5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy yellow colour with a big white head. Citric, spicy and sweet wheat aroma. Maybee a bit too much lemon in the flavour. And a bit to sweet. Otherwish fresh and ncie.
[On tap at Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri in Oslo, Norway]
[On tap at Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri in Oslo, Norway]
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2012
at 00:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Purchased a mixed 12-pack of "Les Connaisseurs" beers from this brewery. Pours a clean copper colour with a huge fomay tanned head that stays very long and with wavy-soapy lace. The nose is quite mild with raisins and notes of rust from the hop. Oily mouthfeel and medium-bodied. Dark fruit flavours with a light grassy background. Starts sweet but does not get overly syrupy. Just a tad too mild overall, which makes this Dubbel a little forgetting compared to other Quebec brews of the same style. Also, a bit light for a Dubbel.
Tried
on 16 May 2012
at 20:55
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
So, only in their description do they say this is a hefeweizen, but written in big "Blanche" which is usually a witbier (but no mention of coriander, nor orange peel). Pours a cloudy blonde with a frothy white head that goes down averagely and leaves foam. Lemony wheat aromas, but mild. Slight sourness at the beginning of the taste, but falls flat. Maybe a bit of yeast. Not much here. Kind of different because of the confusion with the name, but a bland weird hefeweizen.
Tried
on 09 May 2012
at 16:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Purchased a mixed 12-pack of "Les Connaisseurs" beers from this brewery. Watch out for the overflow. Pours a clean dark amber colour with a warm cap that is creamy-frothy, creating a foamy lace after staying quite a long time. Caramel aromas with some notes of hop (mild pine). Medium-bodied mouthfeel. Malty taste with the nice bitterness getting a bit stronger in the finish, and a beautiful dryness lingers, quite a while. Hints of butterscotch also appears in the background. A decent IPA that has more hop bite in the mouth than in the nose.
Tried
on 09 May 2012
at 12:11
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Purchased in their mixed 12-pack (Gamme sympathique 12 Mixte). Pours a slightly hazy golden-blonde colour with a foamy head that dissipates at a medium rate and a few waves of lace are left. The nose is kind of different, feeling more like a spicy Belgian witbier than a blonde ale (or Pilsner as they refer to it). Almost peppery, with the citrus and corriander notes and some hop. Slightly oily mouthfeel. The taste is a mix of cereal malts at first being overpowered by grass (and mild fish that comes up - gross) to then, be better balanced with a nice bitterness into the aftertaste. Overall, just a bit too much all over the place. Seems confused between too many styles this one wants to be.
Tried
on 02 May 2012
at 22:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Purchased in their mixed 12-pack (Gamme sympathique 12 Mixte). Pours a dark amber colour with a big semi-creamy beige head that stays a long time and leaves patchy lacing. Lots of cereal grain aromas with caramel malts and fruit notes. The mouthfeel starts off medium-bodied but ends up very thin in the end. Kind of weird and disappointing that it does not last longer, stronger. The taste is not as intense as the smell (too bad). Mildly fruity with hints of nuts in the finish and a little hop showing in the aftertaste. Nothing really bad and overly decent. Just lacking a bit of strength in some categories.
Tried
on 02 May 2012
at 17:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a medium brown color ale with a rather large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of honey and caramelized malt is pleasant. Taste is a mix between some caramelized malt with distinctive honey notes and light cereal notes are also noticeable. Body is about average with good carbonation. Nothing to write home about but nothing to complain either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2012
at 06:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bouteille 341ml. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti (notes brûlées), de café, moyen de chocolat noir avec des notes de chocolat au lait, (notes lactiques) et des traces de vanille. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas ainsi qu’une texture riche, moyennement crémeuse et aux faibles notes sirupeuses. Léger goût de chocolat au lait et de crème brûlée (faibles notes lactiques) accompagné de notes de fumée de bois et de traces de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement d’un goût de malt rôti avec un moyen goût de chocolat noir et quelques traces de mélasse sucrée puis progressivement, un goût de café noir s’installe jusqu’en finale (notes de café brûlé) et est accompagné de notes de houblon herbeux. Post-goût long-moyen et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti et de café avec des notes de chocolat noir.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2012
at 18:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A reddish amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, catty hops over biscuit malt, Nelson Sauvin? In mouth, a smooth sweet malt with tobacco notes, floral hops, grapefruit notes, a bit of Brett notes, not bad. On cask at Montreal Winter Warmer, Feb. 25 2012.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2012
at 17:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared by Jay. Pours black with tan head. Nose/taste of spent grain, cereal, burnt black malt, licorice and some pine and resin notes. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2012
at 16:03