Le Refuge
Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord in Blainville, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.31
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
De fortes odeurs de cacao dans une base torréfiée assumée relevant des notes de café, de noisettes légères et de subtil alcool. Un col de mousse qui ne tient pas du tout. Un liquide noir plutôt limpide avec reflets rougeâtres. En bouche, c’est un chocolat sucré qui s’installe en premier suivi de notes de cacao bien évidentes. Du café et un peu de mélasse complètent la palette qui se veut majoritairement sucrée même en finale. Le corps est entier, bien rond, la texture veloutée et la carbonatation juste assez vive. Ronde, sucrée, avec de belles notes de cacao, cette Breakfast Stout commencerait très bien la journée. O:7.99 V:2.21 G:7.22 C:4.6 G:15.15 T:37.17
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 473mL can (pkg Jan 13, 2022). Black with small light beige head. Coffee forward with a hint of chocolate sweetness. Quite nice.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Le Refuge from Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
473mL can, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma smells like a strong, sweetened morning cup of cold brew, along with a hint of cocoa. Flavour confirms the nose, with lots of cold brew, gentle cocoa, and moderate sweetness. Doesn't have the body of many impie stouts, but the flavours are there and it drinks relatively easily. Very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown colour with some copper-ruby highlights. The head is big, light mocha-beige coloured, with good retention and leaving some nice creamy lacing. Aromas of fruity, dark malts, hints of nuttiness, molasses with the coffee blending well. The molasses are big in the taste, but a smooth, silky, slightly oily mouthfeel follows. The finish has some decent hops creating a mild dryness. The cacao is very well-blended in here, so not offensive. Quite a smooth breakfast stout that feels lower in alcohol. Nice!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can: Poured a black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral espresso notes with some black chocolate notes. Taste is a mix of floral espresso notes with light bitterness with some black chocolate notes and light lactose notes with hints of residual; sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol notes. Enjoyable coffee based stout with light pastry notes.
GRM (7524) reviewed Le Refuge from Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, 473 ml, purchased at IGA Extra Gestion Grenier-Fortin on January 19, 2022, savoured on January 24, 2022; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, tiny ring of mocha head, no lacing; nose: chocolate, coffee, green pepper, acidity, oats; mouth: chocolate, coffee, green pepper, acidity, oats, light sourness, finale in chocolate with good presence of coffee, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, frothy texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS Canette, 473 ml, achetée chez IGA Extra Gestion Grenier-Fortin le 19 janvier 2022, savourée le 24 janvier 2022; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, minuscule anneau de mousse moka, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, café, poivron vert, acidité, avoine; bouche : chocolat, café, poivron vert, acidité, avoine, léger aigrelet, finale en chocolat avec bonne présence de café, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture mousseuse; en résumé : bien