Chelsea & Co. (Formerly, Gainsbourg Bistro Brasserie)
Microbrewery
in Chelsea,
Quebec,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
650mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bourbon barrels, caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. Flavour is very similar, with heavy bourbon barrels, lots of sweet caramel and brown sugar. Very sweet, but not too cloying. Very nicely made.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Muddy brown. The nose is sweet, just a touch of brown sugar, with a bit of peachiness. On the palate, quite sweet, touch of toffee, golden raisins, maybe a hit of alcohol in the finish. I like the sweet elements, but some of the other things - the alcohol in particular - kind of mess me up.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 500 ml. Arômes de fruits tropicaux sur une base légèrement maltée avec notes de pêches, de pamplemousse de biscuit et de légers résineux. Belle grosse mousse crémeuse sur un liquide doré. La mousse se maintient plusieurs minutes. Saveurs maltées à l’entrée de bouche mêlées de pèches et suivies d’une amertume franche de résine et d’herbes fraiches qui traine longtemps en finale. Au goût, ça ressemble plus à une APA qu’à une IPA. C’est d’ailleurs la classification du brasseur(e). Bière savoureuse et bien construite. Bel houblonnage. Fait la job sans prétention.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of fresh fruit notes of peach and apricot with some residual sugar notes also perceptible. Taste is a solid mix of fresh citrusy notes with some apricot and peach notes also discernable with some residual sugar notes apparent and light bitterness is noticeable. Body is full with great carbonation. Solid APA from a brewery that seems to be cranking out great hopped beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A hazed blonde ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet lemony malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, Epsom salts, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity loads of lemon, Epsom salts, refreshing and smooth. On tap at Festibière de Gatineau été 2017.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention and some good amount of lacing. Aroma of floral hops notes with some citrusy notes. Taste is a mix of floral hops with nice citrusy hops light residuals sugar with some discernable bitterness. Body is full with good carbonation. Solid IPA but not as juicy and floral as I was expecting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 500ml. Couleur jaune-orangée voilée, mousse blanche aérée laissant une dentelle éparse. Arôme d’agrumes, écorce d’orange, tangelo. Goût d’agrumes, houblon résineux, amertume moyenne-élevée, malt, tangelo. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a light yellow color berliner with a nice large foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of tart notes with subtle lemon notes also noticeable. Taste is a mix of tart notes with some lemon notes with subtle acidic notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Refreshing and well brewed with nice drinkability factor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Gainsbourg, Gatineau. Cloudy pale orange, small head. Intense aroma of tangerine, cat pee and lychee. Fairly dry with medium-full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. All focus on dank, citrusy hops. Neutral malt profile. Lightly peppery finish with distinct bitterness. Unusually drinkable DIPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at Gainsbourg, Gatineau. Clear golden, small head. Fruity, lightly grassy nose. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with mild bread and grass. Mid bitter finish. More focus on cool elegance than the down to earth drinkability unusually offered by this style.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.79 |
| Beers | 77 |
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