Beer Reviews by CYRENAICA

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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
1226 Mill Street Belgian Cherry IPA Canada Fruit Beer 3.2

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

355ml bottle <br> 7.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 5, 2014 <br> The beer pours a slightly hazed golden-red colour with a creamy light tan coloured head that lasts. The aroma is tart cherries, yeast, grains, and light spicy notes. Mouthefeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a bit too cherry cough syrup for me, with hints of grains. Not worth trying again.

Jul 6, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1227 Mill Street Palomar Canada Spiced Beer 3.5

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

355ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 8, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed golden red colour with a thin rocky light tan coloured head. The aroma is fruity and peppery with grains and caramel. The fruityness doesn't smell like lime though, more orange-y. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dominated by the chipotle with grains, and caramel notes in the background. The chipotle heat can be felt all the way to the stomach.

Jul 8, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1228 Kilannan New Zealand Red Canada Amber Ale 3.1

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

20oz draught <br> 5.3% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 10, 2014 <br> The beer pours a burnt brownish red with a thin white cap. The aroma is caramel, spicy hops, light fruit, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel, lemony bitterness with a hint of cereal malts. There is supposedly New Zealand hops, but I didn't taste them.

Jul 10, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1229 McAuslan St. Ambroise Framboise / McAuslan St. Ambroise Raspberry Canada Fruit Beer 3.3

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

14oz draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Ontario) <br> July 10, 2014 <br> The beer pours a dark rasberry red, almost black, with absolutely no head. The aroma is raspberry, alcohol, and grass. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is medicinal raspberry, alcohol, and grains. Not a favourite.

Jul 10, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1230 Niagara Oast House Red Ass Red IPA Canada Amber Ale 3.5

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

16oz draught <br> 6.1% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 10, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed cherry red with a light tan coloured cap. The aroma is grassy malt, caramel, weak citrus hops, and weak spice. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel, weak grapefruit, and a spicy finish.

Jul 10, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1231 Forked River Holy Hand Grenade Canada Abbey Quadrupel 3.4

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

14oz draught <br> 11.1% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 11, 2014 <br> The beer pours a solid dark reddish brown with a long lasting light brown head. The aroma is dark fruit, spices, grains, and floral hops. The flavour is tart raspberry, caramel, yeast, and grains. Strange for an Abbey Quad.

Jul 10, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1232 Les Trois Mousquetaires Hors Série Gose Canada Gose 3.1

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

375ml bottle <br> 3.8% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 12, 2014 <br> The beer pours a heavily clouded golden colour with a short-lived white head. The aroma is salt-water, followed by light grains, and weak fruit tones. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very salty, with hints of sour grains, yeast, and citrus. Interesting, but not something I would try again.

Jul 13, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1233 Tree Mellow Moon Pineapple Hefeweizen Canada Hefeweizen 3.4

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

650ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 13, 2014<br> The beer pours a hazed watermelon gold colour with a generous bubbly white head which lingers as it slowly dissipates. The aroma is wheat, grains, yeast, and funk. Not a whiff of pineapple. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is wheat, cloves, citrus, and hints of pineapple,and funk. It tastes better than it smells.

Jul 14, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1234 Hop City HopBot IPA Canada IPA 3.5

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

473ml can <br> 7.1% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 16, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed copper colour with a rocky head. The aroma is caramel, citrus, and dishsoap. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was caramel, grapefruit, and grains. The best Hop City beer yet

Jul 16, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1235 Black Creek Lemon Balm Pale Ale Canada English Pale Ale 2.4

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

500ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 17, 2014 <br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed golden-red colour with a thin off-white coloured head. The aroma was fresh bread, toffee, and herbs....but nothing citrusy. The mouthfeel was light to medium bodied with less than average carbonation. The flavour was awful...to put it mildly. Hints of caramel at the start, followed by notes of dirty water, with a bitter metallic finish. No lemon in the taste for me either. Not one to buy again.

Jul 18, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1236 Lake Of Bays NHL Alumni Signature Series: Jacques Plante Jake The Snake Imperial Pilsner Canada Imperial Pilsener 3.3

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

750ml bottle <br> 7.5% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 18, 2014 <br> The beer pours a translucent orange gold colour with a long lasting white head. The aroma is grains, citrus, and honey. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is butterscotch and grainy. No fruit flavours that I can tell.

Jul 19, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1237 Phillips Amnesiac Double IPA Canada Imperial IPA 3.5

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

650ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 20, 2014<br> The beer pours a slightly clouded golden-hued copper with a generous light tan head. The aroma is pine, citrus, grains, and dishsoap. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is spices, grapefruit, and caramel hints. Pretty good, but not great.

Jul 20, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1238 Black Oak Break Of Dawn Canada American Pale Ale 3.2

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

20oz draught <br> 4.5% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 25, 2014 <br> $6.95<br> The beer poured a hzed metallic gold colour with a white head that quickly disappeared, but left some nice lacing down the glass. The aroma was weak grapefruit notes, weak yeast, and cereal grains. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was weak grapefruit, with a dash of honey, and grains.

Jul 25, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1239 Indie Ale House / Nickel Brook Weakday Warrior Canada IPA 2.7

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

16oz draught <br> 3.5% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Ontario)<br> July 25, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazy pale yellow with a thin white cap. The aroma was very weak and almost non-existent. There was a weak whiff of citrus, and some malty notes. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was only slightly stronger than the aroma with hints of weak lemon and grass. A miss for Indie Ale House in my opinion.

Jul 25, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1240 Amsterdam Testify (Nelson Sauvin) Canada Ale 3.6

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

July 25, 2014 <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> 16oz draught <br> 5.5% ABV <br> $6.95 <br> The beer poured a slightly hazed dark gold with a half inch white head. The aroma was very fruity, almost candy-like from a sweetness perspective. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour definitely had a bretty aspect to hint, along with citrus and spicy notes. Quite enjoyable.

Apr 9, 2022
03:28:12 PM
1241 Amsterdam / Geordan Saunders Black Light Canada Schwarzbier 3.5

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.

Apr 9, 2022
02:02:11 PM
1242 Beau's All Natural Wild Oats Series No. 001: Matt's Sleepy Time Belgian Imperial Stout Canada Imperial Stout 4.1

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

600ml bottle <br> 8.0% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 26, 2014 <br> $7.85<br> The beer pours a solid brownish-black with a 1" light brown head that slowly dissipates. The aroma is coffee, roasted malt, yeast, and cocoa. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, dark chocolate, with hints of licorice and yeast. Delicious.

Jul 27, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1243 Liberty Village Gosebuster Canada Gose 3.2

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

16oz draught <br> 5.1% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> August 8, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed yello gold colour with a thin off-white head. The aroma is a little funky with grains, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is earthy with a definite saltiness rounded out by spices and yeast. Not a fan of the style but this was palatable.

Aug 8, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1244 All Or Nothing Hopfenweisse Canada Hefeweizen 3.5

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

August 8, 2014 <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 391 King Street West)<br> 16oz draught <br> 5.1% ABV <br> $6.95<br> The beer poured a slightly hazed dark metallic gold with a snow white head. The aroma was wheat, weak citrus, and spice. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was wheat, with a definite citrus tang. Very enjoyable.

Apr 16, 2022
03:12:18 PM
1245 Niagara Oast House Offshoot Series: Hef's Big Wood Canada Hefeweizen 3.1

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

16oz draught <br> 5.2% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> August 8, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed medium gold colour with an off-white coloured head. The aroma is wheat, cloves, and a hint of yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was wheat with hints of mint and a definite alcohol presence.

Aug 9, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1246 Beau's All Natural After Dark Canada Brown Ale 3.6

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

16oz draught <br> 5.2% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> August 8, 2014 <br> $7.50<br> The beer poured a dark brown with a very light tan coloured head. The aroma was roasted malt, nuts, and citrus. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was nutty malt, roast malt, caramel, and lemon zest.

Aug 9, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1247 Wellington Welly One Off: Chocolate Milk Stout Canada Imperial Stout 3.8

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

August 9, 2014<br> LCBO Outlet #483B (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Royal Bank Plaza)<br> 750ml swing top bottle <br> 7.2% ABV <br> $9.95<br> The beer pours a dark brown with a generous light brown head which quickly dissipates. The aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, and hits of licorice. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour definitely has chocolate milk characteristics, although it is dark chocolate. I liked this beer, but not as much as their Morning Brew Coffee Cream Stout.

Apr 15, 2022
04:22:15 PM
1248 Junction Craft Stationmaster's Stout Canada Dry Stout 3.3

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

330ml draught <br> 4.3% ABV (as marked on the keg) <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 22, 2014 <br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a thin brown ring for a head. The aroma was roasted malt, cocoa, and vanilla. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. Nothing spectacular, and thin for a stout.

Aug 22, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1249 Cheshire Valley Ginger Cream Ale Canada Cream Ale 3.1

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

330ml draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 22, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed light golden brown with a light tan creamy head. The aroma was ginger, spices, and weak floral hoppiness. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbnonation. The flavour is dominated by grass, ginger, and a weak bitter finish.

Aug 22, 2014
12:00:00 PM
1250 Snowman Brewing Top Hat Ale Canada Amber Ale 3.4

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

330ml draught <br> 4.8% ABV (as marked on menu) <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 22, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed brown with red edges and a thin bubbly light tan coloured head. The aroma was caramel, plums, grains, and spices. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was light caramel, grains, and some acidic notes. For a gluten free beer, this was quite good.

Aug 22, 2014
12:00:00 PM