L'Ambrée

Bottle: Poured a brown amber with nice creamy off white head. The aroma was fruity ans some kinda of sugary substance. The taste is fruit and that sugary substance seemed to be a caramel type malt.

[i]On tap, Les 3 Brasseurs Cafe, Lille, France, 29-06-07[/i] Poured amber in colour with good clarity and nice white head, a very subtle aroma some fruit? Tasty beer with fruit again in the mouth nice and refreshing.

En fût, à l’établissement situé sur la rue St-Denis à Montréal. De couleur ambrée rouge et semi-voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (orange, notes de pêche et de cantaloup), très légèrement malté du genre caramel doux avec des notes de miel et de rôti ainsi que quelques effluves de houblon floral et herbeux. Rondeur mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-élevé et une texture aux petites notes aqueuses. Goût de levures légèrement fruitées et quelques peu acétyles (agrumes, léger de pêche et notes de melon) ainsi que des notes épicées (léger de poivre) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût de malt doux (caramel très doux, notes de miel) légèrement terreux et aux notes rôties puis vient ensuite une légère amertume de houblon floral ainsi qu’un léger regain d’épice (poivre et des notes herbeuses) en finale. Arrière-goût court, légèrement amer de houblon et de rôti léger avec uneléger goût fruité (zest d’agrumes).

Draught, in Strasbourg. Clear orange/amber colour. Small white head. Earthy, malty flavour. Medium bitterness in aftertaste. 6 3 6 3 14

Draught at the brewpub in Toronto as Red Ale. Almost clear amber colour. Very small almost white head. The flavour is mildly malty, has a sourish tartness, very subtle, and not a problem. A bit sweet. 5 3 5 3 11

On tap Montreal Large frothy white head that briefly covers a dark amber beer. The aroma has some nice caramel notes and flowery perfume from the hops, but carries a solvent aroma that is the big detractor. The flavor follows what the aroma has prepared you for. Largely unremarkable.

Les 3 Brasseurs Montreal. Red amber ale with a rather light malt aroma, grassy. Fresh hops with dry malts, not too sweet and very pleasant. Medium bodied. 6-4-7-3-13

Rerate March 16, 2008. A reddish amber ale, like a scotch, with a very thin white head. Interesting aroma of cinnamon hearts, with black pepper notes, pleasant. A good malt in mouth, grainy, with notes of peats and scotch. Medium bodied. 7-3-7-3-13

Les 3 Brasseurs Saint-Priest (Lyon)
Light amber color. Simple aroma, bitter flavor, quite malty, with sweet caramel, and quite strong ending bitterness.

(Draught - mine brewed at Athus site, Belgium) Red-foxy, clear; virtually no head but yellowish rim. Even trying hard, I get nothing but a faint caramel aroma. Bitter, burnt-roasted grain flavour, with virtually no underlying back-up as malt, or such strange additions. Grassy aroma, very fresh, not to say green, and very, very empty mouthfeel, watery texture. I’ve just had table beer (=low alcohol) that had more taste, character and even more balls than this. Painful.

Sampled in the smoke- filled hellpit in Strasbourg: No aroma to speak of. Cloudy amber. A little bit honey, yeast aftertaste.