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El Pinguino
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Porter 4.5/5 - dark brown, tan head. roasted malt, and hops in the nose. layered, complex flavour, chocolate, coffee, roast malt, hops. hella drinkable. lovely stuff.
#100 4.4/5 - deep amber with a tan head. punchy hops and huge malt body. drinks lighter then an english barley wine, much more american in style. should age gracefully. really nice beer.
Two Captains 3.9/5 - deep orange, white head. pungent hoppy and crystal malt nose. aged IIPA flavour. very well brewed just slightly past its prime. a little more body and this would be a damn fine barley wine.
Tiger Triple 3.2/5 - murky golden with a white head. very phenolic nose. flavour is complex, but a little off putting. i dont really dig the light smokiness. this bottle didnt really do it for me but there were parts of this beer i really liked. ill have to re-visit.
Underlig Jul 3.1/5 - murky reddish brown with a tan head. the aroma is mainly ginger. the palate is light, the flavour is mostly just the spicing, and the finish is astringent with spice. took me a while to finish my bottle. not my kind of beer.
#100 4.4/5 - deep amber with a tan head. punchy hops and huge malt body. drinks lighter then an english barley wine, much more american in style. should age gracefully. really nice beer.
Two Captains 3.9/5 - deep orange, white head. pungent hoppy and crystal malt nose. aged IIPA flavour. very well brewed just slightly past its prime. a little more body and this would be a damn fine barley wine.
Tiger Triple 3.2/5 - murky golden with a white head. very phenolic nose. flavour is complex, but a little off putting. i dont really dig the light smokiness. this bottle didnt really do it for me but there were parts of this beer i really liked. ill have to re-visit.
Underlig Jul 3.1/5 - murky reddish brown with a tan head. the aroma is mainly ginger. the palate is light, the flavour is mostly just the spicing, and the finish is astringent with spice. took me a while to finish my bottle. not my kind of beer.
^ Matt re: Underlig,
it would not be shocking if the denser, sweeter God Jul(love that name) were to show up next xmas (assuming the name doesn't offend agnostics with something silly to prove.)
it would not be shocking if the denser, sweeter God Jul(love that name) were to show up next xmas (assuming the name doesn't offend agnostics with something silly to prove.)
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TheSevenDuffs
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Peter Collins
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Was just at Waterloo City Centre LCBO and they didn't have the Two Captains. 
I picked up the Underlig Jul instead and then came home to read Matt's review of it. Then read El Pinguino's review. Will have to judge for myself. LOL
I picked up the Underlig Jul instead and then came home to read Matt's review of it. Then read El Pinguino's review. Will have to judge for myself. LOLAll of the Nogne offerings are worth trying imo.They all have something to add to their styles. Two Captains and Underlig are my favorites. I found Tiger a little tripy with those peated notes, something that took me a little time to get used to in a tripel but I liked it in the end. # 100 reminds me of FM's Supercolider, which a lot of people thought was a bit of a dud largely because it didn't fit it's IIPA billing.
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El Pinguino
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mintjellie
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TWO CAPTAINS DOUBLE IPA
4.21/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Burnt orange body. Turbid with haze and little floaties. Finger-thick eggshell coloured head, fair retention and patchy lace. Grapefruit and tangerine aromatics with complementary pine, cannabis flower, and light brown sugar notes. And a hint of it's 8.5% ABV as well. Big citrus flavour to match the aroma, gently sweet malts are run roughshod by grapefruit pith, turning woody in the long bitter finish. Simple flavour profile, but big enough to be brutishly effective. Medium-full bodied with low carbonation. Feels smooth and a little bit resinous in the mouth. Very good.
Serving type: bottle
4.21/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Burnt orange body. Turbid with haze and little floaties. Finger-thick eggshell coloured head, fair retention and patchy lace. Grapefruit and tangerine aromatics with complementary pine, cannabis flower, and light brown sugar notes. And a hint of it's 8.5% ABV as well. Big citrus flavour to match the aroma, gently sweet malts are run roughshod by grapefruit pith, turning woody in the long bitter finish. Simple flavour profile, but big enough to be brutishly effective. Medium-full bodied with low carbonation. Feels smooth and a little bit resinous in the mouth. Very good.
Serving type: bottle
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MatttthewGeorge
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Anyone experience the porter over-carbonated? The first one I had was perfect, but I just bought one last week, drinking it now, and it's foaming like crazy.
And come to think of it, I bought a bottle of two-captains last week too, same store, and it didn't taste right. I chalked it up to maybe getting to the end of it's life, but maybe these were stored improperly at the LCBO. Can storage issues lead to over-carbonation?
And come to think of it, I bought a bottle of two-captains last week too, same store, and it didn't taste right. I chalked it up to maybe getting to the end of it's life, but maybe these were stored improperly at the LCBO. Can storage issues lead to over-carbonation?
I used to sell beer. Now I don't.