Yakima IPA
Microbrasserie Le Castor Brewing Co. in Rigaud, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
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Score
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Undated bottle (fresh) from YouriLevesque, drunk 10/8/15.
All the makings of a Trillium beer here: you’ve got a fantastic amount of dense white head with good retention and a hazy golden body with ample carbonation.
Good variety of hop notes in the nose ranges from tropical fruits (lots of mango) to ruby red grapefruit, melon and plenty in between. Clean, no alcohol and with a light house yeast character that adds a fresh charm to it. Great strength of aroma and no heavy pine/resin.
Lovely balance in the mouth with well-attenuated malts adding honey, light sourdough and biscuit notes while the tropical fruits, sweet citrus notes and just a bit of tangy/punchy Galaxy-esque flavors make up the hop flavors. Getting back to the Trillium parallel, the mouthfeel is perfect, with tight carbonation and a supply malted texture. No alcohol, clean, drinkable and without any harsh bitterness/resin. A grand beer, thanks Youri!
All the makings of a Trillium beer here: you’ve got a fantastic amount of dense white head with good retention and a hazy golden body with ample carbonation.
Good variety of hop notes in the nose ranges from tropical fruits (lots of mango) to ruby red grapefruit, melon and plenty in between. Clean, no alcohol and with a light house yeast character that adds a fresh charm to it. Great strength of aroma and no heavy pine/resin.
Lovely balance in the mouth with well-attenuated malts adding honey, light sourdough and biscuit notes while the tropical fruits, sweet citrus notes and just a bit of tangy/punchy Galaxy-esque flavors make up the hop flavors. Getting back to the Trillium parallel, the mouthfeel is perfect, with tight carbonation and a supply malted texture. No alcohol, clean, drinkable and without any harsh bitterness/resin. A grand beer, thanks Youri!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 14:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught@Moeder Lambic, Brussels. Yellowish orange colour, small white head. Aroma is frass, herbs, some yeast, mild fruity and catpissy notes to it. Flavour is quite strong grassy and floral bitterness along with some spices, sweet malts and resiny notes.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2015
at 01:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
66cl bomber courtesy of and shared with Tderoeck. Dorée-orangée, col fin blanc. Arôme est houblonné herbacé, tropical, citronné assez plaisant, retrouve une flagrance prononcée de raisin blanc. Palais est houblonné très en avant, fine amertume, note fruitée d’agrumes et houblonnage de type C avec un fini sec, feuillu, raisin blanc. Malt de base restant centré sur un côté pils et Munich.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2015
at 12:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of tderoeck. Creamy, medium thick, snow white head, hazy peach golden blonde colour. Aroma of yellow grapefruit peel, white pepper, pineapple, gooseberries, pine resin, chamomille, lime. Crisp, fruity onset, pineapple, peach, some berries, spritzy carbonation, light bready maltiness, soft and somewhat ’fluffy’ mouthfeel, spicy and long hop bitterness, gentle and aromatically bittering, very floral, bit peppery and light citrussy, with some malt fruitiness lingering in the end. Very enjoyable.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2015
at 08:54
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thanks to tderoeck! 660 ml. bottle sampled. Hazy orange, white head. Citrus, lightly yeast, fruity, lightly fruity with a reasonably strong grass presence,… Mildly dry,… Quite solid & pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 09:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Le Castor Yakima IPA (by Microbrasserie Le Castor Brewing Co.):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
25/VII/15 - 66cl bottle from a trade @ Trillium tasting, home - BB: n/a (2015-992) Thanks to yourilevesque for the trade!
Clear blond beer, creamy irregular white head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, lots of pineapple, passion fruit, caramel malts. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, passion fruit, pineapple, citrus, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: hoppy, bitter, bit sweet, citrus, resinous touch, bit dry, grassy finish.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
25/VII/15 - 66cl bottle from a trade @ Trillium tasting, home - BB: n/a (2015-992) Thanks to yourilevesque for the trade!
Clear blond beer, creamy irregular white head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, lots of pineapple, passion fruit, caramel malts. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity start, passion fruit, pineapple, citrus, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: hoppy, bitter, bit sweet, citrus, resinous touch, bit dry, grassy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2015
at 14:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild herbal, greasy and slight pine hoppy. Sweet malty, light grapefruity and cridp hoppy. Bitter and slight herbal finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jul 2015
at 09:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Moeder Lambic. Rated on 25.06.2015
Aroma has cereal, grassy hops and fruity tones. Flavour has minerals, peaches, some apricot and minerals. Feels like a well-hopped English ale. I like the peaches here. The rest of the talk was not about that. This has some menthol tones not typical to English ales though.
Aroma has cereal, grassy hops and fruity tones. Flavour has minerals, peaches, some apricot and minerals. Feels like a well-hopped English ale. I like the peaches here. The rest of the talk was not about that. This has some menthol tones not typical to English ales though.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2015
at 04:12
8/10
Tried
on 26 Jun 2015
at 23:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy warm golden colour, white head. Fruity aroma, quite hoppy, grapefruit, tropical fruits. Bitter flavour, hops, quite fruity. Fruity finish, lingering bitter. Decent IPA.
(from 66cL bottle @ home. From small trade with Adam, thanks!)
(from 66cL bottle @ home. From small trade with Adam, thanks!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2015
at 11:18