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

February 14, 2023<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East) 275ml draught<br> 5.2% ABV <br> Kegged On: Unknown <br> $8.50<br> The beer pours a translucent copper colour with a huge frothy tan coloured head that lasts and laces well. The aroma is grainy malt, light caramel, and herbal hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet caramel, grainy malt, some sweet fruit notes, and a bitter finish.

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

February 14, 2023<br> Beerbistro, The (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 18 King Street East) 330ml bottle <br> 5.4% ABV <br> Bottled On: June 7, 2021<br> Best Before: June 7, 2023<br> $14.50<br> The beer pours a lightly hazed gold colour with a geberous frothy white head which lasts about 20 minutes and leaves great lacing. The aroma is grainy malt, Trappist yeast, citrus, and candy sugar. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is light grains, light wheat, sweet malt, and finishes dry.

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

330ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 6.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; LCBO # 255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Main &#47; Bronte&#41; &#60;br&#62; July 8, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;4.95&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a murky honey gold colour with a generous light tan coloured head which lasts a while. The aroma is definitely Belgian eith notes of yeast, funky grains, vinegar, and light apple notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with above average carbonation. The pr4imary flavour is the oak, followed by light fruit notes, yeast, and grains. You can’t smell or taste the alcohol , but you can definitely feel it go down your throat. A good beer.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 9.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: May 22, 2020&#60;br&#62; The Beerbistro &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 13, 2019 &#60;br&#62; &#36;11.73&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a slightly hazy dark golden brown with a half inch frothy white head which lasts throughout. The aroma is yeast, bready malt, honey, citrus, and light spice. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with well above average carbonation. The flavour is sweet honey, tart citrus, funky grains, and yeast. A very nice tripel.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 4.8&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: April 20, 2010&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 21, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.55&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazy straw gold colour with a generous white bubbly head which lasts forever&#33; The aroma is yeast, grass, citrus, and spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is yeast, grains, with some funk in the finish. A solid Belgian patersbier&#33;

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

Labeled as Chimay Gold &#60;br&#62; 330ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 4.8&#37; ABV&#60;br&#62; Best Before: March 31, 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO #10 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 28, 2019 &#36;3.45 &#60;br&#62; The beer pours a very murky gold colour with a long lasting head that laces well. The cap is an off-white colour. The aroma is yeast, citrus, grains, candy sugar, and spices. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The spiciness comes through in the flavour, along with a definite hoppiness, rounded out by the grains and some honey sweetness. Similar to last weekend’s St. Bernardus Extra 4, but better.

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

330ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 6.20&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: April 04, 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 28, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.50&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent dark copper colour with a half inch light brown creamy head. Lacing is minimal. The aroma is yeast, tart cherries, and grass. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is nicely balanced between the sweet and tart cherry flavours and there is a lingering bitterness that comes with Belgian red and brown sours. A great beer….what took me so long&#33;

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

330ml draught &#60;br&#62; 8.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; The Beerbistro &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; October 18, 2019 &#60;br&#62; &#36;9.00&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a solid ruby red with a huge 2&#34; creamy cream coloured head which left a lot of lacing. The aroma was heavy on the side of candied cherries, some light honey notes, grains,and yeast. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very well balanced between sweet cherry notes, and tart cherry notes. There was a bit of graininess and a hint of alcohol, but this was a delicious beer nonetheless.

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 10.0&#37; ABV&#60;br&#62; Best Before: February 28, 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet # 010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 20, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.95&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent solid mahogany colour with a generous tan coloured head which lasts several minutes. The aroma is dark fruits, candy sugar, grains, yeast, and weak spices. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour starts sweet with the malted grains, and sugar, but the finish is bitter with leather notes in the aftertaste. The alcohol is well hidden.

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.

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

330ml bottle <br> 8.5% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 25, 2016 <br> The beer pours a hazed straw gold with a half inch foamy snow white cap that lasts throughout. The aroma is honey, yeast, sweet fruits, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above-average carbonation. The flavour is sweet malt, light pepper notes, citrus, honey, and yeast.

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

375ml bottle <br> 6.5% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> September 2, 2017 <br> $7.15<br> The beer pours a hazy straw colour with a generous off-white head that lasts a while. The aroma is sour grains, wood, some tart fruity notes, and yeast. The mouthfeel is very light bodied, and highly effervescent, very a propos for the style. The flavour has white wine characteristics with a light fruit tartness. It is a very good lambic

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

330ml bottle <br> 9.0% ABV <br> Best Before: September 11, 2019<br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 17, 2018<br> $3.95<br> The beer pours a slightlu hazy golden red colour with a bubbly pinkish head which quickly recedes to a lacing. The aroma is berries, spices, caramel malt, and weak hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is dominated by Belgian yeasty notes, some caramel, some weak hops, and grainy malts. The beer does not taste as good as it smells, but still tastes pretty good.

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

750ml bottle <br> 11.0% Abv (as written on label)<br> Best Before: May 29, 2020<br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> April 30, 2018<br> $8.40<br> The beer pours a translucent mahogany colour with a generous light brown foamy head that lasts a long long time. The aroma is dark fruits, burnt sugar, Belgian yeast, and some roasted malt notes. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is cherry, burnt sugar, vanilla, and yeast. Very fruity for a Quad, and a bottle that should last all night and then some.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

750ml bottle <br> 10.5% ABV <br> Best Before: April 11, 2019<br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br> May 4, 2018<br> $9.00<br> The beer pours a translucent dark cherry red colour (when held against sunlight) with a generous dark tan coloured head which lasts. The aroma is Belgian yeast, some tart cherry notes, roasted malt, and burnt caramel. The mouthfeel is full bodied with above average carbonation. The flavour is sweet roasted malt, burnt caramel, some nutty notes, and yeast. This beer warms the stomach, which means it would have best been drank when I bought it as there was snow on the ground and currently it is 75 degrees.

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

2018 Vintage&#60;br&#62; 750ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 5.6&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: January 3, 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 6, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;11.95&#60;br&#62; I had a chance to try a shot glass of the original Alexander many moons ago and it was quite good, but not enough to rate. The cork says this is a 2018 bottle. It pours a beautiful translucent cherry red with a tan coloured cap and plenty of bubble to keep that cap alive. Aroma is vinegar, cherries, wood, and yeast. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with above average carbonation, and a ‘dry’ mouthfeel as well. Flavour starts off with sweet cherry notes, before giving way to tart cherries, vinegar, and burnt wood. The burnt wood flavour lingers on long afterwards. This beer is dangerously VERY drinkable.

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

330mk bottle&#60;br&#62; 10.5&#37; ABV&#60;br&#62; Best before: October 22, 2021 &#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet # 010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; February 22, 2020&#60;br&#62; &#36;4.35&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent dark brown colour with a creamy tan coloured cap. The aroma is dark malt, candy sugar, yeast, grains, and dark fruit. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, above average carbonation, and warming. The flavour is dark fruit, molasses, roasted malt, yeast, and candy sugar. The alcohol warms the throat and stomach. It’s good, but not great.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

330ml bottle&#60;br&#62; 9.50&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: July 31, 2021&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #649 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey&#39;s Plaza&#41;&#60;br&#62; October 3, 2020&#60;br&#62; &#36;4.75&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a hazed orange-gold with a weak bubbly head which lasts a few seconds. I would have expected a longer lasting frothier head from a Duvel. The aroma is yeast, candy sugar, tropical fruits, and grains. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied, and very well carbonated. The flavour is grains, yeast, and noticeable alcohol. There is a definite alcohol burn as well.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

500ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> June 7, 2008 <br> The beer pours a translucent dark gold with a thin white bubbly head, and a lot of effervescence. The aroma is grainy malt with some hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and medium carbonated with a bitterness. The flavour is primarily grainy malt with small hoppish bitterness.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 2

341ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> This is some god awful beer. Supposedly an upscale Brahma, it falls short of being upscale by any definition of the word. Very pale gold with a light ring formation. Corn syrup and metal make up the aroma. Flavour is phenolic and acidic. Needed to be shotgunned to get down.

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

355ml bottle <br> 4.8% <br> Smokeless Joe (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> August 31, 2007 <br> $6.55<br> The beer poured a translucent gold colour with a white head that disappeared quickly. There was a lot of effervescence. The aroma was very grassy with a hint of both malt and hops. The mouthfeel was crisp and thin with some mild carbonation. The taste was similar to other pale lagers with grassy tones. Another beer I didn't enjoy and would not push onto my friends.

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

June 1, 1991<br> The Trasheteria (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) <br> 355ml bottle <br> 5.5% ABV <br> $2.00 <br> I like this beer, I really do. As a previous reviewer stated, I was in University when I first tried this. I was a slave to the mainstream breweries when this happened in my glass. To me, the aroma is fruity in nature, which made me skeptical from the beginning. Being colour blind, I will not comment on colour aside from saying it isn't dark, nor is it light. As for the flavour, I love it. It has a full flavour not found in a lot of mainstream beer.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

June 3, 1995 <br> Brass Taps (Guelph, Ontario, Canada – University of Guelph, University Centre)<br> 341ml bottle <br> 5.2% ABV <br> $0.00<br> The original review. A nice beer with a modicum of flavour. The colour is dark red-brown which looks very thick and the head varies. The aroma is non-descript compared to other beers, there are some slight malt and hop tinges, nothing overpowering. It has a lagery feel in the mouth which for me makes it a bit more palatable. The taste is a slightly sweet taste with a hint of malt. It tends to be a smooth brew which goes down quite well. I have recommended this to others.<br> <br> 2022 Re-Review<br> This is a re-review of a beer that I enjoyed immensely before becoming a beer hobbyist. This review is for the 473ml can purchased from one of the local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a translucent red colour with a 1/2 inch white head that did not stick around. The aroma is sweet caramel malt with some hoppish tones. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. The taste is stale sweet malt - and not much else. For swill - I still enjoy it.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 4

April 5, 1991<br> Beer Store #4003 (Guelph, Ontario, Canada – Municipal Street)<br> 355ml bottle<br> 5.0% ABV<br> $1.00<br> My goal in June 2007 was to rate all the beer I've tried. That meant rating the bad ones along with the good ones. This is one of the bad ones. Where I went to University, this beer had the raunchy nickname of "'Ol Vag___", but I was not informed of that until after trying it. This is one of the old Carling O'Keefe products (Carling O'Keefe's Ol' Vienna Lager) that was popular in the late 70s and early 80s complete with television commercials. It pours a weak yellow colour with little head. The aroma was very skunky (every time I have tried this). The taste is rather skunky as well, not a friend to the mouth at all. Strong carbonation, and very little discernable maltiness. The more I thought about it, the less I liked it. After a couple, I was able to safely declare it among the worst Canadian beer I had ever tasted.