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

473ml can <br> 8.6% ABV <br> Canned On: September 12, 2020 <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> February 20, 2021<br> $4.40<br> The beer pours a very hazed amber hued gold with a 1” off-white cap that lasts a long time. The aroma is light pine, grapefruit, caramel, herbal hops, and weak yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is toffee, biscuit malt, and lots of fruit notes. The alcohol is a bit noticeable.

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

473ml can <br> 8.2% ABV <br> Canned On: September 15, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> February 23, 2021<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours a hazy gold colour with a fluffy generous cap which lasts several minutes and leaves decent lacing. The aroma is fruity in nature with strong hints of mango and orange, and light wisps of biscuit malts. Mounthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is orange forward, not too sweet, and balanced by a light spiciness. Alcohol is not detectable.

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

473ml can<br> 8.20% ABV <br> Canned On: October 28, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> February 27, 2021<br> $4.75<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed lemony gold colour with a bubbly off-white head which doesn’t last very long. The aroma is very citrus forward with hints of grass, yeast, and other tropical notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation. This is very lively on the tongue. The flavours are a nice balance between the grassy malts, the sweet tropical notes, and the citrusy sourness. Quite enjoyable.

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

473ml can <br> 10.0% ABV <br> Canned On: November 17, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> March 27, 2021<br> $4.50<br> The beer pours a translucent golden amber colour with a thin light tan coloured head. There are a ton of floaties in the glass. The aroma is mainly cereal grains, light caramel, light citrus, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is caramel, grains, and a tart tangy citrus note that doesn’t belong. The alcohol is noticeable and warming.

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

473ml can <br> 10.0% ABV <br> Canned On: November 11, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> March 29, 2021<br> $4.95<br> The beer pours a translucent amber colour with a creamy light brown head that lasts several minutes. The aroma was cereal grains, light caramel, fresh citrus, and light yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, slightly creamy, and average carbonation. The flavour is light caramel, citrus peel, yeast, and unfortunately, alcohol.

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

473ml can <br> 7.7% ABV <br> Canned On: January 11, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 18, 2021<br> $3.75<br> The beer pours a hazed yellow-gold colour, with a generous white head that quickly recedes to a bubbly surface film. The aroma is grassy malt, light yeast, some tropical fruit notes, and other more tart fruit notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The dominant flavour is orange peel with notes of sweet tropical fruit, grains, and light yeast.

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

473ml can <br> 8.10% ABV <br> Canned On: March 11, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> June 23, 2021<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a light hazy gold colour with a generous white rocky cap that lasts several minutes and provides a little lacing. The aroma is very fruity with notes of pineapple and citrus. One can detect a small amount of grains and yeast, but it’s the fruit you’ll notice most. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, with normal carbonation. The flavour is similar to the aroma, lots of fruit with pineapple and citrus. Not overly sweet. You feel the alcohol but don’t taste it.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

473ml can <br> 8.50% ABV <br> Canned On: April 7, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> July 11, 2021<br> $4.75<br> The beer pours a hazy gold colour with a fluffy snow white heads that lasts a few seconds. The aroma is grassy malts, light orange, pine, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour reminds me of a strong mimosa with orange and alcohol notes aplenty. Not something I’ll try again.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

473ml can<br> 8.00% ABV <br> Canned On: February 11, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> July 24, 2021<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours a hazed gold colour with plenty of floaties and white bubbly head. The aroma is tropical fruit, yeast, light spices and grassy malts. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is fruits, grains, with an unfortunate alcohol burn

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

473ml can <br> 8.0% ABV <br> Canned On: February 20, 2021 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> July 28, 2021<br> $4.00<br> The beer pours a translucent copper with a thick bubbly tan coloured head that lasts a minute or two and leaves decent lacing. The aroma is caramel, dark fruits, floral hops, and weak citrus. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light fruit, caramel, citrus zest, and a nice bitter finish.

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

473ml can <br> 6.8% ABV <br> Canned On: October 7, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> January 21, 2022<br> $3.55<br> The beer pours a dark gold colour with a thick rocky off-white head which lasts a few minutes. Lacing is prevalent down the sides of the glass. The aroma is grainy malts, yeast, and citrusy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is malted grains, caramel, and citrus. The new recipe is slightly better than the old recipe in my opinion…..but what do I know about 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: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

13oz draught &#60;br&#62; 8.50&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; WVRST – Union Station &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 21, 2018&#60;br&#62; &#36;9.61&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a hazed light amber colour with a 3cm thick snow white head. The aroma was citrusy hops, mild tropical fruit notes, cereal grains, and pine needles. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very citrusy, reminiscent of the old style DIPAs before the tropical hop craze kicked in. Also had flavours of weak yeast and grass. It wasn’t as bitter as I would have hoped for, but the thought was there.

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

650ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 8.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Bottled On: &#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; March 23, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;8.40&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazed medium gold colour with a half inch foamy white head which slowly recedes to a film on top. The aroma is citrus hops, grainy malt, light pine resin, and some caramel notes. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour has strong notes of grapefruit, caramel, grassy malt, and finished bitter. My kind of Imperial IPA after all these tropical wimpy wannabees from the last few years&#33;

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

May 1, 2023<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 8.3% ABV <br> Canned On: Unknown<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours a hazed gold colour with a long lasting white head which leaves an excellent lace. The aroma is grains, light fruit, floral hops, citrus, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grainy and citrusy with a mild bitter finish.

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

February 9, 2023<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 8.1% ABV <br> Canned On: October 13, 2022<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours a hazed red-tinged gold colour with a creamy light tan head, The aroma is grainy malt with sugar notes. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between the sweet graininess and bitter hoppiness, with some alcohol present.

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

February 14, 2023<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East)<br> 400ml draught <br> 7.6% ABV <br> Kegged On: Unknown<br> $9.95<br> The beer pours a hazed gold with a creamy white head which lasts a while and leaves good lacing. The aroma is grassy malts, tropical fruit, and musty hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dominated by the sweet tropical fruit notes with some grainy malt and citrus in back.

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

650ml bottle <br> 9.3% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)<br> September 13, 2014 <br> The beer pours a hazed golden orange with a thick creamy light tan coloured cap. The aroma is pine, grains, citrus, and yeast. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is butterscotch and citrus, with hints of grains. Decent.

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

13oz draught <br> 8.8% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> March 31, 2015 <br> The beer poured a hazed dark golden colour with a white bubbly head. The aroma was pine, citrus, grains and hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was grapefruit, tropical fruit, and cereal malts.

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

500ml bottle <br> 9.2% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 15, 2015 <br> The beer pours a hazed reddish gold colour with a thin bubbly off-white head. The aroma is citrus, grass, and tropical fruit. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grapefruit, oranges, caramel, and grass.

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

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

750ml bottle (corked and caged) <br> 8.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> June 6, 2015 <br> The beer pours a translucent reddish-gold colour with a generous light tan coloured head. The aroma is weak caramel, tropical fruit, pine, and citrus. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is pine and tropical fruits with hits of grass. An alright beer.

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

650ml bottle <br> 7.7% ABV <br> Bronte/Louis Saint Laurent LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> May 29, 2015 <br> $8.95<br> The beer pours a translucent metallic gold with a generous lasting white head. The aroma is grainy malt, earthy hops, and a little spiciness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grainy malt and citrusy hops. Another good effort from Black Oak.

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

750ml bottle <br> 7.5% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 18, 2014 <br> The beer pours a translucent orange gold colour with a long lasting white head. The aroma is grains, citrus, and honey. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is butterscotch and grainy. No fruit flavours that I can tell.

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

355ml bottle <br> 7.0% Abv <br> Main / Bronte LCBO outlet (Milton,. Ontario, Canada)<br> September 29, 2018 <br> $2.49<br> Date Code is gibberish. The beer pours a hazed light gold colour with a thin off-white film for a head. Quite a bit of microbubble effervescence though. The aroma is quite grainy with a weak herbal hop note. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is well balanced between the grains and the hops. The alcohol is not noticeable, and there are no off-flavours like metal or phenol. Quite good actually.