4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20From notes at Bar Volo. Pours a ruby amber with a small foamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, fruits and spices. Flavour of malt, slight herbal bitter, cinnamon and nuances of sweet potato. Quite balanced and flavourful.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at the Only (Toronto Beer Week 2012 event). Pours a lightly cloudy orangey dark brown with tiny off white cap. Mild aroma has caramel, light chocolate and a light spiciness. Flavour likewise, fairly sweet, with an interesting sort of spiciness. Mostly a standard brown ale but has a little something different going on.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask pint at Castros - very easy-drinking reddy-brown ale with small head, smooth sweet and malty flavors and aroma with overtone of spices. Alcohol undetectable, even at 5% I’d have guessed lower.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask sample at Volo Cask Days 2008. Ruby-brown with a small bubbly head. Great sweet ’n’ spicy aroma, with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. Flavour is malty and nutty and a little spicy, with more cinnamon, and a hint of sweet potato. Very interesting, and quite well done.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
[1793-20081017] Cask. Allspiced mashed potato aroma with lots of cinnamon and a background of dark malt. Slightly hazy, dark red mahogany body with quick creamy off-white bubbles. Allspice dark roasted malt flavour has a ton of cinnamon. Medium-full body. Excellent harvest-time brew, I really enjoyed it.
(Cask Days 2008 @ Volo; Toronto, ON)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Volo Cask Days 08.
Spicy nose, allspice being the most noted, deep brown, small tan head. Tastes very much like a pumpkin beer to me. Light bodied, well balanced, spicy, bitter and dry. Well done.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Cask at Volo Cask Days 2008. Brown pour, small bubbly head. Malty aroma with earthy spices. Taste is good - spicy nut brown, earthy, a tad similar to the Nutcracker - in terms of spices - . I just wish there was more body to back it up. My beer name and idea of the fest, Ken, you are pretty damn creative!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask. At Volo Cask Days 2008. Hazy deep amber pour with an average foamy beige head. Aroma - wow! - amazing stuff - nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice & earthy vegetable sweetness. The taste is dry, slightly vegetal (what a shock), and pungently spicy - a little cloying by the end, as the body tended toward thickness, with not much carbonation and a little astringent acidity in the heavily spiced finish. But I loved it, particularly the nose.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask at Volo
Appearance: Hine slight haze on good shade of brown , mid rocky top. Well contrasting, eye pleasing look.
Nose: Gently spiced aroma , nutmeg , coriander with brown , clean filling. 7+
Flavor/Palate : Clean mid bodied , spiced ale. Subtle , balanced well formulated. Light , yet filling. Christmas cake comes to my mind. Solid stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at ’Volo Cask Days 2008’. Pours a deep clear brown with a spare diminishing bubbly white head. Aroma of caramel malt, spices (nutmeg, cinnamon and more) and yeah, there’s a hint of sweet potato there too. Flavour follows the aroma but is a touch watery -- still quite enjoyable though. Average bodied. Pretty good stuff.
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