Beer Reviews by CYRENAICA

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# Beer Origin Style Score Date
2176 Budweiser Black Crown United States Pale Lager 2.5

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

Brewed in Canada by the Labatt Brewing Company<br> May 1, 2014<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> 473ml can >br> 6.0% ABV <br> $2.40<br> The beer pours an amber hued gold colour with a huge white head that disappeared quickly. The aroma is metallic, some caramel sweetness, and weak earthy hops. Mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is slightly sweet with caramel notes, and a lot of grains. Tasted better than I thought it would, but far from something I would drink regularly.

Apr 9, 2022
05:04:51 PM
2177 John Sleeman Presents IPA (Sleeman IPA 46) Canada IPA 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

341ml bottle <br> 5.3% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> June 1, 2014 <br> The beer pours a translucent red-tinged gold with a thin white cap. The aroma is grains, metal, and funk. No hint of hops here at all. The mouthfeel is medium, bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is stale grains, old rubber notes, and some metallic hints. Not very good.

Jun 2, 2014
12:00:00 PM
2178 Black Oak Hop Bomb Canada IPA 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

550ml cask draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 25, 2012 <br> $625<br> The beer poured a translucent golden red colour with a thin white head. The aroma was weak caramel, funk, and floral hops. Definitely not a hop bomb in aroma. The mouthfeel was on the thin side with mild carbonation. The flavour was weak citrusy hops, some sweet caramel notes, and some yeast. I was hoping for a whole lot better.

May 25, 2012
12:00:00 PM
2179 Trafalgar Mead Braggot Canada Mead 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

500ml corked ceramic bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> Milton LCBO OUtlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> December 21, 2012 <br> The braggot pours a clear medium gold colour with a short-lived white head. Aroma is tart fruit, grains,and weak honey notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, and highly carbonated. Flavour is tart fruit, and furniture polish. Hopefully meads and braggots made by other brewers taste better.

Dec 22, 2012
12:00:00 PM
2180 Wychwood Ginger Beard United Kingdom Spiced Beer 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

March 22, 2013<br> LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)<br> 500ml bottle <br> 4.2% ABV <br> $3.50 <br> The beer pours a translucent reddish-gold with a thin tan ring for a head. Aroma is grainy malt, ginger, and light hops. Mouthfeel is light bodied, with high carbonation. Flavour is a British bitter crossed with Ginger Ale but got more beery as it warmed up. Heavy on the ginger and the spice. Not something I would try again.

Apr 13, 2022
05:25:00 PM
2181 Lake Of Bays Rock Cut Bayesville Lager Canada Lager 2.5

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

473ml can <br> 4.2% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 25, 2013 <br> Pours a translucent medium gold colour with plenty of effervescence, but almost no head. Aroma is herbal hops and grainy malt. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is underwhelming to say the least, quite acidic with grassy notes and weak hops. Not going to become a regular any time soon

May 26, 2013
12:00:00 PM
2182 Einbecker Ur-Bock Hell Germany Bock 2.5

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.

Oct 17, 2020
11:03:14 PM
2183 Liberty Village Extra Dry Cider Canada Cider 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

473ml can<br> 4.5% ABV <br> Canned On: June 8, 2020 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> November 16, 220<br> $3.50<br> The beer pours a very pale clear straw colour with a weak white head. There is weak lacing down the glass. The aroma is apple, weak grains, and weak yeast. The mourhfeel is light bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light apple and yeast.

Nov 16, 2020
12:02:44 PM
2184 Flying Monkeys The Mutants Are Revolting Crushable IPA Canada IPA 2.5

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

473ml can <br> 4.5% ABV <br> Canned On: September 10, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> January 10, 2021<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a hazed metallic gold colour with a generous off-white rocky head that lasts about 10 minutes. The aromas are grains, tropical fruits, yeast, and steamed vegetables. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is tart fruity notes, grains, and a light yeasty aftertaste. Not a favourite by any stretch.

Jan 10, 2021
01:07:11 AM
2185 Jacobins Rosé Max Belgium Fruit Beer 2.5

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

250ml can <br> 4.5% ABV <br> Best Before: August 5, 2021 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> April 17, 2021<br> $2.65<br> The beer pours a translucent crimson colour with a generous foamy tan coloured head that lasts a while. The aroma is an artificial cherry lollipop note with no other real odours like yeast, hops, etc). The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet cherry cough syrup with a very bitter finish, but not a hop bitterness. I would not recommend this.

Apr 18, 2021
12:14:52 AM
2186 Woodhouse Hibiscus Raspberry Sour Canada Wild Ale 2.5

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

May 31, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 4.8% ABV <br> Canned On: L200<br> $3.75<br> The beer pours a highly effervescent clear copper colour with no head. The aroma is tart cherries, light hibiscus, and funky yeast. The mouthfeel is light bodied, puckeringly sour, and highly carbonated. The flavour was thin and watery with hints of sour fruit and funk. Not a favourite

Apr 12, 2022
02:51:07 PM
2187 Rally Extra Mile (Low-Cal) Session IPA Canada IPA 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

April 5, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 355ml can <br> 3.5% ABV <br> Canned On: September 8, 2021<br> $3.15<br> The beer pours a hazed yellow colour with a generous white bubbly head which lasts a few minutes before finishing as a long lasting film on top. The aroma is bready grains, lots of orangy citrus notes, and yeast. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is not to my liking. It tastes like a weak iced tea with cereal malts mixed in. A bit overpriced at $3.15 for a 355ml can if you ask me (and you may not be aware of it…but you did ask!)

Apr 12, 2022
10:02:42 AM
2188 Beaches Brewing Beach Bound Lager Canada Pale Lager 2.5

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

June 20, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 4.5% ABV <br> Canned On: January, 2022<br> $3.30<br> The beer pours a very pale translucent gold colour with a long lasting white head that leaves very little lacing. The aroma is bready grains and musty hops. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grainy malt with a light bitter finish.

Jun 20, 2022
03:36:17 PM
2189 Sleeman Clear 2.0 (Peach) Canada Light / Lite Lager 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

August 19, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 4.0% ABV <br> Canned On: May 12, 2022<br> $3.00<br> The beer pours a translucent pale straw gold colour with heavy effervescence and short-lived fluffy head. The aroma is light grassy malt, a hint of yeast, and a light peachy note. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is watered down grains and a mild bitter finish, and a hint of peachy sweetness.

Nov 5, 2022
02:10:12 PM
2190 Semedorato Premium Lager Italy Pale Lager 2.5

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

September 23, 2022<br> Beer Store #2021 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 330ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Bottled On: June 30, 2022<br> $2.54<br> The beer pours a translucent gold with a creamy light cream coloured head. The aroma is skunked malt, some sourness, and a weak noble hop note. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet grainy malt, some light toast hints, and a mild bitter finish.

Nov 5, 2022
07:45:45 PM
2191 MacKinnon Brothers Philomena Pilsner Canada Bohemian / Czech Pilsener 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

April 9, 2023<br> LCBO Outlet #754 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Yonge)<br> 473ml can <br> 4.0% ABV <br> Canned On: January 16, 2023<br> $3.35<br> The beer pours a very pale translucent straw colour with a weak bubbly white head. The aroma is grainy malt, yeast, earthy hops, and sadly, some metallic notes. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grassy malt and light yeast with a nice mild finish.

May 21, 2023
09:23:44 PM
2192 Goodlot Farmstead Brewing Farmstead Ale Canada Ale 2.5

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 6.20&#37; Abv &#60;br&#62; Best Before: January 22, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; November 18, 2018&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.00&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazed orange-gold colour with a bubbly tan head that lingers for a couple of minutes before receding into a thin ring. The aroma is grains, herbal hops, and weak tropical fruit notes. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with below average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between the grains and the hops, but both flavours are weak leaving this beer as flavoured water with a hint of alcohol. Quite disappointed.

Nov 19, 2018
12:00:00 PM
2193 Rochester Mills MilkShake Stout (Holiday Latte) United States Milk Stout 2.5

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

After reassessing the previous can, this beer pours like a dark cream soda, a translucent dark cherry red cream soda with brown edges. The head starts off huge and within a couple of seconds is left as an island of bubbles on the centre of the beer. The aroma is quite weak in this case. Weak notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, and coffee. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. Certainly ‘thicker’ than the Crème de menthe. The flavour was one dimensional coming across as nothing more than roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate.

Dec 3, 2018
11:51:03 PM
2194 Amsterdam 3 Speed Lager Canada Lager 2.5

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

March 16, 2019 <br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> 568ml can <br> 4.2% ABV <br> Canned On: February 25, 2019<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a medium gold colour with very little head, and what head there is, lasts less than a couple of minutes. Lots of effervescence. The aroma is grainy malt, weak herbal hops, and weak peppery note. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is weak grains, some light hops, and grass. It tastes better than a lot of 4.2%; pale lagers, that is for sure. But still....568ml is too much!

Apr 9, 2022
02:35:47 PM
2195 Ace Hill Lime Radler Canada Fruit Beer 2.5

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 4

June 5, 2019<br> LCBO Outlet #457 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge / Eglinton)<br> 473ml can <br> 3.0% ABV <br> Canned On: April 22, 2019 <br> $3.15<br> The beer pours a highly hazed golden orange colour with a bubbly white head which lasts a few moments. The aroma is light grass, like, oranges, and ginger. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. There is a lot of lime in the flavour, and next to no beer. As with their other two radlers, this is a great tasting alcoholic juice beverage, but really isn’t beery enough for me to call a radler or shandy.

Oct 11, 2022
11:38:47 AM
2196 Lake Of Bays Beach Break Canada Pale Lager 2.5

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 3.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: August 2, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 20, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;2.95&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very translucent pale gold colour with a 1&#34; bubbly head which disappears within seconds. The aroma is grains, herbal hops, bready yeast, and a hint of citrus. The mouthfeel is thin bodied, with average carbonation. The flavour is similar to that of a light beer. You taste the grains, the bitter hop finish, and there is a hint of lime that lingers.

Sep 21, 2019
12:31:21 PM
2197 Lake Of The Woods Forgotten Lake Blueberry Ale Canada Fruit Beer 2.5

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 7.1&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: July 17, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #483&#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Royal Bank Plaza&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 2, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.60&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a purplish colour with a thin oinkish film for a head. The aroma was blueberries, cream, cereal, and must. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a balance between both sweet and tart blueberry flavours with some grainy malt, and weak bitter finish.

Nov 3, 2019
12:58:03 PM
2198 Ace Hill Radler Canada Fruit Beer 2.4

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

October 20, 2018 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte) <br> 473ml can <br> 4.90% ABV <br> Canned On: July 19, 2018<br> $3.15<br> The beer pours a murky grapefruit colour with a generous white head which disappears right before your eyes. The aroma is more herbal than fruit, although one can detect notes of citrus, especially oranges, and there are milky notes. The aroma is pleasant, but nothing like a beer should smell like. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with high carbonation, and I’m talking soft drink carbonation levels. The flavour is fruity with notes of orange, grapefruit, and lime and a touch of grainy malt. As a beer, this isn’t what I was hoping for, but it would make a great summer cooler/alcoholic soft drink for those who are into that sort of thing. .

Oct 11, 2022
11:40:32 AM
2199 Mill Street White Space Wheat Canada Witbier 2.4

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.00&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: June 28, 2018&#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; November 28, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;3.25&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazy pale gold colour with a very thin white ring for a head. Possibly a symptom of being 5 months old. The aroma is wheat malt, some wet cardboard, and weak floral hops. The mouthfeel is light bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is watered down wheat, with some bubble gum sweetness and weak bitter hop finish. Not very good.

Nov 29, 2018
12:05:29 PM
2200 Nickel Brook Lost In Orbit Canada IPA 2.4

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 4.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: November 3, 2018&#60;br&#62; LCBO #010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; February 13, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.35 &#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very hazy light yellow-orange colour with a thin white film for a head. The aroma is tropical fruit juice, very akin to a Five Alive drink, with hints of biscuit grains, and light yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very similar to my morning Five Alive with an alcohol bite. Not my glass of beer. I keep hoping I like one of these session juicuy IPAs but so far….nada&#33;

Feb 14, 2019
12:08:14 PM