Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Olfactif avec de légères notes de caramel, des accents de noisettes et des houblons feuillus bien présents. Le liquide est cuivré sombre et presque brun. La limpidité est exemplaire et la mousse d’épaisseur moyenne se maintient bien. Noisettes et houblons feuillus dominent l’entrée de bouche en laissant le caramel bien en arrière-plan. Des esters fruités s’ajoutent à la palette et apportent des notes de cerises et de jujubes. La finale nous donne une légère amertume de feuilles mortes assorties de subtiles notes herbacées mais se laisse dominer par les esters fruités et les sucres du malt. Le corps est ample et crémeux et la carbonatation moyennement douce. Très agréable. O:7.27 V:4.59 G:7.88 C:4.38 G:14.2 T:38.32
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can: Poured a black color stout with a small brown foamy head with light retention and some lacing. Aroma of chocolate malt with some raspberry and vinous notes. Taste is a mix of cocoa and chocolate malt with some raspberry notes, some tartness and oak vinous notes . Body is about average for style with appropriate carbonation. Perfect balance between chocolate, raspberry and vinous notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can: Poured a black color stout with a medium size brown foamy head with light retention and some lacing. Aroma of chocolate malt with cocoa and with some tingling spicy notes. Taste is a mix of cocoa and chocolate malt with some tingling spicy notes from the habanero. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Perfect balance between spicy and chocolate notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Brown bottle, 500 ml, lot B2316, bought at Dépanneur Rapido on 1 February 2024, savoured on 5 March 2024; eye: coppery with golden highlights, cloudy, no effervescence, ring and island of beige head, no lacing; nose : raspberry, light acidity, light roast; mouth: residual sugar, raspberry, caramel, vanilla, finale in vanilla with presence of raspberry, medium body, average carbonation, rather sweet, syrupy texture; in summary: different FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, lot B2316, achetée chez Dépanneur Rapido le 1 février 2024, savourée le 5 mars 2024; œil : cuivrée avec des reflets dorés, voilée, pas d’effervescence, anneau et île de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : framboise, légère acidité, légère torréfaction; bouche : sucre résiduel, framboise, caramel, vanille, finale en vanille avec présence de framboise, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : différente
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
First of two 355ml cans of Imperial Stout to start the night. This one is the 9.5% ABV version. It pours a black-looking colour with some ruby highlights, a nice frothy light-mocha coloured head, becoming creamy, lasting a decent time and thin, wet lacing left. Aromas of burnt barley with a touch of smokiness, some plums, molasses and hints of coffee. The mouthfeel is smooth, silky, oily with a building dryness, and bitterness eventually coming out. Roasted malt base flavours with a tad anise, molasses and grassiness. Quite a slick, easy-drinking stronger Imperial Stout with enough dry-bitter notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
355ml can that pours a clean golden colour with a big creamy, whitish head, long lasting and leaving good lacing. Big coffee roasted grain aromas over some mild malty notes and hints of vanilla. The taste shows a little more the sweetness of the malts and lactose. A tad chocolate that lingers. The mouthfeel is on the thicker side with some decent light hops drying things a touch. Some tad bitterness and the coffee is felt as it goes. A pretty good white stout with the coffee-tiramisu notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a clear copper color ale with a small foamy head with light retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of warming alcohol notes with some toffee malt notes with dry raisin and rum notes. Taste is also a mix of toffee malt with some dry raisins and rum notes with some attenuated residual sugar. Body is about average with good carbonation with some clearly discernible alcohol notes. Lacking balance and attenuation but still a fun experimental beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Lightly hazy, golden-amber colour with a creamyish, off-white head, good retention and full, thick foamy lacing. Big grassy aromas with burnt wood, licorice, and a touch of perfume, herbal notes. The taste shows more on the herbal side, with a minty aspect, refreshing grassiness. Caramel malts do appear with time. Some nice building dryness concludes. A nice, interesting IPA more on the West Coast style, but with all Quebec ingredients that has a different touch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Brown bottle, 500 ml, at Philippe Boutin, savoured on 3 February 2024; colour: dark brown, semi-opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: raspberry, malt, light acidity, light malt; mouth: raspberry, malt, light acidity, light malt, light acidity, raspberry, finale in raspberry with light presence of acidity, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, lightly syrupy texture; in short: very good FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, chez Philippe Boutin, savourée le 3 février 2024; œil : brun foncé, semi-opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : framboise, malt, légère acidité, léger malt; bouche : framboise, malt, légère acidité, léger malt, légère acidité, framboise, finale en framboise avec légère présence d'acidité, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement sirupeuse; en résumé : bien bon
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a fairly clean, dark brown colour with some copper-amber highlights. The head is warm light-beige, frothy, decent lasting and leaving some spots of soapy lacing. Aromas of mild smoked malts with the roasted barley light base. hints of coffee. Thinner mouthfeel with flavours of roasted malts, a tad smokiness. Some dark fruits, molasses lingers smoothly. A decent smoky, Schwarzbier that is well-brewed if you like these two styles.