Grande Rivière
BDT - Les Brasseurs du Temps in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.30
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A very successful but way out there take on the Belgian blonde fruit beer. The nose reveals only some of the elements that dominate the taste profile -- cranberries, malt and a touch of sourness. The taste profile hits you with sourness first, followed by blending elements of tartness, cranberry, a touch of Belgian yeast, a spritz of citrus hops and some residual fruit sweetness. A solid, clean and dry finish ends off a real taste-bud adventure. Well done.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Brasseur du Temps, Gatineau. Hazy orange/amber, mid sized head. Tart nose with herbal spice and cranberries. Berry tart with medium body and distinct, rounded mouthfeel. Bread and spice, lots of tart cranberries. Mid bitter finish. Tasty and interesting.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2017
at 17:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a light reddish color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of light tart cranberry notes with nice cereal notes. Taste is a mix between some nice cranberry notes, with clean cereal notes and very subtle residual sugar notes. Body is pretty full with good carbonation. Interesting take on the cranberry and more attenuation overall then I am used from this brewer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2015
at 08:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled at the brewpub. Pours a slight hazy, light pink-caramel colour with a white-pinky head, average lasting and lacing. Aromas of grassy hops over the mildly sweet fruit and notes of sourness. Nicely balanced taste between the fruitiness, sweetness and sourness. Light taste mouthfeel from the hops, lingering with some decent dryness. A nicely hopped fruit beer.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2015
at 23:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very nice. The citrus and cranberry are excellently integrated with floral hops here. A super original beer. Pours cloudy blonde with ok head and lacing. Aroma of citurs, cranberry, Belgian yeast and lots of florals that still come out. Finishes with light sweetness. Great balance. Tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2013
at 17:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Glass, 16-ounce, draught, on the premise, savoured on March 12 2013; eye: maroon with a reddish hue, hazy, nice creamy white head with a light reddish hue, nice lacing; nose: resinous hops, pine, fruity, green hops, cranberry, light citrusy; mouth: resinous hops, pine, fruity, citrusy, light cranberry, light residual sugar, refreshing, dry finale in resinous hops with light fruity presence, medium-full body, good carbonation, rather bitter, lightly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 16 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 12 mars 2013; œil : marron avec une teinte rougeâtre, voilée, belle mousse crémeuse blanche avec une teinte légèrement rosée, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, pin, fruité, houblon vert, canneberge, léger citrique; bouche : houblon résineux, pin, fruité, citrique, léger canneberge, léger sucre résiduel, rafraîchissante, finale sèche en houblon résineux avec légère présence fruitée, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, pas mal amère, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : bien bon
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2013
at 14:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A reddish amber ale with cranberry juice hues, and a thin white head. In aroma, a nice mix of grapefruits, floral hops, catnip, and cranberries. In mouth, a nice bitter floral grassy hops, with cranberries and grapefruits.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2013
at 15:55