3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Burger Bar. Amber pour with a thick sticky white head. The aroma has a lot of vanilla and toasted caramel behind the soft sweet malt. A touch of toffee along with a bit of lingering hop character. Muted citrus with some toasted fruit character. Pretty decent stuff.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
650 ml Project X bottle from brewery. Pours a hazy dark amber with modest-sized off-white head. Aroma is distinct wood/leather/dark fruit that mutes the citric hops. Flavour is also woody, dark fruit, caramel and citric hops. Lingering woodiness in finish. Pleasant.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at at Rhino for Project X. Nov. 10, 2011. Pours a deep amber with a spare long-lasting frothy white head. Big, sweet, barrel-aged aroma with vanilla, wood, brown sugar, coffee and some fruit -- intense. Flavour, which I prefer over the aroma as it isn’t as sweet, follows the aroma but the barrel-aging qualities are a little more subtle and pleasant. Decent bitter finish. Some alcohol present but not overly. Average to medium bodied. Pretty good overall.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
[4090-20111110] Cask. Vanilla cleaner and celery root aroma. Clear, red amber body with a quick foamy off-white head. Sweet whiskey vanilla malt flavour has a long sweet barrel aftertaste. Medium body. Nice barrel characteristics. (7/3/7/3/16) 3.6
(Project X @ The Rhino, Toronto, ON)
Earlier Rating: 10/13/2011 Total Score: 3.9
[4004-20110930] 650mL bottle. Pine resin lemon spice aroma. Clear, dark orange amber body with a quick foamy off-white head. Bitter pine flavour has a lemon-tinted zest. Medium-full body. Amazing, delicious bitter. (8/3/8/4/16) 3.9
(c/o blackboy, w/ him, garthicus, GregClow, HogTownHarry, jerc)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAY 30, 2012 2011-11-10. Crisp dark amber body, small frothy tan head and lace. 3+
Flavour has strong barrel influence. Touch of woody vanilla and a boozy bourbony character, muted malt in the background. 6+ Aroma is similar, with a strong bourbon and vanilla character. 6+ Average palate. Enjoyable but a bit one dimensional. The subtler nuances come out a bit more as you go but it’s definitely barrel forward. 7/3/7/3/14 On tap at Rhino for Project X
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Project X at The Rhino. Aged in Jack Daniels whiskey. First sample was a good balance of whiskey, with more whiskey as it warmed. Second sample, room, system warmed, whiskey dominated taste. Good lacing, woody finish. 80 IBU. Light brown coloured body, perhaps a result of filtering. Smooth drinker.
Earlier Rating: 5/22/2011 Total Score: 3.2
No complexity.No t as good as the regular APA in the cans. Lots of wafting c-hop aroma. Musty oak, not the best bottling job. A little acidic bitterness. Oak detracted rather than contributing any compexity. An experiment that is drinkable. Average mouthfeel.
Bottle from the brewery.
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