 tupalev (2618), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 22, 2009
Fresh bottle from the brewery, thanks Jay. Nice medium yellow, small white head. Mild fruity malt aroma. Taste is decent - light floral and fruity notes, light malt, but a bordering on unpleasant sweetness underneath it. Lightly hopped. A classic English golden ale that would do quite nicely for a session - it just needs a little tweaking.
mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Aug 11, 2009 [2308-20090712] Cask. Mild yeast aroma, not much going on. Clear, light orange brown body with a quick bubbly white head. Fruity floral lotion flavour gets a little cloying after a while. Light-medium body. Hints at petrol but is otherwise fair.
(@ Victory Cafe Summer Fest 2009; Toronto, ON)
DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Jul 15, 2009 Cask @ Victory Summer Fest.
Candied malt nose, golden, zero head. Sticky malt taste, light bodied, cloying. Does not meet the style.
Radek Kliber (3986), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Jul 13, 2009 Cask at Victory Cafe
Appearance: fine thin hazed on golden bottom. Rocky, think head. 2+.
Nose: Fresh , hint of mint , grainy mild nose.
Flavor/Palate :Brief apple , around with grassy and oat feel. Hint of apple one again on plain base. Harmless.
VeloVampire (490), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Jul 12, 2009 Cask at Victory Summer Fest - poured a clear yellow with zip head. Very little in the aroma and less in the flavour. Honestly, I’d rather drink water. It bums me out to say this, because I really, really wanted to love this new brewery, but so far I’ve been very underwhelmed. But hey, the cask MacLean’s Pale is still super solid.
Sammy (4051), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Jul 12, 2009 At cask fest, Victory Cafe. No aroma, a yellow colour, thin, and sourish. Unfortunately, Maclean does not pass the grade again, yet he gets into the lineups. Noone at my table of beer geeks cared for this at all, so hey its not just me.
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