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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
750ml bottle. Murky golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Yeasty aroma delivers slightly fusty, sulphuric protein notes, a herbal touch, hints of quince. Taste is dry with identical protein notes, again some quince. Definitely not their best Saison.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2014 at 12:04

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle. Hazy, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, fairly lasting, modrately lacing, white head. Spicy yeasty and fruity aroma, notes of peach, some citrusy hop. Taste is peppery spicy yeasty, slightly herbal, fruity, notes of peach, citrusy hoppy overtones. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2014 at 11:57

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(tap at Cask Days 2014) clear very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of tropical fruit ,stewed fruit; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish; half way between a stout and an ipa
Tried from Draft on 25 Oct 2014 at 19:08

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(On tap during Zwanze Day/Funk Night @ barVolo, Sept 20, 2014) Totally opaque orange tinged gold with no head. Aroma of fresh raspberries, bit of lemon, slightly lactic but not very sour. Palate is another story; a big hit of lemon juice and lactic acid that overpowers the raspberry at first. Raspberry starts to come through in the middle of the palate with a hint of grain. Much more raspberry on the finish, but like eating the fresh fruit. Sourness lingers a bit but drier finish than initial flavour predicts. A real mouth-puckerer, by my reckoning it was by some margin the most sour of the 16 beers I sampled on a day devoted to sour and funky things. It’s driven strongly by both the fruit addition and the powerful Berliner base. I think I might adore it even more in another context, with a full glass on a sunny patio rather than during a day of tasting. Still very tasty stuff.
Tried from Draft on 20 Oct 2014 at 03:11

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A lightly hazed golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, pleasant fruity malt with light barrel quality, oak, grassy hops, orange pulp, very nice and smooth. In mouth, a beautiful sweet fruity malt with candy sugar, coriander, curacao, alcohol warmth, light grapeskins, barrel notes, a sipper. On tap at Station HO.st.
Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2014 at 19:03

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
En fût au brouepub lors du Rallye Bières et Plaisirs 2014. Couleur dorée translucide, mousse blanche laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme citronné, herbal, malt. Goût citronné, herbal, bonne amertume. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Tried on 14 Oct 2014 at 06:59

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. @ home on the terrace. [ As Hopfenstark Saison Station 16 (de Seigle) ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, wheat, rye, moderate hoppy, citrus, grass, moderate yeasty, fruity, spicy, funky, light grapes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, grapes, citrus, yeasty, fruity, dry, funky. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140729]
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2014 at 02:23

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A dark reddish brown porter with a thin lacing brown head. In aroma, smooth chocolate malt with light peated notes, grassy hops, light coffee. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with peated scotch notes, light coffee and butterscotch, warming alcohol, nice and pleasant. On tap at Station HO.st.
Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2014 at 18:53

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
A golden amber saison with a thick frothy lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light orange peel, coriander, light tropical fruits, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with coriander, banana, cloves, esters, grassy hops, well done. On tap at Station HO.st.
Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2014 at 18:33

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Leicht hefiger Antrunk, hell, steigende Bitterkeit, milde Kräuternoten. Trockener, dennoch vollmundiger Mittelteil mit nun stäreren Kräuternoten, die der Bitterkeit entgegentreten. Intensiver Kräuterabgang mit deutlichen hopfigen Komponenten. 10/10/11/11/11/11
Tried on 05 Sep 2014 at 13:24