 joeycapps (1464), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
Aug 11, 2008
Black w/ frothy ring of brown foam. Aroma of espresso & dark chocolate w/ notes of vanilla, hazelnut, cherry & ginger. Medium feel. Flavour is rich & sweet (vanilla, chocolate) w/ a bitter, earthy hop finish & a grapefruity dryness.
beergut111 (210), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 13, 2007 TFOB. Great beer, nicely balanced with tastes of vanilla , coffee , chocolate and cinnamon which all nicely blended together.
tomthompson89 (1195), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 12, 2007 Cask at beer fest 2007 nose of coffee, and lotsa cinnomen and chocolate. flavor is similar nice and smooth very well done
ChrisThomson (183), Luzern, Switzerland
Apr 11, 2007 I sampled this one at Volo. Much like the plain porter version in the taste and look department, but has an amazing nose of vanilla. A nice twist on a porter.
pootzboy (900), Calgary/ Kitchener, Alberta, Canada
Apr 6, 2007 From cask at the Castle on King.
Wow what can I say about Canada’s new micro brewed super star?
The Pulled pint produced a sticky, dead black ale with a rich thick mocha cap that lasted.
Phenominal nose to this brew. Never have I seen 4 aromas marry with such a natural result...the vanilla predominates but does not "dominate" the aroma...Vanilla-toffee-cocoa-bready...wonderful nose to this.
Moderatly rich body, silky mouth feel, rich vanilla-cocoa semi-dry character.
Up front the malts pound the tongue as I never experienced in a porter, astringent "char" from black malt husks is subdued by the natural vanilla tones. Mid palate we get a swirl of cocoa, nuts, vanilla-toffee and a wonderful light bittering which supports the other flavors...finish is long and complex with light drying and bittering riding above the vanilla-caramel-coca tastes...light bready after taste.
A world class flavored porter.....from cask there is none better.
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