, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 330ml bottle<br> 5.50% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $7.50<br> The beer poured a cloudy golden yellow with a thick, bubbly, white head that lingered. The aroma was malted wheat, cloves, and some sweet banana. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was very crisp with hints of banana, cloves, and nutmeg, all on a wheaty base.

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

PNP No. 4<br> 2005 Vintage<br> September 12, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 330ml bottle<br> 10.00% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown <br> Best Before: November 30, 2012 <br> $19.95<br> The beer poured a dark brown colour, with a thin light brown head which lasted throughout. The aroma was caramel malt, burnt sugar, some peppery spice, and anise. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, medium carbonated, and had a sharpness on the side of the tongue. The flavour was very sweet with hints of raw maple sugar, dark caramel malts, and some apples and pears. An excellent beer despite when the sweetness is considered.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

September 5, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 5.50% ABV <br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $2.25<br> The beer poured a translucent medium gold colour with a thin white head that quickly reduced to a ring. The aroma was primarily grainy malt with a thin hopy wisp. The mouthfeel was thin bodied, highly carbonated, yet not watery. The flavour was grassy with some 'burnt' bitterness on the sides of the tongue.

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

September 5, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 750ml bottle<br> 5.00% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $5.00<br> The beer poured a hazy golden colour, with ample effervescence, and a white head. The aroma was wheat malt, with citrusy tones. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, and mildy carbonated. The flavour was wheat, sweet fruit tones such as pear, and a little bit of the famed Unibroue yeast flavour.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

September 5, 2008<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 680ml bottle<br> 5.00% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $3.05<br> The beer poured a beautiful translucent red colour with a thin foamy tan coloured cap that stuck around a while. The aroma was weak with some floral hoppy tones. The mouthfeel was medium bodied and amply carbonated. The flavour was dry roasted malt, with a little bit of a hoppish bitterness in the finish. Okay, but far from outstanding.

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

September 4, 2008<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 500ml bottle<br> 7.00% ABV<br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $23.75<br> The beer poured an orange-brown colour with a generous tan coloured head that laced very well down the glass. The aroma was pine and floral in nature indicating ample hoppiness. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was definitely hoppy with grapefruit and citrus tones in abundance. If it wasn't for price, I would certainly try this beer again.