Odd nose somewhat cheesey, flaqvor was great, I know some may dissagree but i really enjoyed it had some almost cherry notes sour yeasty flavor, really well done cant wait to have some in Bottles. Had at Cest What Fall fest and at Smokeless Joes, and Magpie, also a few bottles

312 oz draught
8.0% ABV
I tried this beer on October 5, 2007 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto. The aroma of the beer is blue cheese. The bartender told me it was ’blue cheese meets beer’...I laughed....I sniffed...........and damned if he wasn’t right. The colour of the beer was a reddish brown. The mouthfeel was full and creamy with some mild carbonation. The taste was very similar to the smell. Beer with Blue Cheese. This was my first Flemish sour.....and it may be my last!

On tap, Volo. Rating 1900. Sure been a lot of talk about this one, here goes. Aroma - straight funky blue cheese. There is little else hear to comment on, it is really pungent blue cheese. I like the smell of blue cheese so I really enjoyed it. Appearance is great, nice murky dark brown with a good size white head. Good taste - sour up front, some malt sweetness int he middle, tart linger in finish. I’m not sure the sour/sweet mix all that well together. Active sharp mouthfeel. Overall, I enjoyed it, and I thought it was a really solid effort in style most Ontario brewers would never, ever even attempt. I would recommend all of the initial C"est What samplers to try it again and re-rate if you ever get he chance, as your samples appear to be infected or off.

RE-RATE: Bottle sample at the Brewers Plate gourmet food & beer pairing event. This was the suggested pairing with fish & chips prepared by chef Jamie Kennedy (he’d used the beer in the batter for the fish), so I figured I’d give the beer another chance. Glad I did, because I enjoyed it quite a bit more this time. The strong vomit character I got in my original tasting wasn’t there, and the cheap parmesan cheese notes were replaced with a nice blue cheese. The flavour is a combination of tart cherries, wood, and a mellow blue cheese funkiness. While it’s still noting I could drink a lot of, it’s much more palatable than the first time I tried it. Again, I’m very glad I gave it another chance.

ORIGINAL RATING: Draught sample at C’est What’s 2007 Fall Festival of Craft Breweries. Murky brown, like dirty dishwater. Strong aroma of puke and cheap parmesan cheese. Thin body. Flavour of bad cheese, sour yoghurt, sour fruit, and an odd saltiness in the finish. Sorry, John - normally, I really like your beers, but this one is just wrong. [1/2/3/2/6 - 1.4]

On tap at the Magpie - came a dark mahogany with a very nice sized off-white head. Aroma was, well, to be honest, yes there was cheese there, but only if you were really looking for it. If I hadn’t read any of these reviews beforehand, I wouldn’t have gotten cheese, and certainly not vomit. Just yer basic sour beer aroma, which was sour mash and some sour fruitiness (guava, kiwi), but sort of generic. Taste was much nicer with the typical sour beer flavours and the Church Key house note from the yeast, I guess. I’ve read that the samples the first few people tried were infected, and I feel as if this beer is unfairly maligned. Definitely worth a shot, and kudos for an Ontario brewer to attempt (decently) a style that isn’t (gasp!) a pale lager or a red.