Hopfenstark

Microbrewery in Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 3 Venues

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1970 Notre-Dame, Lavaltrie, J5T 1N4, Canada

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught at Gollem in Antwerp. Thick, creamy, egg-white, lacing, stable head over a hazy peach blonde beer. Aroma of dried orange peel, mango, yoghurt, fermenting hay, peach, biscuit, cider, stale sweat, wet leather. Estery onset, gooseberry, peach and mango with a light umami accent, soft carbo, gentle lactic ’yoghurty’ and fermenting fruit tartness, fluffy bready and caramelly malt sweetishness underneath leading to a gently but aromatically hopped, floral finish in which the soft tartness also continues. Has sweet, sour and bitter in a consecutive order and all very gentle and well in balance with each other, but none of these flavours define it as either a saison or an IPA. Nevertheless a very pleasant beer.
Tried on 03 Jan 2016 at 08:09

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at Gollem. Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is bit bitter, taste is sharp, intensely bitter with a nice hoparoma. The beer than switches over to a more sweet, honey-like taste, over a weak saison-profile. Not a traditional saison, and for me not so great. Drinkable though, and interesting to see how they wanted to fade the borders between IPA and saison.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2015 at 02:41

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Firma Bier, dated 07/14, large sample. Clear golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of slight woody smoke, bit campfire, minerally, slight spicy notes, grainy wheat. Spicy and dry in taste, wheat, slight minerally, touch of tartness. Quite flavorful for this low ABV. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2015 at 12:03

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle - Lemon and aggressive salty. Pale yellow with a small frothy white head. Very bright, carbonated, light salt and a clean finish. A little more salt in the flavor would be great, but still refreshing and nice. As it warms green grape come out in spades.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2015 at 01:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 750ml. @ [ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2015 (TEODRBSG15) ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House, Denmark. [ As Hopfenstark Boson de Higgs ].Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat - pale malt, moderate yeasty, smoke, light meat. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, smoke, meat, yeast - saison yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150829]
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2015 at 16:19

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, at the Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 12 2015; eye: amber, hazy, no effervescence, tiny ring of head, light lacing; nose: floral hops, light banana, spices, slight malt; mouth: floral hops, light banana, spices, slight malt, mild astringency, dry finale in hops with good presence of spices, medium body, good carbonation, surprisingly bitter, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 12 juin 2015; œil : ambrée, voilée, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse, légère dentelle; nez : houblon floral, léger banane, épices, très léger malt; bouche : houblon floral, léger banane, épices, très léger malt, astringence moyenne, finale sèche en houblon avec bonne présence d’épices, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, curieusement amère, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried on 17 Oct 2015 at 10:49

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Jacobs, courtesy of Fonefan, Thanks! Pours yellow with a white head, loads of lively bubbles. Aroma of light malt, yeast, light smoke, fruit, apples, pear. Flavor is light sweet, light malt, siason yeast, light tart, light spice, pepper, fruit, green apples, a hint of smoke. Thin to medium body, average carbonation, light tart finish. 041015
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2015 at 08:30

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Fonefan 110415. Deep golden colour with a white head. . Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast. Flavour is malt, hop, fruit, yeast, citrus, grass, dried fruits. OK /Nice beer.
Tried on 04 Oct 2015 at 02:31

7.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, during the Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 10 2015; eye: coppery with an orangey hue, hazy, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: sourness, acidity, wild yeasts, musk, slight orange, light caramel; mouth: sourness, acidity, wild yeasts, musk, slight orange, light caramel, finale in light orange with good presence of acidity, medium body, good carbonation, slick and lightly silky texture; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 10 juin 2015; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte orangée, trouble, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : aigreur, acidité, levures sauvages, musc, très léger orange, léger caramel; bouche : aigreur, acidité, levures sauvages, musc, très léger orange, léger caramel, finale en léger orange avec bonne présence d’acidité, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, texture coulante et légèrement soyeuse; en résumé : belle surprise
Tried on 18 Sep 2015 at 18:18

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear sparkling golden colour, white head. Smoky aroma, yeasty banana, smoked sausage. Sweet malty flavour, smoke, ash. Quite full body. Sweet finish, ash, rookworst. Nice. Heavy cheers to the Higgs boson!
(from 75 cL bottle @ home)
Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2015 at 16:44