pootzboy (1048), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
| 1.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 6/20 | Oct 5, 2008 Bottle from trade.
I cut my teeth on this brew in the 70s revisiting it after pouring oceans of craft and Brit porter over my tongue is ,as with all your teen beers, always a letdown.
This was a sweet beer with light roast to it thin mouth and fast finish with a near cloying after taste ...the product of molasses and some brewers caramel...not a real porter in any sense. puboflyons (614), New Hampshire, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 | Oct 1, 2008 From a 340 ml. bottle marked JO2L84-0342. Pours a dark brown with beige head that lingers for a short while. Aroma of malts and grains. I don’t notice anything like cocoa, chocolate, or smoky like most porters I have had. More bready maybe. Adequate body. Flavor is sweeter, syrupy and slightly hopped. As far as porters go, it falls a bit short. But for good or for bad, it still is in league of its own. Yeah, I would have it again (I will too, because I have three more left). Flamojune (93), Ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Sep 30, 2008 Le gout de l’usine mélangé légèrement avec un peu de rootbeer. Le résultat est très agréable et surprends par sa légèreté. De couleur noir mais pas opaque, coule comme de l’eau. Se boit comme un bon verre de liqueur...Tres peu de gout, un petit peu sucré (less than rootbeer). Je n’en prendrais pas un 6 pack mais fut quand même agréablement surpris par le coté commercial de cette biere. Une biere du peuple et non une biere pour connaisseurs. Peut tres bien remplacer un bon coke avec une poutine... prc (13), Canada
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 | May 31, 2008 A very heavy, sweet taste to accompany its dark colour. It’s thick as molasses, so it’s definitely not for casual drinking. Works well with cigars. Viper666 (627), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 | Dec 10, 2007 Bouteille 341ml. De couleur noire brune et quasi-opaque. Nez de grains de malt pâle avec des notes de grains rôtis et de maïs sucré ainsi que des traces de houblon herbeux. Plutôt mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture aqueuse et zux petites notes visqueuses. Goût sucré chimique accompagné d’un léger goût de grains de malt pâle lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de maïs sucré et un très léger goût de malt rôti puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes de houblon herbeux accompagné de petites traces métalliques. Post-goût moyen, aux petitees notes amères de rôti et de houblon avec un léger goût sucré chimique et métallique.
mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Aug 20, 2007 [532-20070815] 341mL. Dark rum raisin hay aroma. Black brown body with a quick foamy light tan head. Roasted hay flavour continues with a raisin dark fruit background. Medium body seems thin but is nice and smooth. Surprising for a Labatt product, in a good way. robinvboyer (1440), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 5/20 | Jan 27, 2007 Updated: Jan 29, 2007aroma of copper, looks ok..........
flavour is very metallic, and quite sweet. ovely sweet. pretty nasty stuff. DuffMan (2769), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
| 1.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 2/10 | 1/5 | 7/20 | Dec 15, 2006 Black-brown with a flat tan cap. Very metallic aroma with sweet brown-sugar notes. Yeeesh! This stuff is very sweet, like glucose syrup really. I know others have said it is "cola-like", but only in its overbearing sweetness. There is a hint of roast at the start, but it is quickly forgotten as this becomes cloying and unpleasant. A disservice to the style.
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