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

500ml bottle <br> 5.5% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 3, 2015 <br> The beer pours a translucent brownish red with a half inck tan coloured bubbly head which lasts. The aroma is nutty malt, floral hops, caramel, and chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium-full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, some coffee hints, and a nice bitter finish.

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

500ml bottle <br> 4.7% ABV (as written on bottle)<br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> September 16, 2017 <br> $3.65<br> (as Original Ritterguts Gose)<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed metallic gold colour with a white head that had the retention of a soft-drink. There is plenty of effervescence visible in the glass. The aroma is tart fruit, spices, and yeast. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is very tart, with spices and salt thrown in. A better than average gose.

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

330ml bottle <br> 9.2% ABv <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 16, 2018<br> $3.70<br> The beer poured a coca-cola brown colour with a very thin bubbly brown head which did not last. The aroma was roasted malt, some licorice, and soy sauce notes. The mouthfeel is full bodied, creamy, and good carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, dark chocolate, and dark fruits. It tastes better than it smells.

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

500ml can <br> 4.90% ABV (as written on the can) <br> Canned On: April 20, 2018 <br> Best Before: July 20, 2019 <br> Yonge Eglinton Centre LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 7, 2018 <br> $2.15<br> The beer pours a translucent dark cherry red colour with a generous bubbly light brown head that lessens to a rocky pile of foam. The aroma is caramel, light toasted malt, nuts, and some weak herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is rather one dimensional with notes of sweet light caramel and some toasted malt notes, and a mildly bitter finish. A nice dunkel for a cool morning, but nothing outstanding.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

500ml can <br> 7.00% ABV <br> Canned On: May 16, 2018 <br> Best Before: August 16, 2019 <br> Yonge Eglinton Centre LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 8, 2018 <br> $2.60<br> The beer pours a translucent gold colour with good effervescence, and with a generous bubbly off-white head that quickly disappears to a light film. The aroma was grains, alcohol, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was sweet and grainy with a definite alcohol presence and some old leathery notes. I'm quite surprised that D.A.B. would pass a beer like this off as a Maibock when it more closely resembles a beer like the Crest and Faxe 10% strong lagers. I rarely drain-pour a beer, and I can't remember the last time I did it, but add this beer to the short list of my drain-pours (I almost feel sorry for the drain).

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

330ml bottle <br> 6.5% Abv <br> Best Before: March 28, 2019<br> Main / Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 9, 2018 <br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a lightly hazed metallic gold colour with a 1" foamy off-white head which sticks around. The aroma is light grains, yeast, citrus, and some tropical fruit notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with average carbonation and almost a hefeweizen feel. The aroma is funky, with notes of tart fruit and salt. There is some grains in the background but it is the salty and tart flavours that predominate.

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

December 22, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #0457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge / Eglinton)<br> 330ml bottle <br> 4.70% ABV <br> Best Before: August 31, 2020<br> $3.95<br> As this pours out of the bottle into the glass, it does not smell very good. It pours a translucent dark brown colour with a huge bubbly light brown head which lasts. The aroma is caramel, roasted malt, weak dark fruit notes, and floral hops. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel, roasted malt, yeast, burnt wood, with an oily bitter hop finish.

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

500ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 5.30&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: June 30, 2020&#60;br&#62; Gift&#60;br&#62; December 29, 2019&#60;br&#62; Gift&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent amber-tinged gold with a thin creamy off-white head that lasts. The aroma is wheat, light caramel, floral hops, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour matches the aroma and is a typical German wheat beer flavour. It starts off with the wheat, followed by some light sweet fruity caramel notes, followed by a little citrusy bitterness, leading to a mild hoppy finish. A very well brewed Kristal hefeweizen

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

500ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 4.90&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: June 30, 2020&#60;br&#62; Gift&#60;br&#62; December 31, 2019&#60;br&#62; Gift&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very hazy golde-orange with a generous bubbly white head which lasts a few minutes, but does not provide good lacing. Aroma is wheat, bubble gum sweetness, and bananas. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet malt up front with flavours of wheat and banana, somewhat like cereal with fruit. One of the better Erdinger beers in my opinion.

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

500ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 7.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: December 31m 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet # 010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; March 18, 2020&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.70&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a light golden colour, translucent, with polenty of effervescence leading to a frothy snow white head. The aroma is very grainy and yeasty with some hints of herbal hops. Nothing in the aroma screams “Belgian”. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. So, while the aroma doesn’t say Belgian, the flavour is reminiscent of a light Belgian tripel. A sweet malt start, followed by light Belgian spiciness, and the definite flavour of a Belgian yeast. It’s a pretty decent beer, but it is still missing that ‘something’

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

July 13, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> 500ml can<br> 4.9% ABV<br> Canned On: February 22, 2020<br> $3.35<br> The beer pours a hazed reddish-gold with a thin white head, and a lot of effervescence, The aroma is light wheat, bubble gum, yeast, and spices. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is wheat, bread, and pepper spices with a lightly bitter finish. Quite refreshing.

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

330ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Best Before: March 26, 2021 <br> LCBO Outlet #010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill)<br> October 17, 2020<br> The beer pours a translucent medium gold colour with a generous white head which sticks around a couple of minutes before leaving some nice lacing in the glass. The aroma is light hints of alcohol, cereal grains, and noble hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, creamy, and has average carbonation. The flavour is alcohol, sweet grains, and an oily bitterness. If somebody handed me this in a glass and didn’t tell me what it was, I would think it is more of a malt liquor, or high ABV North American style lager.

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

500ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: April 27, 2018 &#60;br&#62; Best Before: April 27, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 8, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;2.55&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent light bgold colour nwith plenty of effervescence and asnow white head that quickly becomes a thin film on top. The aroma is cereal and biscuit malt, and some floral hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very malty with some sweet cereal malt followed by a weak bitter hop finish. The finishing bite could have been more crisp, but a good beer.

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

500ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: April 17, 2018 &#60;br&#62; Best Before: July 17, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO #010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill&#41; December 23, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;1.95 &#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent pale straw gold colour with a generous white bubbly head which didn’t last all that long. The aroma is grainy malt, wet grass, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is bitter leather, with notes of grass. The taste kills this&#33; If the can didn&#39;t say brewed in Germany on it, I would have sworn this was a North American Macro product &#40;Molson&#47;Labatts&#47;Coors&#47;Miller&#47;Anheuer-Busch&#41;&#60;br&#62; &#60;br&#62; The name of the brewery on the can is &#39;Berliner Pilsenert Brauerie GmbH&#39; but the address matches that of the &#39;Brauerei Schultheiss&#39;

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

500ml can &#60;br&#62; 0.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: May 21, 2018&#60;br&#62; Best Before: November 21, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; January 16, 2019 &#60;br&#62; &#36;2.00&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent light gold colour with a thin white film for a head. The aroma was cereal malt and weak herbal hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very grainy with a weak bitter hop finish. The flavour was outstanding for a non-alcoholic beer. In fact, it had the flavour of a decent European style pilsner.

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

750ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 5.60&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: November 13, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; February 9, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;8.25&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a slightly hazed honey gold colour with a 1: white bubbly cap supported by a large amount of effervescence. The aroma is more barley than wheat, with herbal hops, some spices, and a definite yeasty note. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, crisp, with average carbonation. The flavour is wheat, some tart fruity notes, and a definite yeasty flavour. Witbiers aren’t my favourite style, and this champagne take on the style didn’t help that opinion any.

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

October 4, 2022<br> Beer Store #2003 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Millside Drive)<br> 500ml can <br> 4.8% ABV <br> Canned On: February 16, 2022<br> Best Before: February 16, 2023<br> $2.20<br> The beer pours a translucent straw gold colour with a generous bubbly head which lasts a while and laces well. The aroma is grainy malt, noble hops, and light yeast. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a nice balance between the malt and hops with a mild bitter finish.

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

April 19, 2019<br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 750ml bottle<br> 9.5% ABV<br> Best Before: January 22, 2022<br> $11.95<br> The beer was bottled in January 2017. It pours a translucent mahogany colour with a generous off-white rocky head which settles into a long lasting film. The aroma is tart cherries, vinegar, grass, and wheat…..but the tart cherries leave an impression, especially as I was not expecting them! The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is interesting. You taste both the tart fruit notes and vinegar, and then in the background is the traditional chocolate notes you get with a dunkelweizen. I like it….a lot. Not crazy about the price, but the beer is good!

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

1 litre draught &#60;br&#62; 5.1&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Bar Hop Brewco &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 20, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;22.00 &#40;includes the price of the 1 litre Hofbrauhaus stein&#41;&#60;br&#62; 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 &#39;crisp&#39;. 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: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

550ml draught&#60;br&#62; 5.8&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Wvrst - Union Station &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 15, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;7.00&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent pale gold colour with a long lasting foamy white cap. The aroma was grassy malts, noble hops, weak creamy notes, and light fruity toines. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was similar to the aroma, dominated by cereal malt, light fruit notes &#40;like apple&#41;, yeast, and a bitter hoppy finish.

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

April 6, 2023<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 0.5% ABV<br> Bottled On: June 16, 2022<br> Best Before: June 16, 2023<br> $8.95<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed gold colour with a thin white cap. The aroma is wheat, lemon, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grains, lightly sweet, and a bitter finish.

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

May 10, 2023<br> Beer Store #2021 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 500ml can <br> 5.5% ABV <br> Canned On: October 11, 2022 <br> $3.00<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed golden colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is bready malt, noble hops, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grainy malts, light yeast, and a light bitter finish.

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

June 4, 2023<br> Beer Store #4362 (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada – Trinity Centre)<br> 500ml can <br< 4.70% ABV <br> Best Before: December 14, 2023<br> $3.05<br> The beer pours a clear light gold colour with a white bubbly head that lasts a few minutes. The aroma is grains, yeast, and a hint of citrusy hops. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The fl;avour is grainy malts with a noblish hop character. A solid beer.

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

August 31, 2007<br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street)<br> 330ml bottle<br> 5.00% ABV <br> Bottled On: Unknown<br> $6.15<br> The beer poured a translucent gold colour with almost no head but a lot of effervescence. The aroma had hints of malt and wheat. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with a high level of carbonation. The flavour was grassy with a hint of hops on the back of the tongue. This was a pretty forgettable beer, but knocked Greece off of my country list.

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

500ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> May 23, 2010 <br> The beer poured a translucent red hued gold with a minimal white cap. The aroma was sweet malt, pine, and citrusy hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was citrusy hops/weak grapefruit with some sweet malt tones. A very good lager.