Terre Ferme
À l'Abri de la Tempête in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
6.84
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nose is citrus, bready malt and candy cane. The taste profile picks up on the candy cane and citrus theme in the nose, including, lemon, pine, orange and peppermint making it a zesty and refreshing hop lead. Spices and floral hops come out later in the taste profile. A nice medium-high effervescence punches up the refreshment factor. Tasty, but could use a few balancing elements.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark Amber color, sticky white head. Aroma of floral hops, and some bitter ginger. Flavor is hoppy, and bitter with a dull almost bitter caramel finish. The hops come thorugh more in the finish. I wasn’t 100% sure what style this would fit in, and the breweries website seems to me to lean towards an IPA, and to me the alcohol also seems to lean towards that. All in all decent beer, nothing that will satisfy a hop head though.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Version 2024 Un olfactif aux notes d’agrumes et de verdure avec un soupçon d’épices, le tout sur une base maltée légèrement miellée. D’un doré profond, le liquide est assez limpide et couvert d’une mousse rocailleuse d’épaisseur moyenne et avec une bonne rétention. Un houblonnage particulier et intéressant nous introduit des notes épicées, poivrées, florales, tropicales et citrique, avec en prime une base miellée qui s’agence avec un doux fruité rappelant le litchi et la mandarine. L’amertume est herbacée et subtilement résineuse mais jamais âpre et persistante en arrière-bouche. Cette bière nous propose un houblonnage très particulier et complexe, alliant ingrédients rustiques et traditionnels dans une grande originalité. L’apport d’herbes et épices locales joue assurément sur la complexité. Bien que hors des sentiers battus par les IPA Américaines traditionnelles, cette bière s’avère d’une originalité surprenante avec un houblonnage maitrisé presqu’à la perfection. Hautement appréciée ! O:6.5 V:5.0 G7.71 C:4.4 G:16.5 T:40.11
Tried
on 16 May 2024
at 21:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy copper coloured body with a bright orange glow and a very thick and luscious spotty lace off-white head. Aroma of nice sour grapes, oak, hay, grass, yeast, wheat, flowers, lavender, chervil and a bit of sage. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a lot of hay, grass and floral flavours with a hint of sweetness on the backend. Aftertaste is relatively light with only a bit of malt noticeable, but still a lot of saisony notes with hints of white peppercorn and a little earth and remnants of oak. Overall, an interesting and rather complex beer that shows fairly well. I sampled this 341mL bottle purchased from Best Cellars in Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia [since closed] on 04-July-2011 for US$6.99 (A LOT) sampled at home in Washington on 10-May-2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2012
at 22:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Purchase at La Trappe À Fromage in Gatineau, in the single bottles section. Wow ! Huge sweet tart smell from the get-go. Pours a golden-amber colour with a big creamy white head, beautiful consistent carbonation and great lacing after slowly going down. As the sweet aromas disappear, some pine needle scent appears from the hop. I still cannot believe the Halloween candy nose that this one gives when the glass is swirled. Oh well. It seems I can taste the candy in the back, but overall, pretty light bitterness from the hop, with notes of pepper and ginger. I would have to say that this one is the weirdest IPA I have ever tasted. Still, not too bad (just different).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2011
at 21:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draft at Churchkey. Bright golden color. Aroma of heather and grass. Taste is bitter, dry, with some spice. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jan 2011
at 04:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A golden amber ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, a pleasant vinous malt aroma with fragrant herbal hops, in barley wine territory, with loads of fruity esters. In mouth, a well balanced malt with treacle notes, surrenated hops still giving lingering bitterness. Bottle is more than 6 months old, but holds well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2010
at 14:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bouteille 341ml. De couleur dorée-ambrée et claire. Nez plutôt épicé (gingembre, muscade, traces de cannelle), léger de céréales et de houblon herbeux/ floral (herbes fraîches) avec des notes de pain, de biscuits et de fruits (agrumes). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture légèrement crémeuse. Goût moyen-léger épicé (gingembre, moyen de muscade, traces de cannelle et de poivre) accompagné de petites notes fruitées (citron) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de céréales, léger de caramel aux notes terreuses avec des notes de pain. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume un peu asséchante de houblon herbeux (herbes fraîches) aux petites notes florales jusqu’en finale avec de petites traces salées. Post-goût moyen-long et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux avec des petites notes fruitées (zest de citron).
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2010
at 18:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Dépanneur de la rive on August 13 2009, savoured on August 20 2009; eye: polished copper, clear, slight effervescence, creamy white head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, good lacing; nose: floral, perfumy, candy cane, spices, grain; mouth: floral, perfumy, surprising arrival of hops, candy cane, spices, grain, spicy finale with presence of hops, medium body, good carbonation, mildly bitter and sweet, slight astringency, slick; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée au Dépanneur de la rive le 13 août 2009, savourée le 20 août 2009; œil : cuivre poli, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse blanche crémeuse qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : florale, parfumé, canne de Noël, épices, grain; bouche : florale, parfumée, apparition surprise de houblon, canne de Noël, épices, grain, finale épicée avec présence de houblon, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, moyennement amère et sucrée, très légère astringence, coulante; en résumé : bien aimé
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2009
at 14:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a light amber color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral hops with light caramel malt notes. Taste is also dominated by some floral hops with light caramel malt notes and a light bitter finish. Body is about average with good carbonation. Not bad but probably not hoppy enough for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2009
at 23:12