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

473ml can <br> 9.99% ABV <br> C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 7, 2013 <br> The beer poured a coca-cola black with a bubble light brown head. Aroma is citrusy hops and some caramel malt. The grapefruit essence dominated everything else. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is grapefuit, nuts, and caramel.

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

650ml bottle <br> 5.0% ABV <br> I tried this beer on November 18, 2011 after purchasing from the Queen's Quay LCBO outlet in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a solid coca-cola colour with brown hues and a thin tan head. The aroma was citrusy hops, roasted malt, and some metallic notes. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation (considering that many people claim to have flat bottles - mine was pretty good for carbonation). The flavour is citrusy hops, grapefruit, and roasted malt character and nuts.

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

500ml bottle <br> 6.2% ABV <br> Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 1, 2012 <br> 2012 Garrison LCBO Feature<br> The beer poured a very dark brown, semi-translucent when heald to light, with a this rocky tan head. The aroma is citrusy hops, a little roasted malt, and some caramel. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is citrus hops, not quite grapefruity, some sweet malt, and some spiciness.

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

March 9, 2012<br> C’est What (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 67 Front Street West) <br> 473ml can <br> 5.9% ABV <br> $5.29<br> I wish I had my camera with me because this has to be the cheapest packaging I have ever seen.......a generic aluminum can with a 2" diameter sticker denoting what's inside. The beer pours a translucent dark brown colour (when held to light) with a thin white creamy head. First aroma is dish soap, followed by some nut malt, roast, and coffee notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is coffee, chocolate, and some sweet caramel hints. Not very hoppy.

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

550ml draught <br> 5.0% ABV <br> I tried this beer on tap on March 15, 2012 at "C'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a very dark brown, solid, with a long lasting creamy light brown head. Aroma consisted of roasted malt, some citrus, and weak caramel. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour was roasted malt, some citrusy hops, and a weak hint of grains.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

330ml bottle <br> 7.4% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> January 21, 2015 <br> $3.70<br> The beer pours a solid dark brown with a creamy frothy tan coloured head. The aroma is citrus and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is citrus, roasted malt, and a sweet milk chocolate hint in the background. Quite good. Easy to see why it's a top rated Black IPA on Ratebeer!

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

650ml bottle <br> 8.50% ABV <br> Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)<br> April 6, 2015 <br> The beer pours a solid dark brown with black edges and a generous light tan coloured head. The aroma is grapefruit hops, roasted malt, and coffee. The mouthfeel is medium full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is strong grapefruit notes with hints of weak coffee and cereal malts.

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

473ml can <br> 6.2% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> July 30, 2015 <br> $2.75<br> The beer pours a solid dark brown colour with a quarter inch foamy light brown head that lasts. The aroma is coffee, citrus, and nutty malt. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour lacks any citrusy hop punch associated with a good Black IPA, however there is a strong coffee and roasted malt flavour which makes it enjoyable.

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

600ml bottle <br> 7.1% ABV <br> Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 29, 2016 <br> $7.95<br> The beer pours a solid coca-cola colour with a creamy tan coloured head that lingers. The aroma is light grapefruit, roasted malt, and coffee notes. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, coffee, and a citrusy finish. Not bad, but not great either.

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

November 1, 2022<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 5.9% ABV <br> Canned On: September 11, 2022<br> $3.65<br> The beer pours a solid coca-cola colour with a bubbly brown head. Lacing is good. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and citrus. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a nice mixture of dark chocolate and citrus, with a tangy finish.

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

November 21, 2022 <br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada – Sobey’s Plaza)<br> 473ml can <br> 6.50% ABV <br> Best Before: March 23, 2023 <br> $3.06 <br> From the 2022 McAuslan Gift Pack at the LCBO. The beer pours a dark brownish-black with a bubbly tan coloured head. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and citrus. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is a nice balance between the roasted malt and coffee flavours with the citrusy hops notes. Finish is mildly bitter.

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

473ml can <br> 6.50% ABV <br> Canned On: September 2, 2021<br> LCBO Outlet #649 (Milton, Ontario, Canada - Sobey's Plaza)<br> November 29, 2021 <br> $4.24<br> The beer pours a solid black colour with a foamy light brown head, there is some weak lacing. The aroma is roasted malt, weak coffee, and weak citrus. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is better balanced than the aroma with the citrusy hop notes cutting through the malt. A very nice beer, too bad it’s a seasonal, and probably a one-off because this would be a great year round Black IPA.

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

340ml draught &#60;br&#62; 6.5&#37; Abv &#60;br&#62; C’est What? &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; November 13, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;6.64&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a solid black colour with a thin creamy tan coloured head that lasted throughout. The aroma was citrus hops, some roasted malt, and dark chocolate notes. The mouthfeel was medium to full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was a tad on the sweet side with dark fruit and chocolate flavours rounded out by weak citrus and coffee notes. It was quite enjoyable with no jolting aromas or flavours found in other ABAs

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

340ml draught &#60;br&#62; 6.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; C’est What? &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; December 14, 2018 &#60;br&#62; &#36;6.19&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a solid black colour with a creamy light brown head. The aroma was roasted malt, coffee, and citrusy hops. The mouthfeel was thin to medium bodied, with average carbonation. The flavour was strong on grapefruit and roasted malt with hints of coffee and milk chocolate underneath. A good tasting beer brought down by being thin bodied

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.

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

500ml bottle <br> 7.5% ABV <br> King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> February 10, 2014 <br> The beer pours a solid blackish-brown colour with a thin creamy tan coloured head. Aroma is strong on the citrusy hops, with hints of roast and coffee. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is citrus infused roasted malt with an excellent balance between the two. A very good Black IPA

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

16oz draught from cask <br> 7.1% ABV <br> Bar Hop (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> March 20, 2014 <br> The beer poured a solid black colour with a half inch light tan head that lasted throughout. The aroma was citrus, roast, and chocolate. The mouthfeel was light to medium bodiued with average carbonation. The flavour was a muddled mess of roasted malt, citrus, and some musty flavours. Was hoping for better.

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

650ml bottle <br> 6.0% ABV <br> Royal Bank Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) <br> September 4, 2014 <br> The beer pours a cocoa-cola colour with a long lasting creamy tan coloured head. The aroma is roasted malt, citrus, and weak hints of molasses and caramel. The mouthfeel is full-bodied, creamy, and average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, weak grapefruit, and notes of coffee and caramel.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 6.4&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: May 16, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO #255 &#40;Milton, Ontario, Canada – Bronte &#47; Main&#41;&#60;br&#62; June 9, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.25&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent light coca-cola colour with a generous light tan coloured head which lasts several minutes. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee, weak grapefruit, and grassy notes. The mouthfeel is full bodied, with average carbonation. The flavour is coffee, chocolate milk, and roasted malt. This is a decent porter or stout, but aside from a faint grapefruit aroma, and maybe some citrus peel flavour &#40;both which can be found in overhopped stouts and porters&#41; there is nothing to suggest this is a black IPA. NOTHING&#33;

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

330ml bottle &#60;br&#62; 6.2&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Best Before: October 31, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; September 8, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.85&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent dark mahogany colour with a generous tan coloured head that lasts several minutes and creates a lot of lacing. The aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, and dish soap. I don’t detect any citrus, coconut, or rhubarb. So, not a typical Black IPA. Mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is more akin to a thin porter&#47;stout as I’m not getting a whole ot of the rhubarb or coconut in this. This isn’t a black IPA to my mind, and not even a fruited stout&#47;porter. Not something I would want to drink regularly.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.0&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: February 28, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO #457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton &#60;br&#62; April 29, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.35&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent medium gold colour with a frothy white head that sticks around a few moments. The aroma is yeast, grass, light citrus, caramel, and weak spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour has some nice caramel and bready notes up front, and a citrusy bitter finish. Quite good.

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

473ml can&#60;br&#62; 4.7&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; Canned On: March 26, 2019 &#60;br&#62; LCBO # 457 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Yonge &#47; Eglinton&#41;&#60;br&#62; May 18, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.35&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent orange-tinged gold with a light tan coloured ring for a head, and plenty of effervescence. The aroma is Southern Pacific hops, notes of tangerine, grass, yeast, and dish soap. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is burnt vegetables, light citrus, stale grains, and citrus zest.

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

473ml can &#60;br&#62; 5.0&#37; Abv &#60;br&#62; Canned On: August 6, 2019&#60;br&#62; LCBO Outlet #010 &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Summerhill&#41;&#60;br&#62; August 28, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;3.25&#60;br&#62; The beer pours a translucent reddish-gold colour with a generous white bubbly head which lasts a few minutes and provides decent lacing. Aroma is west coast hops &#40;pine and citrus notes&#41;, grass, weak yeast, and some spices. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied, with average carbonation. They were going for crisp, they got crisp. The flavour is very pine forward, with notes of grapefruit not far behind. The finish is bitter. Maybe a bit too hoppy for a pale ale.

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

473ml draught&#60;br&#62; 5.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; The Beerbistro &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41; &#60;br&#62; September 13, 2019&#60;br&#62; &#36;9.96&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a translucent brown-tinged red with a thin light tan coloured ring for a head. The aroma was raspberries, grains, yeast, and a little funk. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet and tart raspberries, some funky grains, and a mildly bitter finish.

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

400ml draught &#60;br&#62; 5.5&#37; ABV &#60;br&#62; The Beerbistro &#40;Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#41;&#60;br&#62; October 18, 2019 &#60;br&#62; &#36;8.50&#60;br&#62; The beer poured a hazed straw yellow colour with a creamy white head that left quite a bit of lacing. The aroma was tropical fruit, grass, light spices, and yeast. The mouthfeel was thin to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour was very fruity with a grainy earthiness in the finish.