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

11.2oz bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 13, 2008 <br> The beer poured a transparent reddish-brown with a very thin long lasting tan coloured head. The aroma is sweet caramel malt with a little hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with mild carbonation. The flavour is sweet malt, some caramel, some toffee, and little bit of a bitter finish.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500ml bottle <br> 7.5% ABV <br> I tried this beer on December 22, 2008 at "Smokeless Joe's" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a muddy brown with almost no head (although the bartender persisted that one he poured the previous night had a huge frothy head). The aroma was malt and a strong piney, citrusy scent. The mouthfeel was medoim bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour had a malt backbone with a very hoppy finish. An excellent beer.

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

12 oz draught <br> 8.0% ABV <br> This is the newest offering from the Church Key Brewery in Ontario, Canada. I tried it on February 20, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe's" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer pours a medium honey gold colour, slightly cloudy, and a creamy white head. The aroma was malt, bananas, sweets spices, and a little citrus. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with a slippery feel, and mild carbonation. The flavour was malty, slightly sweet, with a little spice and citrus notes thrown in.

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

20 oz draught <br> 6.1% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on March 20, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe's" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer appeared a clear reddish-brown with a thin tight tan coloured head. The aroma was very hoppy with ample floral hoppish notes, some pine, and citrus. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with medium high carbonation. The flavour had some malt, and a nice balance of grapefruity hops. There was also some acidity in the flavour.

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

330ml bottle <br> 4.6% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> March 27, 2009 <br> $2.10<br> The beer poured a translucent orangy-gold with almost no head. The aroma was very hoppy with some sweet malts in the mix. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with medium-high carbonation. The flavour was primarily hoppy with some malt tones.

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

330ml <br> 6.3% ABV <br> Smokeless Joe’s (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 125 John Street) <br> April 16, 2009 <br> $11.95 <br> The beer poured an opaque dark brown with a medium sized, bubbly light-brown head. The aroma was dark malt, yeast, caramel, and plums. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied, with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt, some caramel, and a nice bitter finish.

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

330ml flip-top bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> I tried this beer on May 29, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe's" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a dark transparent brown colour with a thin white head. The aroma was heavy on the sweet malt and grain. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was surprisingly good. Sweet grainy malt, with a nice smooth finish. Very enjoyable.

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

10oz draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on April 30, 2010 at "Duggan's Brewery" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer was poured a translucent medium gold, with a little haze, and a snow white bubbly head. The aroma was grainy malt, and hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, crisp, and medium carbonation. The flavour was grainy malt, some hops, a little citrusy hint, and a bitter finish.

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

12oz bottle <br> 7.2% ABV <br> The Beerbistro (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 28, 2010 <br> The beer poured a hazy golden orange with a thick white rocky cap that lasted throughout. The aroma was weak sweet malt, pine, and an abundance of citrusy hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was definitely hoppy, a nice balance between the grapefruity hops and the slightly sweet malt.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 6.50&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: August 9, 2020 &#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 10, 2018&#60;br&#62; &#36;4.06&#60;br&#62; Part of a Spencer Trappist Gift Pack at the LCBO. The beer pours a hazed golden orange with a thin creamy head which quickly recedes into a rocky film which lingers a while. The aroma is light citrus, grains &#40;wheat and barley&#41;, yeast, and some herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour has a hint of honey sweetness to go with the grains. The finish is mildly bitter with yeast and hoppy notes. A good beer.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 8.70&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: August 2, 2020 &#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 15, 2018&#60;br&#62; &#36;4.06&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very dark brown colour with black edges. The aroma is light brown, foamy, and providing good lacing. The aroma is dark fruits, coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, dark fruit, and there is a chalky flavour as well. A pretty good take on an American style by a Trappist entity.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 4.80&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: January 20, 2020&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; November 23, 2018&#60;br&#62; &#36;2.66&#60;br&#62; Part of the 2018 Belhaven Craft Christmas 6-Pack. The beer pours a dark brown colour with a fluffy off-white head that is about 1cm thick. The aroma is funky yeast, roasted malt, and caramel. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet caramel malt, some molasses notes, which I expect in a 90 Shilling &#47; Scotch Ale, and a bitter hoppishness in the finish. A pleasant beer.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 7.00&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: January 20, 2020&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; November 24, 2018&#60;br&#62; &#36;2.66&#60;br&#62; Part of the 2018 Belhaven Craft Christmas 6-Pack. The beer pours a translucent dark mahogany colour with a creamy light brown head which lasts a few minutes. The aroma is roasted malt, oats, vanilla, and coffee. The mouthfeel is full bodied, creamy, with average carbonation. The flavour starts off sweet with grains, dark chocolate, and molasses before finishing with a light bitter note.

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

340ml draught &#60;br&#62; 6.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; C’est What? &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 14, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;6.64&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a solid dark brown colour, almost black, with a creamy tan coloured head. The aroma was pretty basic with the roasted malt notes and ginger providing almost all the aromatics. Any nutty and hoppish notes were buried behind a wall of ginger. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour was outstanding to my palate with notes of ginger, roasted malt, and coffee. I really enjoyed this.

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

340ml Draught &#60;br&#62; 7.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; C’est What? &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 14, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;7.30&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a solid black colour with a medium brown creamy head. The peppery aroma of the scotch bonnets hits you right away before noting that there are also notes of roasted malt, coffee and bourbon. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is hot and spicy with the peppery notes up front, and notes of bourbon, coffee and chocolate in the finish. The description lists chocolate and coconut but my palate detects no coconut and very little chocolate, nonetheless a very well done beer.

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

650ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 8.0&#37; Abv &#60;br&#62; Bottled On: November 19, 2018 &#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 15, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;8.95&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazed pineapple juice colour with a short lived white head. The aroma is tropical fruit &#40;pineapple, mango&#41;, fresh cut grass, and yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was similar to the aroma with some tartness in the fruit flavours. Quite aromatic and flavourful.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 6.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: November 19, 2018&#60;br&#62; LCBO #010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; February 12, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.35 &#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent light copper colour with a generous light tan coloured head that lasts a few minutes. The aroma is pine, grapefruity hops, biscuit grains and light spice notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is reminiscent of a solid American west coast IPA pre-2012 with notes of pine, caramel, and grapefruit finished with a bitter hop bite. Quite good when given the abundance of tropical fruit IPAs these days.

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

March 6, 2019 <br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East)<br> 355ml can <br> 4.60% <br> Canned On: June 4, 2019<br> $6.86<br> The beer poured a translucent dark brown colour with plenty of effervescence holding up a foamy tan head which lasts. The aroma was roasted malt, toast, nuts, chocolate, and some musty hops. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was light roast, bready malt, coffee, and a bitter hop finish.

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

16oz draught &#60;br&#62; 5.9&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Granite Brewery and Tied House &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; March 22, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;8.50&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a solid black body with a thin off-white creamy head. The aroma was roasted malt, milk chocolate, light coffee, and vanilla. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied, slightly creamy, with average carbonation. The flavour is a nice balance between the sweet milk chocolate notes and the bitter roasted malt with a mildly bitter hop finish to boot. Very good beer.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 9.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: December 18, 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; April 6, 2019 &#60;br&#62; &#36;3.65&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very cloudy rust colour with a huge rocky off-white head which lasts. The aroma is very hoppy with notes of pine and citrus, followed by honey, yeast, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is citrusy hops, notes of burnt sugar&#47;caramel, grains, and hints of yeast and honey. An interesting beer. Not very tripel like and not very IIPA like. Yet still enjoyable.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.8&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned ON: February 5, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; April 14, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.05&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a thin white film for a head. Effervescence is decent. The aroma is caramel, biscuit malt, light musty hops, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is well balanced with caramel malt, spicy hop, and grains. There is nothing outstanding about this beer, but it is a very good example of a North American take on an EPA.

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

330ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 7.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; June 24, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;4.95&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very hazed orange gold colour with a huge frothy white cap which sticks around for a long time. The aroma is tart fruit, vinegar, burnt wood, and yeast. There is an almost tripel-like feel to the aroma. The mouthfeel is dry, medium bodied, and highly carbonated. The flavour is grains, yeast, tart fruit notes, and the oak comes through in the flavour on the back of the tongue. An enjoyable beer, but certainly not a sessionable beer.

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

September 13, 2019<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East)<br> 300ml draught 4.5% ABV $5.31<br> The beer poured a hazed light golden brown with a creamy white head which lasted several minutes. The aroma was the unmistakeable Unibroue yeast, light grass, some mild spiciness, and tropical fruit. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was dominated by the yeast and tropical fruit. There were also some definite honey notes.

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

473ml can&#60;br&#62; 7.1&#37; ABV&#60;br&#62; Canned On: August 21, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet # 007 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Eglinton &#47; Mt. Pleasant&#41;&#60;br&#62; October 7, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.35&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazed metallic gold with a 2” off-white foamy cap. Lots of sticky lacing. The aroma is pine resin, grapefruit, grass, and caramel. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel, pine, citrus, and grains with a bitter hoppy finish. This is very good.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: October 28, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #411 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Wellesley&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 30, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.35&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a dark coca-cola colour with a thin bubbly brown head which recedes slowly to a thin ring, and laces nicely. The aroma is coffee, roasted malt, and some dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is coffee, coffee, and more coffee with some hints of anise in the mix. If you like coffee, you will probably like this.