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8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(500ml bottle from L'Axe du Malt, Quebecy City) Pours a fairly hazy deep orange with a thick eggshell head and heavy lace. Aroma is intensely saturated with hop oils, notes of mandarin peel, candied orange, dried mango, sweetened berries, cannabis, leafy pine, resin, some bready malt. Flavour is off-dry, sticky notes of navel orange, grapefruit, mandarin peel, some floral tropical fruit, peach, bready malt with some cereals, drying substantially into the finish with sticky grapefruit resins and a little fresh pine Mosaic vibe, moderate bitterness. A bit of an OG west coast vibe to this IPA which isn't so much my style but this example is really well-crafted with good hop intensity for the ABV.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2022 at 18:01

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(750ml bottle from Buvette Scott, Quebec City) Pours fairly clear medium gold with a decent white head and no lace. Aroma of perfumed spring wildflowers, rustic grains, lightly tart pale stone fruit, saison yeast of a balanced (not overly estery/phenolic) variety, softly funky, reasonably prominent oak, some bitterness. Flavour is dry and lightly tart, very mineral and spritzy, notes of golden plum and light lemon peel, soft lactic acid, crushed wildflowers (especially middle to finish), rustic cereal grains, 'classic' Auval flora with some saison qualities and light 'cellar/attic' Brett, very mineral and soda-like water profile, finish is a bit short because of the minerality and quite some drying wood, though there are some plum skins and dusty grains in there. Light bodied, spritzy but fairly smooth bottle conditioned carbonation. A classic Auval farmhouse with a bit of plum character rather than a heavy fruit beer, quite enjoyable as such. I thought the minerality was higher than typical for them, which curtailed the finish to its detriment.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2022 at 18:40

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of rustic malt notes with some clean cereal notes and soft bready ester. Taste is a mix of bready yeast notes with some rustic cereal notes and light funky ester. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Easy drinking with a good level of complexity.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2021 at 18:25

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy light pink color mead with light carbonation. Aroma of funky ester with some vinous notes. Taste is a mix of tart notes with some funky ster with light residual sugar notes from the honey. Body is about average. Interesting mix of flavors with the grapes and mead meeting somewhere in the middle.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2021 at 18:20

8.2/10
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2021 at 17:01

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750ml (thx, Christophe L.!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: hazy blonde with a white head. Aroma: nice farmhouse notes, barrel, fruity, some funk. Taste: along the same lines, quite dry, some bitterness in the finish. Overall: pretty good.
Tried on 16 Oct 2021 at 01:17

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Poured from 750mL bottle (bottled 10-02-21). Hazy gold with small white head. Light funk, touch of lemon, feint hint of pepper.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2021 at 01:15

7.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clearish gold with a small white head. Lemon and nice funk. Light funk and lemon with a hint of barrel. Nice and elegant.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2021 at 01:07

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2021 at 22:38

7.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Barrel, herbal notes and lemon. Citrus, light barrel and black pepper. Light melon and lemon with a nice light finish. Quite refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2021 at 02:29