Catherine (Rhum)
Microbrasserie Le Castor Brewing Co. in Rigaud, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.06
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Audacious, bodacious and definitely boozy, but still a massive beer in an acceptable balance. Every edition of the Catherine is big piece of work, and relies heavily on casking for its over-the-top impact. This version has enough solid beer elements to warrant a serious look-see. A muddy black beer with a thin tan head, it has a big nose featuring rum, roasted malt, nuts and dark chocolate. The rum casking leads the taste profile but is quickly drawn into context with vanilla, oak, liquorice and chocolate elements. Under-tastes of coconut, leather, dark berries and enough hops balance out the booze and sweetness. A faint underlying sourness adds to the complexity. Should age well too.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle shared with Jamey and Brad. Pours a very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is a barrel, some roasted malts. Similar taste with some chocolate and creamy notes from the oak. It is fairly good, but it does not have enough of body and sweetness that rum barrel aged should have.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2018
at 06:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dégustée à l'hiver 2015-2016 (De mes notes). .
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 21:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Bubbly head. The aroma is rummy, light sweet chocolate nose. Rich on the palate, lots of rummy notes, molasses. And a sugary palate that shows quite a lot of chocolate.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2016
at 10:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Black color. Smells like stale dark beer, some rum, green apples. Medium body strength, and the alcohol is a bit too strong; light residual sweetness, some roasted nuts, some tobacco.
Quite chaotic.
Black color. Smells like stale dark beer, some rum, green apples. Medium body strength, and the alcohol is a bit too strong; light residual sweetness, some roasted nuts, some tobacco.
Quite chaotic.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2016
at 00:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz. bottle, sent from yourilevesque (thanks a lot, Youri), pours black with a reddish tint and a small beige head. Aroma brings out a great mix of rum and roasted malt. Flavour is likewise a mix of roasted malt and rum in good balance, though it is a touch rough / jagged. Not boozy at all. Light-to-medium bodied for the style. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 23:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Embouteillée le 2 novembre 2015... J’ai juste ouvert la bouteille et l’ai posée; ça sentait le rhum en fou!!! Trop en fait puisque je ne sentais pas la bière du tout ;-( En bouche, il y a le chocolat, la vanille, le café, des fruits rouges, une certaine acidité et des tonnes de rhum. La mousse s»’en va super vite, c’est assez mince pour le style et il semble y avoir très peu de sucres résiduels. Bonne bière mais trop axée sur le rhum...
Tried
on 30 Mar 2016
at 20:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown bottle, 660 ml, purchased at Broue Ha Ha, savoured on February 7 2016; eye: black, opaque, dense liquid, tiny ring of coffee head, no lacing; nose: vanilla, anise, woody, rum, lightly caramelized brown sugar, molasses, fig; mouth: vanilla, anise, woody, rum, alcohol, vanilla extract, alcohol, lightly caramelized brown sugar, alcohol warmth, molasses, fig, slight dark chocolate, finale in anise with presence of rum, full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic and oily texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 660 ml, achetée chez Broue Ha Ha, savourée le 7 février 2016; œil : noire, opaque, liquide dense, minuscule anneau de mousse café, pas de dentelle; nez : vanille, anis, boisé, rhum, cassonade légèrement caramélisée, mélasse, figue; bouche : vanille, anis, boisé, rhum, alcool, extrait de vanille, alcool, cassonade légèrement caramélisée, chaleur d’alcool, mélasse, figue, très léger chocolat noir, finale en anis avec présence de rhum, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique et huileuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 16:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium size brown foamy head with OK retention. Aroma of roasted malt, black chocolate and boozy rum notes is interesting. Taste is a mix of light roasted malt with quite a bit of residual sugar notes with some boozy rum notes and some creamy black chocolate notes also perceptible. Body is full with nice oily texture and medium carbonation with some alcohol notes easily detectable. Not bad but rum is bit more dominant then I would have like it to be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2015
at 09:25
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Le nez est dominé par l’alcool. Le rhum est en abondance. On sent bien des sous notes de raisins secs et de chêne, mais elles sont complètement dominées par la forte présence agressive de l’alcool. Le liquide est noir, opaque, développe une toute petite mousse qui fuit rapidement. En bouche, l’alcool est encore une fois très dominant. On sent un peu plus le boisé avec en finale des notes de torréfaction et de chocolat qui disparaissent lors des gorgées subséquentes à cause de la trop forte présence de l’alcool et du rhum. Assez déçu de cet opus du Castor. Si j’avais voulu boire du rhum, je m’en serais acheté une bouteille.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2015
at 17:44