3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Great pale ale. Very well hopped. Nice to find a beer like this on the market, if only more people would try this over a pathetic beer like Keiths.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Dark gold ale on tap at Volo. Flavour was offensive in the way of bitterness and stuffed with poorly grown hops. Palate was fairly complex, but I didn’t bother to discover their ’secret’ as it was throwing me off. Slightly malty and a clean finish. Oh boy, I just wasn’t having a good day with my selections.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[157-20061225] 341mL. Hoppy, light fruity aroma. Golden body with medium-sized centralized bubbles and a medium-lasting foamy white head. Hoppy roundness in flavour with hints of rooty vegetables. Light-medium body. Nice togetherness, good to repeat.
3.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
(341 ml bottle) Pours a deep reddish-gold...big points for appearance alone! Probably the nicest head I have ever seen on a beer - big, fluffy, great retention. Onto the taste...this brewer is known for their love of hops, and it comes through in this beer. Hoppy but not overdone, the malts perfectly balance it out. Medium carbonation accentuates the bitter edge and lets the taste linger for just long enough. All in all, a quality pale ale that I will definitely buy again. This is the kind of beer that makes me wonder why anybody walks into the Beer Store and buys Canadian or even Alexander Keith’s. For a dollar more, you can have this wonderful beer, and taste the difference that craft brewing makes.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
best pale ale in Ontario!!! really nice hoppiness, nice and crisp. very refreshing. wish everyone tried to make a beer this good
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep amber appearance and aromas of wood, gravel, hops and red apple. Nice, full grainy texture. Nicely hopped, with all the full-on bitterness you’d expect from a solid pale ale. Good length. A well done brew.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Paul (blankboy) Thanks! Pours out a golden color without much of a head. Smell is kind of hoppy and malty. Taste is crisp and refreshing. Not really standing out from the mass of american pale ales that are out there, but its pretty good and drinkable. Thanks
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: APR 4, 2009 341 ml bottle - pours gold with a nice thick white head. Fruity, hoppy aroma. Nice full fruity flavour, with a good grainy backbone and a softly bitter finish. Could use a few more hops, but I guess that’s what the Hop Bomb is for. A nice refreshing summer ale. Could be GREAT with some tweaking, but as it stands, a very solid APA. Good work Ken and Adrian. Please bottle the Hop Bomb. Thanks. Update - on tap at the Magpie - superbly fresh and with a much more bitter and crisper hopping.....dry hopped, perhaps? Apricot and subtle mango touches come out more in the draught version, as well as crisp, dry wheat. Regardless, the tap version is preferable to the (still very good) bottle, and it makes a tasty, refreshing pint. Incredible range between the bottle, tap and cask with options becoming far more preferable as you climb the ladder. I’ll say bottle: 3.1, tap: 3.5, cask: 3.8, so we’ll go with the middle number.
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