Beer Reviews by CYRENAICA

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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
526 Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout United States Stout 3.8

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

22oz bottle <br> 5.8% ABV (as written on bottle) <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> November 1, 2013 <br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a half inch tan coloured head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. All well defined. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour mirrors the aroma, and there is a dryness to it. A very good stout, nothing spectacular, but nothing at fault, either.

Nov 1, 2013
12:00:00 PM
527 Durham / Bar Hop Pourtentious ESB Canada Extra Special Bitter 3.8

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

20oz draught <br> 4.5% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> November 21, 2013 <br> The beer poured a dark brownish-red with a creamy tight head, tan in colour, that laced well down the glass. Aroma was nutty malt, caramel, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel was medium-full with average carbonation. The flavour was nuts, caramel, grains, and some earthy hops. Best beer of the night.

Nov 21, 2013
12:00:00 PM
528 F & M King Moonracer Cascadian Dark Ale Canada American Black Ale 3.8

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

16oz draught <br> 7.8% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 30, 2013 <br> The beer pours a very dark brown with black edges and a creamy brown coloured cap. The aroma is coffee, citrus, and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is weak grapefruit, coffee, and dark chocolate. Quite good in my opinion.

Dec 30, 2013
12:00:00 PM
529 Founders Breakfast Stout United States Coffee Stout 3.8

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

355ml bottle <br> 8.3% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> January 18, 2014<br> Part of the Founders feature at the LCBO (Backwoods Bastard, Breakfast Stout, Dirty Bastard, Pale Ale, Porter). The beer pours a coca-cola colour with a thin ring for a head. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and dark fruit. The mouthfeel is full bodied and creamy with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt and coffee. Not a lot of chocolate in the aroma or flavour. Very disappointed as the beer is solid but not as complex as I was expecting.

Jan 19, 2014
12:00:00 PM
530 St. Feuillien Saison Belgium Saison 3.8

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

330ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> March 10, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed metallic gold with a 1" white bubbly head. The aroma is funky yeast, light citrus, and grassy. The mouthfeel is light bodied, and quite champagny. The flavour is yeast, honey, and citrus up front and a graininess in back

Mar 11, 2014
12:00:00 PM
531 Indie Ale House Wit'ner Toque Canada Witbier 3.8

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

16oz draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 9, 2014 <br> The beer pours a dark brownish black colour with a thin white ring for a head. Aroma is wheat, spices, and fruit cake. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is sweet and slightly tangy for a witbier. Lots of spice in the finish. The dark wheat is a nice touch.

Apr 9, 2014
12:00:00 PM
532 Amager Kåååd Denmark IPA 3.8

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

May 29, 2014 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> 500ml bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Best Before: February 2016 <br> Batch: 761 <br> $7.05<br> The beer pours a hazed golden colour with a bubbly light tan coloured head. Aroma is light citrus, grapefruit, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light grapefruit, juicy fruit, and grains. Good and refreshing.

Apr 9, 2022
01:48:35 PM
533 Forked River Trinity Canada Abbey Tripel 3.8

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

14oz draught <br> 9.2% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> June 5, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed light gold colour with a long lasting white head. The aroma is grains, yeast, and light sweet fruit. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is sweet fruit, grains, yeast, and spices. Quite good.

Jun 5, 2014
12:00:00 PM
534 Beau's All Natural Wild Oats Series No. 31: Wag The Wolf Hopfenweisse Canada Hefeweizen 3.8

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

600ml bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> June 13, 2014 <br> $7.85<br> The beer pours a hazed golden colour with a sticky foaming white head. Aroma is wheat, grass, spicy hops, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is spices, weak wheat, yeast, light citrus, and musty notes.

Jun 14, 2014
12:00:00 PM
535 Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar Sweden Imperial IPA 3.8

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

330ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 22, 2014<br> The beer pours a hazed honey golds colour with a 1" off-white cap that lingers. Plenty of effervescence is visible. Aroma is pine, citrus, honey, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light grapefruit, wood, and notes of honey and grainy malt. Quite good.

Jul 22, 2014
12:00:00 PM
536 Southern Tier Imperial Compass United States Strong Ale 3.8

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

650ml bottle <br> 9.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 29, 2014 <br> The beer pours a translucent medium gold colour with a half inch white head. The aroma is light fruit, caramel, and spices. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light citrus, weak caramel, spice, and sharp sweetness to finish.

Jul 30, 2014
12:00:00 PM
537 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
538 Spearhead Brewing / Sam Roberts Band Session Ale Canada English Pale Ale 3.8

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

330ml draught <br> 4.4% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 22, 2014 <br> The beer pours a transparent dark copper colour with a thin white head. The aroma is rum, grains, light fruit, and floral hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was sweet and fruity with spices and a grassy finish.

Aug 23, 2014
12:00:00 PM
539 Parallel 49 Black Hops Cascadian Dark Lager Canada Schwarzbier 3.8

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

650ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> September 6, 2014 <br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a 1" frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, and coffee. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is quite similar to the aroma wioth notes of roasted malt, slightly sweet chocolate, and coffee. There is a somewhat tart aftertaste that takes away slightly from the flavour, but otherwise a good beer.

Sep 7, 2014
12:00:00 PM
540 Bell City Eureka Cream Ale Canada Cream Ale 3.8

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

473ml can <br> 5.8% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> January 12, 2015 <br> $2.85<br> The beer pours a translucent cream soda red colour with a thin white cap. The aroma is caramel, grains, and light fruit. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel and fruit, with grains and hops in the background. Quite decent for a cheap can of beer!

Jan 13, 2015
12:00:00 PM
541 Stone India Pale Ale United States IPA 3.8

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

400ml draught <br> 6.9% ABV <br> The Beerbistro (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> February 17, 2015 <br> The beer pours a translucent golden orange colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is lemony, grainy, with hints of caramel and yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was caramel, weak citrus hops, and a light fruitiness. Good, but not as goo as the arrogant bastard.

Feb 17, 2015
12:00:00 PM
542 Anderson Valley Heelch O' Hops United States Imperial IPA 3.8

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

April 16, 2015 <br> LCBO # 255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 650ml bottle <br> 8.70% ABV <br> $8.95 <br> The beer pours a slightly hazed golden orange colour with a generous off-white rocky head that lasts. The aroma is pine, citrus, caramel, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour has a sweet and sour complexity. Nice caramel notes balanced with citrus notes

Apr 9, 2022
03:50:22 PM
543 Beau's All Natural Wild Oats Series No. 10: Dunkel Buck Canada Dunkel Weizen 3.8

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

600ml bottle <br> 6.8% ABV <br> Bronte/Louis Saint Laurent LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 15, 2015 <br> $7.95<br> The beer pours a translucent dark copper colour with a creamy half inch tan coloured head. The aroma is wheat, roasted malt, and dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is wheat, spices, and weak notes chocolate.

May 16, 2015
12:00:00 PM
544 De Leite Cuvée Soeur´Ise Belgium Fruit Lambic 3.8

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

330ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> Atrium on Bay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> September 1, 2015 <br> The beer pours a semni-rteanslucent cherry red colour with a long lasting off-white/pinkish head. The aroma is cherry, wild yeast, vinegar, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is vinegar, light cherry, yeast, and grains. A top 1% beer on Ratebeer, but I'm not feeling it.

Sep 2, 2015
12:00:00 PM
545 Great Lakes Brewery Tank Ten Series / Bar Hop Hanlan's Point Canada Porter 3.8

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

15oz draught <br> 5.9% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> December 1, 2015 <br> The beer pours an opaque dark brown colour with a creamy tan coloured head. The aroma is roasred malkt, coffee, dark chocolate, and hints of dark fruit and coconut. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, milk chocolate, and coconut. What coffee flavour there was...was quite muted.

Dec 10, 2015
12:00:00 PM
546 Waterloo Brewing Spiced Dunkel Canada Spiced Beer 3.8

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

February 22, 2016 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 473ml can <br> 6.1% ABV <br> $2.75 <br> The beer pours a translucent dark red with a very thin tan head that quickly recedes into islands. The aroma is very spicy with notes of nutmeg and cinnamon as well as notes of caramel and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet caramel malt with festive spices thrown in, and a bitter earthy hop finish that doesn't linger. I quite enjoy this!

Apr 16, 2022
01:22:16 PM
547 Döllnitzer Ritterguts Gose Germany Gose 3.8

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.

Apr 3, 2018
12:00:00 PM
548 HaandBryggeriet Haandbukk Norwegian Doppelbock Norway Doppelbock 3.8

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

500ml bottle <br> 8.0% ABV <br> Best before: February 12, 2019 <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br April 25, 2018 <br> $6.25<br> The beer pours a transparent dark ruby red colour with a thin pink ring for a head. The aroma is roasted malt, some tart cherry notes, and some musty tones. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied wih a slight creamy feel, and average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, some leather flavours, and a decent bitter finish.

Apr 25, 2018
12:00:00 PM
549 Four Fathers Brewing Shevchenko 9 Ukrainian Dunkel Canada Dunkel / Dark Lager 3.8

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

473ml can <br> 5.0% ABV<br> Canned On: December 26, 2017 <br> Main/Thompson LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 28, 2018 <br> $3.20<br> The beer pours a translucent dark brown with a generous light brown creamy head. The head lasts a while. The aroma is caramel, roasted malt, nuts, and some herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, slightly creamy, and well carbonated. Flavour is roasted malt, nuts, some smoked wood notes and bitter leather-like finish. Not a bad beer at all.

Apr 28, 2018
12:00:00 PM
550 Dieu du Ciel Pénombre (Half-light) Canada American Black Ale 3.7

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

341ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 11, 2013 <br> The beer pours a coca-cola brownish0black with a very thin tan head. Aroma is citrusy hops, roasted malt, and 'funk'. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, hops, and molasses with a very bitter finish. Tasty.

Jul 11, 2013
12:00:00 PM