3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft sample at Henry House. Brown/amber colour, little head that is gone quickly. Light, malty aroma. Unique malty taste with a light bitterness. Body was just a touch thin, no carbonation, dry finish. Overall, one of the better Granite brews.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A lot of stuff going on in this beer. Has a touch of caramel, good colour. A beer worth drinking a few times to get to know it better - complex. ON tap at Toronto
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This has long been one of my favorite beers. I almost make the annual pilgramage to the east coast just to have this beer! Aromas of dark fruit, plums, with a nice dry feel in the mouth.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ The Henry House in Halifax, enjoyed as part of a tasting tray. Dark brown, minimal head. Lovely fudgey aroma, dark caramel. Medium bodied, sweetish, lightly bitter finish. Good stuff.
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap, Granite Brewery, Toronto.
Mahogany colour, nice head. Very nice nose; caramel, malty, some fruit - raisins, I think. I get a lot of biscuit with the taste. Hoppy on the back end, very interesting. I like the aftertaste - it lingers. Certainly the most interesting of the Granite Brewery Beers, one of their best. I like that another reviewer said it tastes like Autumn; I agree!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the Toronto location, reddish-brown color, with a beige head, toasted, caramel malt, fruity nose of sultana raisins, with some light buttery nuttiness accents, and faint grainy cereal note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, toasted, biscuity, roasted malt character with a light raisiny, figgy, flowery hop leafy undertones. with a hint of chocolate, cookie dough, leading towards a malty, faint chocoaltey, lingering hop, roasty bitterness finish.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tap at Volo, in cask. A masterpiece, it tastes like autumn. Aromas of wet leaves, cherry, cookies, and anisette. Taste is sweet, with bitter background, and long length. Oily, almost creamy, with a medium body. Brown, cloudy, the head doesn’t last.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Would love to have this on tap some day, had out of a fresh growler, it tasted just a touch oxidised. These MJ beers are getting harder and harder to find. Only 138 of MJ’s Best Beers in the World to have.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Good beer, found it more interesting then other traditional dark ales that I’ve had recently. Really smooth but not quite as rich as I would have hoped.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Granite. Pours a deep woody brown with a nice foamy head and nice lace. Aroma is typical english ringwood, or even a yorkshire or conniston type yeasty butteryness- light caramel and nuttiness- evne though the butter is pretty big, it still works for this beer and it was ok overall- fairly smooth with a slight diacetyl slickness.
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