Brise du Lac

Tasted on tap at the brewery’s pub in Lac Beauport, Québec on August 9th 2012. Aromas are light floral. Head is perfect with exceptional lacing. Color is dark straw and very sparkling. Flavors are sweet and malty with notes of honey to start with. Then hops are taking over with floral and grassy notes. The balance hop / malt is almost perfect. Sweet accents of malt are making a good job on the body. A high quality pilsner. The second best one I tasted after L’Amère à boire’s Cërna.

Enjoyed this one with my bandmates at Joe Smoked Meat in Quebec City (right before one of our shows). Poured a light golden colour with a big white head, decent retention and lightly carbonated. Not much aroma... maybe a bit of bread. Watery mouthfeel, but is quite refreshing. Good fresh grain taste with mild sweetness, but not much bitterness. Overall, decent mild micro pilsner.

Bottle: Poured a yellow color lager with a quite big pure white foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of light floral malt with sweet undertones is pretty tames though exclusion of any adjunct notes is welcome. Taste is also a refreshing mix between some light floral notes with a lightly sweet tone and some light dry hops. Again, no adjunct were detected which is quite satisfying. Additional hops presence would have been welcome though still a refreshing drink overall.

Canette 473ml. De couleur jaune et claire. Nez de grains de malt pâle sucrés, léger de céréales avec des notes florales et des traces de légumes bouillis. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture aux petites notes crémeuses. Légère amertume de houblon herbeux (herbes fraîches, présent en arrière-goût durant toute la gorgée) accompagné de petites notes de légumes bouillis sucrés lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de grains de malt pâle sucrés avec des petites traces de biscuits au miel puis en finale l’amertume de houblon revient en arborant des petites notes florales. Post-goût moyen et aux petites notes asséchantes, léger-moyen amer de houblon herbeux aux notes florales.

Can, 473 ml, purchased at Dépanneur de la rive on August 13 2009, savoured on October 8 2009; eye: golden, clear, light effervescence, white head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, no lacing; nose: “pilsner”, malt, caramel, light hops; mouth: malt, caramel, light hops, finale in malt with presence of hops, light-medium body, good carbonation, lightly bitter and sweet, slightly grainy texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Canette, 473 ml, achetée au Dépanneur de la rive le 13 août 2009, savourée le 8 octobre 2009; œil : dorée, claire, légère effervescence, mousse blanche qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez :« pilsner», malt, caramel, léger houblon; bouche : malt, caramel, léger houblon, finale en malt avec présence de houblon, corps léger-moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement amère et sucrée, texture légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : correct

Golden lager with a thin lacing white head. Aroma of grain malts and apples. In mouth, sweet biscuity malt with notes of maple. Medium bodied lager, simple, but honest.

Light golden colour. Fresh bready malt aroma. Flavour is also of bready malt, but is less pronounced. Light character. A very simple beer, but no particular flaws.