KyotoLefty (202), Kyoto, Japan Sep 20, 2008 Handpump at the Victory Cafe, Toronto.
Bright, glowing copper color. Big fruit nose, with hops, cereals, tobacco. Great balance; very fruity and smooth, with caramel and tobacco. Big hop finish. Good stuff. Beershine (1440), Miami Beach, Florida, USA Sep 18, 2008 Cask @ Victory. Gorgeous luminescent amber with perfect cream-colored head. Clean hopped nose is gorgeous, straightforward. Evergreen aromas. Palate is delightfully drinkable. Light aerated, gorgeous. Slithers down the throat. Flowery. Sublime subtlety achieved in hop balance. Hop flowers in the aftertaste. A genuinely nice brew made better with cask conditioning! DerWeg (443), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Aug 26, 2008 Hand Pull Cask at Volo. Very nice lightly carbonated presentation (it did not seem dead flat) with fine silky feel. Decent enough hop profile with hints of citrus and overall very refreshing. Imperial-John (98), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Jun 4, 2008 Updated: Sep 7, 2008Deep cloudy amber with white head. Served at room temp at Rhino on tap. Great intense hoppy malt aroma. So smooth and creamy, not too bitter in taste. Very easy drinking with a nice aftertaste. Raphael__N (162), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2008 On cask at volo. I was a bit unimpressed by this beer. Nose was grapefruit, dough and a bit flowery. Taste was bread, bread and more bread. This tastes like someone dunked a loaf of Dimpflmeier Klosterbrot and fermented it in the deer. It was unexpected but not too bad. Hop profile was a little below average and there was a touch of grapefruit in the finish. Wouldn’t get it again, but it’s not terrible.
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