Half pint from Volo. Poured a very dark brown, with a creamy tan head. In the dark lighting it almost looked like a stout! The aroma smells nice and fresh, with hop and caramel notes, as well as fruit. Well-balanced hops and malt in the flavour, finishing with a lingering spiciness. Medium bodied on the palate. This one is a decent beer, but not extraordinary.

A dark brown clear ale with a thin off white head. A sweet biscuitty malt with maple fudge notes. In mouth, a crisp nutty malt with light bitterness and a bit of licorice. Medium bodied. On tap at Merchant Ale House, July 28 2007.

Pint at BeerBistro. Turbid brown hazy translucent coat. What Harry said.- caramel and toffee and dry and nutty, a malt forward aroma, and a slight viscous sweetness that hangs on a bit (much like their Pale Ale) but this brewer is getting better all the time it seems. I just really enjoyed this.

On tap, Beer Bistro. Murk very dark brown, small but bubbly brown’ish head. Interesting spicy hop aroma and lots of malt. Taste - my first reaction was "Hey I used these hops in an old homebrew" - in a good way. I don’t know what the heck they were, but they were present and bitter and spicy. The body was also a strange concoction somewhere between a brown ale and a schwartzbeer. It reminded me a but of what Corporal Punishment used to taste like - a nicely hopped up brown ale. Good stuff Great Lakes,keep it up, this was good!

Draught sample at the 2007 GTAs. Deep brown-red with an off-white head. REALLY nice aroma of dark malt and green, herbal hops - oh yeah! Body is soft. Flavour is great, with big, well balanced malt and hop flavours. Very, very nice!