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

650ml bottle <br> 10.1% ABV <br> Bottled On: October 3, 2019 <br> LCBO Outlet #0457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge / Eglinton)<br> January 29, 2020<br> $11.95<br> The beer pours a translucent light rust colour with a thin tan coloured film for a head. The aroma is dark fruits, caramel, herbal hops, and molasses. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel and molasses with a definite bitter hop finish. It’s a cold night this evening and one can feel the alcohol as it goes down the hatch, which tonight, is quite comforting.

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

550ml draught <br> 7.4% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> July 11, 2013 <br> $8.00<br> The beer pours a very dark brown with red hues and weak tan coloured cap that lingers. The Aroma is sweet malt, yeast, dark fruit. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is yeast, dark fruit, and caramel tones. Quite good as there is a definite Belgian dubbel flavour.

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

1 litre bottle <br> 7.7% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 27, 2013 <br> The beer pours a hazed dark golden-orange with a long lasting white head. Aroma is wheat, clove, banana, and citrus. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet and spicy with notes of wheat and bubblegum.

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

330ml bottle <br> 9.0% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 3, 2013 <br> The beer pours a hazed straw colour with a long lasting thin rocky head and ample effervescence. The aroma is yeast, citrus, spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is citrusy hops, grains, and a little yeast. The herbally bitter aftertaste is quite good.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

473ml can <br> 8.1% ABV (as marked on can) <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> November 7, 2013 <br> The beer pours a hazed deep gold colour with a thin white head. Aroma is tropical fruit (papaya, melon), yeast, and an earthiness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is fruity with notes of funk, yeast, and caramel. Another excellent beer from Lackey and his friends.

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

500ml bottle <br> 11.0% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 13, 2013 <br> The beer pours a coca-cola colour with a generous tan coloured head. The aroma is smoked meat, molasses, and caramel. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is a tad sweet with smoke, vanilla, and caramel coming through.

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

330ml bottle <br> 10.5% ABV (as marked on bottle) <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 1, 2014 <br> The beer pours a dark hazed golden brown with a generous rocky tan coloured head. Aroma is fresh bread, dark fruit, yeast, sugar, and weak spices. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation. Flavour is bread, light fruit and spices. I do prefer the regular Gulden Draak to this, but still quite good.

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

375ml bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Ontario) <br> April 3, 2014 <br> The beer pours a translucent cherry red colour with a half inch tan coloured head which lingers on the top. Aroma is cherry, vinegar, funk, and must. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with above average carbonation. Flavour is cherry lollipop, and funky yeast. Sweeter in the flavour than the aroma indicates.

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

600ml bottle <br> 8.9% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> April 25, 2014 <br> $9.85<br> The beer pours a semi-translucent copper colour with a creamy brown head that lasts. The aroma is smoked wood, caramel, molasses, and rum. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The first thing I notice in the flavour is the heat of the alcohol, followed by sweet molasses tones, smoke, and dark fruit. Best Beau's beer I've had in a long time.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 28, 2014 <br> The beer pours a semi-translucent reddish-brown with a 1/2 inch thin tan coloured head. The aroma is molasses, raisins, grains, and some caramelly notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet up front with hints of molasses and caramel, and a bitter in back with notes of yeast and grains. A very good beer, on par with the brewer's other offerings.

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

355ml bottle <br> 5.7% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> September 6, 2014 <br> The beer pours a slightly hazed golden orange with a quarter inch bubbly off-white head. The aroma is caramel, citrus, and notes of yeast and spices. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is mild grapefruit, notes of caramel, and grass. Quite good.

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

500 ml bottle <br> 9.5% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> October 3, 2014 <br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a generous rocky and bubbly light brown head. The aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, and plums. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dark chocolate, plums, yeast, and roasted malt. A bit on the sweet side for an Impy Stout, but still very enjoyable.

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

355ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> November 27, 2014 <br> The beer pours a solid coca-cola black with a brown creamy head. Aroma was nutty malt, chocolate, and coffee. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was bitter coffee, sweet chocolate, and a hint of molasses.

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

500ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 21, 2014 <br> The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a light tan coloured bubbly head, and plenty of effervescence. The aroma was caramel, citrus, and biscuit. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is smoked wood, caramel sweetness, and bitter hops. Another stellar vintage effort from the Fuller's people.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

February 10, 2015<br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 750ml bottle (swingtop) <br> 9.8% ABV <br> $11.95<br> The beer pours a solid brown colour with a thin tan film for a head. The aroma is sweet malt, molasses, and floral hops. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is molasses, butterscotch, grains, and dark fruit. A very sweet beer.

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

500ml bottle <br> 5.2% ABV <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> April 2, 2015 <br> $3.80<br> The beer poured a reddish-brown with a half inch thin white head. The aroma was baked ham, smoke, and weak floral hops. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is wheat, smoked wood, and baked ham. Quite good.

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

500ml bottle <br> 7.10% Abv <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 6, 2015 <br> $4.95 <br> The beer pours a hazed peach-gold colour with a generous off-white head which lasts. The aroma is wheat, citrus, and bubble gum. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet wheat malt, with hints of coriander and citrus rounding it out.

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

500ml bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 13, 2015 <br> The beer pours a translucent metallic gold colour with a thin creamy white head that lingers. The aroma is caramel, tropical fruit, grass, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is citrus, topical fruit, caramel, and fresh bread. Quite good.

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

650ml <br> 5.5% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> November 8, 2015 <br> The beer pours a solid black with a creamy thick brown head. The head doesn't last and is quickly reduced to a thin creamy film. The aroma is roasted malt, smoked wood, coffee, and dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is bitter coffee, roasted malt, and dark chocolate. Avery good simple stout.

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: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

473ml can <br> 7.0% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 3, 2015 <br> $2.75<br> The beer pours a translucent brownish red with a light tan coloured cap which lasts. The aroma is nutty malt, caramel, wheat, and floral hop notes. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, nuts, coffee, and finishes with a bitter hop feel. Not bad. My favourite Big Rig beer so far.

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

April 23, 2018<br> Real Canadian Superstore #2810 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – 820 Main Street East)<br> 473ml can <br> 5.5% ABV <br> Canned On: September 12, 2017 <br> $2.80<br> The beer pours a hazy copper colour, with a 1” creamy tan coloured head and plenty of effervescence. The aroma is caramel malt, citrus fruit, and pine. A throwback to the IPAs of a decade ago. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, and slightly above average carbonation. The flavour is very well balanced between the grains and caramel malt tones and the citrusy bitterness of the hops. I like this beer and wonder how good it would have been less than 7 months old.

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

330ml bottle<br> 5.20% Abv<br> Best Before: December 1, 2018<br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 3, 2018<br> $2.95<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed metallic gold colour with a half inch thich off-white head that lasts a few minutes. The aroma is bread, cereal, spices, and weak floral notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, creamy, with above average carbonation. The flavour is herbal notes, some wpices, and cereal and bisuit malts. The beer is very dependent on the spicy and grain aromas and flavours.

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

500ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 11.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #649 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey&#39;s Plaza&#41;&#60;br&#62; April 18, 2020&#60;br&#62; &#36;9.60&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a solid black colour with a long lasting creamy brown head. The aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee….and lots of bourbon. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is more bourbon than beer. Lots of burnt wood is present as well.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.8&#37; ABv &#60;br&#62; Bottled On: October 3, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #568 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Atrium On Bay&#41; &#60;br&#62; May 11, 2020&#60;br&#62; &#36;8.95&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent orange-gold with a huge frothy off-white head which takes a couple of minutes to disippate, and leaves good lacing. The aroma is grassy malt, noble hops, yeast, and a hint of caramel. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grassy, with light notes of caramel giving way to a bitter hoppy finish. This is a very good local Oktoberfest beer, and the finest Sleeman beer I’ve had.