Beer Reviews by CYRENAICA

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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
1876 Panil Barriquée (Sour) Italy Flanders Red 4.2

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

750ml bottle <br> 8.0% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 23, 2012 <br> The beer pours a deep, semi-translucent copper colour with a very thin white head. Aroma is earthy funk, and tart cherries. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. Flavour is sour funk, wood, and tart fruit. There is a definite vinegar tome to this sour.

Mar 24, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1877 Celt Experience Native Storm United Kingdom Blonde Ale 3.5

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

500ml bottle <br> 4.4% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> March 23, 2012 <br> The beer poured a translucent copper colour with a thin white head. The aroma was sweet malt, floral hops, and nuts. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was nutty, wooden, with hints of caramel.

Mar 23, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1878 Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Lupulus Canada Belgian Strong Ale 4.6

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

750ml bottle <br> 10.0% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> March 17, 2012 <br> The beer poured a hazy medium with a long lasting fluffy white head. The aroma is yeast, citrusy hops, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, and slightly champagny. The flavour is yeast, and notes of grapefruit. Very well done.

Mar 18, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1879 Nickel Brook Maple Porter Canada Porter 3.8

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

550ml draught <br> 6.0% ABV (as written on menu) <br> I tried this beer on tap on March 15, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a very dark brown, with black hints and a creamy tan cap. The aroma is dark malt, floral hops, and caramel. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. The flavour is maply sweet, with hints of roasted malt and coffee. Dangerously drinkable.

Mar 16, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1880 Durham Black Eye Canada American Black Ale 3.5

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

550ml draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on March 15, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a very dark brown, solid, with a long lasting creamy light brown head. Aroma consisted of roasted malt, some citrus, and weak caramel. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour was roasted malt, some citrusy hops, and a weak hint of grains.

Mar 16, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1881 Great Lakes Brewery Lackey’s Casky Canada American Pale Ale 3.5

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

550ml draught <br> 5.5% ABV (as written on menu) <br> I tried this beer on tap on March 15, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent medium gold colour with a thin off-white head. The aroma is light fruits, grains, spices, and some floral hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. The flavour is spicy, creamy, with a hint of light fruits

Mar 16, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1882 Durham Red Dragon Canada Amber Ale 3.4

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

550ml draught <br> 4.7% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on March 9, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It pours a translucent dark red with a whitish ring for a head. Aroma is roasted malt, caramel, light fruits, and weak hops. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is mily sweet with caramel and light fruit and a weak bitter finish ends it.

Mar 9, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1883 Railway City Sham-Bock Canada Bock 3.4

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

330ml draught <br> 6.8% ABV <br> I tried this beer on draught on March 9, 2012 at "c'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer was poured a translucent dark burgundy colour with a thin white ring of a head. Aroma was sweet fruits like plums with hints of caramel, molasses, and grains. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is sweet and fruity...almost fruity enough to be a turnoff. Flavour has similarities to their Dragonberry pilsner. It's certainly a sham if you ask me.

Mar 9, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1884 Nørrebro Bryghus VårTripel 2010 Denmark Abbey Tripel 3.4

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

600ml bottle <br> 9.0% ABV <br> Bottling Date: November 13, 2011 <br> Best Before Date: November 11, 2014 <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> March 4, 2012 <br> The beer poured a translucent light gold colour with a thin white long lasting head. This is the first clear tripel I have seen. Lots of effervescence. The aroma is grainy malt, yeast, spices, and citrus. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is yeast, grains, light apple, spices, and citrus. A mild bitter finish.

Mar 5, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1885 Weihenstephaner Vitus Germany Weizenbock 4.4

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

500ml bottle <br> 7.7% ABV <br> I tried this beer on March 2, 2012 after purchasing from the Queen's Quay LCBO outlet in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a hazy gold colour with a generous snow white rocky head. Aroma is yeast, wheat, banana, and spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is sweet malt, some yeast, and some fruit tones. Tastes great. If only wheat beers looked better!

Mar 3, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1886 Tree Hophead Double IPA Canada Imperial IPA 3.6

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

650ml bottle <br> 8.4% ABV (as written on bottle) <br> I tried this beer on March 1, 2012 after purchasing from the Queen's Quay LCBO outlet in Toronto, Ontario. The beer poured a slightly hazed golden red with a generous long lasting tan head. The aroma was hop heavy with a lot of citrus and grapefruit notes and some caramel and bread. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is primarily grapefruit with some piney notes. Very good, but not the best DIPA I've ever had.

Mar 1, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1887 Tilburgs Dutch Brown Ale Netherlands Brown Ale 3.8

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

300ml draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> The Town Crier (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 24, 2012 <br> The beer poured a dark reddish-brown colour with a creamy tan head. The aroma was sweet malt, molasses, caramel, and yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was yeast, molasses, and some roasted tones.

Feb 25, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1888 Mill Street Helles Bock Canada Bock 3.6

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

550ml draught <br> 7.2% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on February 23, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent orange-gold colour with a thin light tan head. The aroma was yeast, floral hops and bready malt. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, slighty creamy and medium carbonation. The flavour was slightly sweet, malty, and the yeast is definitely apparent.

Feb 24, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1889 Cheshire Valley Robust Porter Canada Porter 3.4

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

550ml draught <br> 5.8% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on February 23, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a dark brown colour with a creamy tan coloured head. Aroma was roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, and some smoked wood. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. Flavour is smoky with coffee, chocolate and caramel hints. A pretty good beer!

Feb 24, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1890 Grand River Blackberry Wheat Canada American Wheat 3.0

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

550ml draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> I tried this beer on draught at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer pours a hazy golden colour with a weak off-white cap. The aroma is blackberry, some greains, and weak floral hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was tart fruit, weak grains, and some bitter hops. Not something I would try again as this brewery has better beers.

Feb 17, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1891 C'est What Caraway Rye Beer Canada Rye Beer 3.2

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

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Feb 17, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1892 Great Lakes Brewery Tank Ten Series: Harry Porter Canada Porter 4.0

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

550ml draught <br> 6.2% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 10, 2012 <br> The beer poured a coca-cola colour with a creamy tan head that lasted. The aroma was weak roasted malt, smoke, molasses, and coffee. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was slightly sweet malt, some dark fruit, smoked wood, and coffee. A very good porter.

Feb 10, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1893 First Draft Student Bitter Canada Bitter 3.6

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

550ml draught <br> 3.5% ABV <br> I tried this beer on draught on February 10, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent ruby red colour with a thick creamy off-white head that lingered. The aroma was floral hops, some citrus, and some caramel. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with mild carbonation. The flavour was sweet caramel, some citrus, and a decent bitter finish.

Feb 10, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1894 Sawdust City Long Dark Voyage To Uranus Canada Imperial Stout 3.3

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

550ml draught <br> 8.0% ABV <br> C'est What (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 3, 2012 <br> The beer poured a very dark brown with blackened hues. The aroma was roasted malt, coffee, molasses, and licorice. The mouthfeel was medium-full bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was bitter coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, and some citrusy backdrops. Quite bitter.

Feb 3, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1895 Garrison Winter Warmer Canada English Strong Ale 3.5

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

500ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 2, 2012 <br> 2012 Garrison LCBO Feature<br> The beer poured a translucent coppery red colour with a bubbly tan head. The aroma was nutmeg, caramel, sweet malt and weak floral hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt and spices and a hint of yeastiness.

Feb 2, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1896 Garrison PiLs Canada Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 3.4

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

500ml bottle <br> 4.8% ABV (as written on bottle) <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 2, 2012 <br> 2012 Garrison LCBO Feature<br> The beer poured a translucent gold colour with a thin off-white head and plenty of effervescence. The aroma was grainy malt, and hops. Very clean. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was crisp, clean grain with a nice bitter finish. No sweetness or garbage detected.

Feb 2, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1897 Garrison Spruce Ale Canada Spiced Beer 3.7

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

500ml bottle <br> 7.5% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 1, 2012 <br> 2012 Garrison LCBO Feature<br> The beer poured a translucent reddish brown with a very thin head. Aroma is smoked malt, spruce, molasses and some earthy funk. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is roast malt, vegetation, and a definite pronounced sweet syrupy taste like newly made maple syrup.

Feb 1, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1898 Garrison Black IPA Canada American Black Ale 3.5

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

500ml bottle <br> 6.2% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 1, 2012 <br> 2012 Garrison LCBO Feature<br> The beer poured a very dark brown, semi-translucent when heald to light, with a this rocky tan head. The aroma is citrusy hops, a little roasted malt, and some caramel. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is citrus hops, not quite grapefruity, some sweet malt, and some spiciness.

Feb 1, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1899 Beau's All Natural Lug Tread Lagered Ale Canada Kölsch 3.0

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

600ml bottle <br> 5.2% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> January 26, 2012 <br> $3.95<br> The beer poured a translucent pale gold colour with a generous fluffy snow white head. The aroma was grainy malt and floral hops, pretty simple. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was grainy malt, some woody flavours and a hoppy finish. Not a fan of the style, and this did nothing to change my fandom (or lack thereof).

Jan 26, 2012
12:00:00 PM
1900 Delirium Nocturnum Belgium Belgian Strong Ale 4.1

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

330ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> The Beerbistro (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> January 20, 2012 <br> The beer poured a solid dark brown with a thin tan head. The aroma was dark malt, sugar, fruit tones. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is sweet dark malt, molasses, and fruit.

Jan 20, 2012
12:00:00 PM