Rich sweet hop aroma, but not too strong. Nice sharp hop bite with a strong malt flavor in the background. Finishes with a nice balance of hops and malt and minor hop flavors fading in the distance. Gives no hint of its big ABV. Label says 040514, but it’s May 9th. I got this as a gift from someone a little over a month ago, so I must have missed the best by date by a month. I wonder how it would be fresh.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Clean smell, slightly fruity. Crisp taste with a mild sweetness. Finishes nicely with a mild maltiness and very mild hop.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Dry, sharp hop aroma. Sweet hop flavor that curls up your taste buds. Follows with a mild malt taste and finishes with a mild hop bitterness.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Awesome big floral hoppy smell. Good bite of hops and malt that fades out to a slight malt aftertaste that fades out quickly. Tastes like a great hoppy IPA and a good porter merged together. Works very well together.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Moderately sweet hop aroma. Very full flavored sharp hop taste. Leaves pretty cleanly, leaving faint fresh hop flavors lingering.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Harsh sweet smell with a bite. Very nice malty taste with very little hops taste. Very full of flavor for a low alcohol beer, though. Slightly hoppy aftertaste with a malt undertone.
Bottled on 10/30/13, drank on 1/17/14, 2.5 months old.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet smell with a slightly sour lager aroma. Very strong initial hop taste, but mellows very quickly. Immediately replaced my a light malt flavor then fades out smoothly leaving just vacant hints of malt and hops.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly sweet aroma. Taste is nice and malty with a hop sweetness and hint of bitterness. Very refreshing, with a mild malt flavor lingering.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Strong sweet hop aroma. Nice full flavored hoppiness that’s balanced very well by a strong malt backbone. Leaves you with a mostly malt taste but mixed with a strong hop presence at the same time.
Bottled 11/05/13, bought & drank on 1/3/2014, about 2 months old.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Nice sweet, sharp hop aroma. Crisp, hop sweetness that instead of a dry hop bite on the end of it, has a milky sweet smoothness. Further drinks have a complex combination of hop sweetness, hop dryness, and a malty caramel taste. Quite interesting. Especially for a Canadian beer.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
