 HogTownHarry (4002), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 30, 2009
Cask. At Volo 2009 English Cask event. Murky red-brown with a small frothy greenish-tan head - looks great! Dry, pungent herbal/bitter aroma - a backbone of vague roast, but solid up-front bitter resin pungency - crushed pine needles, catnip - hard to pin down. The taste - wow, it grabs you - dry cedar/spruce resin and tons of herbal juniper bitterness, with increasing black pepper pungency as it warmed - it tasted a bit like one of those digestif bitters the alkys buy from corner stores, but in a good way. Thick, granular mouthfeel, hugely astringent, with a long pungent resin-bitter finish. Damn, this was terrific - I think it would really settle the stomach nicely after a few too many pints; not recommended as a starting point, though.
mabel (2612), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 15, 2009 [2549-20091028] Cask. Very fragrant sweet floral licorice aroma. Hazy, dark brown body with a quick bubbly off-white head. Flower earthy flavour has strong notes of anise-like gin. Medium-full body is quite dry. Like flowered water, overall a little weird.
(Cask Days @ Volo; Toronto, ON)
jerc (3911), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 30, 2009 2009-10-28. Murky dark brown, headless. 3+ Strong aroma of spice, herbal character. Flavour is similarly strong, very herbal, pretty sharp, quite bitter. Smooth average plus bodied palate. As you work your way through it it becomes a bit less assertive and more nuanced but even after letting it mellow in the glass a bit I still found it to be way over the top. A really neat experiment and others may love it, I just find it hard to drink more than a small amount of it. Cask at Volo, Toronto
DerWeg (760), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 28, 2009 Pre-Cask days Volo special, half pint. Wonderful dry herbal assault of unusual flavors that are slightly asrtringent - some flinty stone and cedar wood character as well as the Garrigue-like spice and herb. Not unlike the trademarked Unicum, hence the homonym in the name. Despite the slight medicinal dryness I think Great Lakes has dome something remarkable with this one. Like Orval not everyone will agree.
Sammy (3993), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 28, 2009 2009 Volo English Cask Fest. Dark coloured body with a whisp of a head. A fir and floral aroma, powerful for a cask. Average mouthfeel, 50 IBU, and it taste C-hopped in addition to lavender tips. Drinkable, but a sipper because of the bitter complexity, somewhat astringent finish.
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