Beer Reviews by CYRENAICA
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326 | De Moersleutel Rusty | Netherlands | Brown Ale | 4.1
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8 440ml can <br> 8.0% ABV <br> Best Before: November 30, 2023<br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> June 17, 2021<br> $4.15<br> The beer pours a solid dark brown with a generous frothy brown head. Lacing blanketed the inside of the gloass. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and hints of butterscotch. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is nutty malt, molasses, and coffee and the alcohol is noticeable, but not in a bad way. |
Jun 22, 2021 11:25:42 PM |
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327 | Furnace Room Fountain Green IPA | Canada | IPA | 2.8
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6 473ml can <br> 6.10% ABV <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> June 12, 2021<br> $3.45<br> The beer pours a hazy gold colour with a generous white head which was sadly, short-lived. The aroma is tropical fruit, cereal malts, light pine, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Sort of watery for a NEIPA. The flavour is bitter citrus peel, grassy malts, and finishes with some light tropical fruit notes. |
Jun 22, 2021 11:07:47 PM |
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328 | Budweiser Zero | United States | Reduced Alcohol | 2.0
Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3 Brewed in Canada by the Labatt Brewing Company<br> September 23, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 0.0% AVC <br> Best Before: July 3, 2021 <br> $2.30<br> The beer pours a metallic gold with a short lived fluffy white head. Effervescence and lacing are minimal. The aroma is light cereal grains, weak herbal hops, and apple notes. The mouthfeel is light bodied, but under-carbonated. There were some weak grains and a light bitterness in the taste, but for the most part, it tasted like sandy beachwater from Canadian Maritimes. |
Apr 9, 2022 05:04:20 PM |
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329 | Lost Craft Skyline | Canada | IPA | 2.8
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5 473ml can <br> 6.20% ABV <br> Canned On: <br> LCBO Outlet #631 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Thompson)<br> June 3, 2021<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a hazed gold colour with a white fluffy head and plenty of effervescence. The aroma is light funky yeast notes, white wine, biscuit malt, and musty hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is quite bitter with grassy notes, wine notes, and yeast….all followed by a heavily sharp bitter hop bite. |
Jun 6, 2021 07:17:27 PM |
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330 | 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 |
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331 | Furnace Room Chicken Man Pale Ale | Canada | American Pale Ale | 3.1
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6 473ml can <br> 5.4% ABV <br> LCBO Outlet #255 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Bronte)<br> May 27, 2021<br> $3.35<br> The beer poured a translucent gold with a heck of a lot of effervescence and a fully frothy head, The aroma was tropical fruit, bready grains, light pine, and citrus zest. The mouthfeel was medium bodied but the beer was over carbonated. The flavour was grainy malt, some tangy citrus notes, and finished off with a nice hop bite. |
May 28, 2021 12:24:29 PM |
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332 | Muskoka Moonlight Kettle Series 2020 - 11: Hop Blaster Sour Cherry IPA | Canada | Wild Ale | 3.8
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8 473ml can<br> 5.5% ABV<br> Best Before: March 17, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #631 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Thompson)<br> May 26, 2021<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours golden-hued red, slightly hazed with a huge frothy head. The aroma was cereal malt, light caramel, tart fruit, and funky yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was a balance between the tart cherry notes, and the toasty toffee and malty notes. I wish I had bought more of this. |
May 28, 2021 12:19:05 PM |
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333 | Magnotta Brewery 3 Threads Porter | Canada | Porter | 3.6
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7 473ml can <br> 5.50% ABV <br> Canned On: <br> LCBO Outlet #631 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Thompson)<br> May 24, 2021<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a generous tan coloured head that lasts several minutes. Not a lot of lacing. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee and hints of caramel. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, rich dark coffee, nuts, and a hint of yeast. The bitter aftertaste lingers a while. It’s a solid porter! |
May 28, 2021 12:14:50 PM |
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334 | Lake Of Bays Stand Down | Canada | IPA | 3.6
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7 473ml can <br> 6.9% ABV <br> Canned On: February 22, 2021 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> May 21, 2021<br> $3.65<br> The beer pours a solid caramel gold colour with a long lasting off-white head. The aroma is light citrus, light caramel, yeast, herbal hops, and biscuit malt. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between caramel sweetness, and the citrusy bitterness. Enjoyable. |
May 22, 2021 02:30:03 PM |
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335 | Trestle Brewing 30,000 Islands | Canada | IPA | 3.6
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7 473ml can <br> 6.3% ABV <br> Canned On: March 5, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> May 12, 2021<br> $3.55<br> The beer pours a pretty translucent amber hued gold with a generous white bubbly head and plenty of effervescence. The aroma is citrus zest, grains, tropical fruit, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is grains, syrupy caramel, light citrusy notes, and a mildy hoppy finish. Enjoyable. |
May 22, 2021 02:26:41 PM |
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336 | Fixed Gear Brewing Sour Series: Cherry Training Wheels | Canada | Wild Ale | 2.9
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5 473ml can <br> 4.0% ABV <br> Canned On: March 29, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 30, 2021<br> $4.25<br> The beer pours a lightly hazed golden-pink with a few bubbles for a head. The head was gone within seconds. The aroma is tart cherry, vinegar, light funky yeast, and wet grass. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is tart fruit, grains, and more vinegar. Not sure if the beer is bad, or if this is how it is meant to taste. |
May 22, 2021 02:19:41 PM |
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337 | Side Launch Passionate Sour | Canada | Wild Ale | 2.6
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5 473ml can <br> 4.3% ABV <br> Canned On: February 5, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 28, 2021<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a hazed gold colour with a very thin white head which quickly recedes to nothing giving this a ‘flat sode’ look more than a beer look. Aroma is grains, funk, tart citrus, and yeast. Mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is similar to the aroma….quite grainy with tart passion fruit in the mix. Not something I’ll put in regular rotation. |
May 22, 2021 02:13:05 PM |
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338 | Cameron's Cruising Through The Galaxy | Canada | IPA | 3.1
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6 473ml <br> 6.30% ABV <br> Canned On: November 20, 2020 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> March 30, 2021<br> $3.45<br> The beer pours a hazy orange-tinged gold colour with a frothy white cap. The aroma is bready malt, fresh yeast, citrus peel, and tropical fruit notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour isn’t all that well balanced with a lingering bitter finish and flavours of citrus peel which drown out the tropical fruit notes. |
May 22, 2021 01:55:28 PM |
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339 | Old Tomorrow Brew Aid Home Ice Advantage Lager | Canada | Lager | 3.3
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7 473ml can <br> 4.50% ABV <br> LCBO Outlet #631 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Thompson)<br> May 7, 2021<br> $3.25<br> The beer pours a clear metallic gold with a short-lived white head, and plenty of effervescence. Better lacing than the last Pale Lager. Aroma is cereal grains, earthy hops, light yeast, and weak floral notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between the cereal malts, and the mildy bitter hops. A good solid refreshing lager! |
May 7, 2021 10:16:24 PM |
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340 | Paniza Brewing Premium Pilsner | Canada | Bohemian / Czech Pilsener | 2.7
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5 473ml can <br> 5.0% ABV <br> LCBO Outlet #631 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Thompson)<br> May 7, 2021<br> $3.00<br> The beer pours a pale straw gold colour with plenty of effervescence and a huge bubbly head that is short lived. The aroma is grainy malt, noble hops, and yeast. Very clean aroma for a non-macro bargain lager. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very malty, the hoppish finish is barely detectable in the flavour. There is absolutely no indication on the can when it was packaged, and it has sat in the back of the beer fridge for 5 months so this could be an old beer, but nothing spectacular enough to make me want to try it again. |
May 7, 2021 12:42:45 PM |
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341 | Manitoulin Killarney Cream Ale | Canada | Cream Ale | 3.4
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7 473ml can <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Canned ON: October 23, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> May 5, 2021<br> $3.30<br> The beer pours a clear pale copper colour with a weak bubbly head that doesn’t last long, nor does it provide a lot of lacing. The aroma is biscuit malt, sweet caramel, some light citrus, and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced with light sweet caramel and bitter hops. Enjoyable but nothing special |
May 6, 2021 12:11:36 AM |
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342 | Big Drop Brewing Paradiso Citra IPA | United Kingdom | Rye Beer | 2.6
Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6 355ml can <br> 0.4% ABV <br> Best Before: March 1972970The, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 6, 2021<br> $2.45<br> The beer pours a slightly hazed gold colour with a filmy white head which lasts a while. The aroma is grains, citrus, and pine. The mouthfeel is very thin with average carbonation. The flavour mimics the aroma. Overall, this could pass for a watery IPA as the flavour is decent. |
May 5, 2021 02:46:54 PM |
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343 | Junction Craft Blood Orange Sour | Canada | Wild Ale | 3.3
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7 473ml can <br> 4.00% ABV <br> Canned On: <br> LCBO Outlet #631 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main / Thompson)<br> April 27, 2021<br> $3.50<br> The beer pours a hazed orange-gold with a bubble cap that quickly dies. The aroma is orange, citrus zest, grains, yeast, and funk. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is certainly a puckering orange flavour with grassy notes and yeast in the finish. Well done. |
Apr 27, 2021 11:49:28 PM |
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344 | Collective Arts Collective Project: IPA No. 016 | Canada | IPA | 3.0
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6 473ml can<br> 6.30% ABV <br> Canned On: February 3, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 24, 2021<br> $4.75<br> The beer pours an opaque light gold colour with almost no head, and very little lacing. The aromas are tropical in nature, with hints of cereal malts, yeast, and citrus zest. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is very grassy with light hints of tropical fruit and yeast. Definitely not my favourite of their IPA seies. |
Apr 27, 2021 11:45:14 PM |
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345 | Cowbell Brewing Double Exposure | Canada | Imperial IPA | 3.5
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. |
Apr 19, 2021 12:13:55 AM |
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346 | 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 |
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347 | Bellwoods Jelly King (Raspberry & Blackberry) | Canada | Wild Ale | 3.8
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8 500ml bottle <br> 5.6% ABV <br> Bottled On: December 17, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 8, 2021<br> $7.50<br> The beer pours a solid dark pink colour with a thin bubbly head which recedes quickly to a fine film on the surface. Lacing is erratic, but present. The aroma is tart fruit, vinegar, yeast, and grainy malts. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and amply carbonated. Flavour mimics the aroma with grains and tart fruit. Another solid Bellwoods beer |
Apr 8, 2021 10:22:08 AM |
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348 | Henderson Brewing Union Pearson Ale / Henderson Brewing Pearson Express IPA | Canada | IPA | 3.2
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5 473ml can <br> 6.5% ABV<br> Canned On: November 23, 2020<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 7, 2021<br> $3.45<br> The beer pours a deep gold colour, slightly hazed, with a rocky off-white head that lives for a few minutes. The aroma is caramel malt, light citrus, and yeast. The mouthfeel is full bodied with average carbonation. It falls flat on flavour however with the alcohol coming through and dominating the caramel and hop notes. As an aside, the Henderson Brewery actually backs onto the tracks on which the Union Pearson Express runs. |
Apr 8, 2021 08:35:07 AM |
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349 | Big Drop Brewing Galactic Dark Milk Stout | United Kingdom | Reduced Alcohol | 2.2
Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3 355ml can <br> 0.4% ABV <br> Best Before: January 15, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 6, 2021<br> $2.45<br> The beer pours a solid coca-cola colour with a almost no head. The aroma is roasted malt. coffee and hints of vanilla. The mouthfeel is very thin with almost no carbonation. The flavour is cold coffee. This is a non-alcoholic stout, brewed here in Canada less than 75 days ago and there is no body and no carbonation. Hopefully the second can is better, |
Apr 7, 2021 12:02:41 AM |
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350 | Bench Brewing Lincoln Lager | Canada | Helles / Dortmunder | 3.0
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6 473ml can <br> 4.4% ABV <br> Canned On: March 26, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> April 6, 2021<br> $3.30<br> The beer pours a pale straw gold colour with a short-lived white bubbly head which recedes to small islands. The aroma is light grassy malt, herbal hops, yeast, and a light peppery spice note. The mouthfeel is thin bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between the maltiness and the hoppiness. A decent lager from a brewery that specializes is saisons and wild ales. |
Apr 6, 2021 11:38:59 PM |