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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8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 9
Draft. Cloudy pale yellow color, large bubble white edge head. Aroma of lemon and pink grapefruit, with rising white bread dough. Taste is softly sour lemons and sourdough bread. Exactly on style.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2012 at 18:26

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at Winter Warmer: Poured a pitch-black color porter with a small foamy head. Aroma of lightly sweet roasted malt notes with intense nose of bourbon. Taste is a great mix between sweet roasted malt notes with some nice vanilla and typical bourbon notes. Light wood notes are also detectable. Body has a nice creamy texture with full body and no apparent alcohol even though bourbon is very easily noticeable. I really like that one and would love to have this on a regular basis.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2012 at 12:06

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A deep dark stout with a thin lacing mocha head. In aroma, a smooth fruity chocolate with light pear skin notes, apples. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate with light fruity notes, plums, light fusel alcohol, interesting. On tap at Vices et Versa, March 11, 2012.
Tried from Draft on 25 Mar 2012 at 18:53

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample, 4 ounces, draught, at the Hivernale des brasseurs, savoured on February 25 2012; eye: dark brown, clear, no effervescence, no head; nose: vanilla, malt, alcohol; mouth: vanilla, malt, alcohol, light woody, finale in vanilla, medium body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, a bit thin; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, 4 onces, en fût, bue à l’Hivernale des brasseurs, savourée le 25 février 2012; œil : brune foncé, limpide, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : vanille, malt, alcool; bouche : vanille, malt, alcool, léger boisé, finale en vanille, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : bien
Tried on 22 Mar 2012 at 05:23

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
A dark reddish brown porter with a very thin lacing off white head. In aroma, a smooth bourbon chocolate malt with light alcohol warmth, doughy. In mouth, a smooth chocolate with light bourbon notes, quite nice. On tap at Montreal Winter Warmer, Feb. 25 2012.
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2012 at 16:44

7/10
Hop bite is felt immediately as a kiss the flavor of grapefruit (tastes raw, like the liner separating the fruit
Tried on 21 Feb 2012 at 04:40

7/10
Bourbon present as well as apples, banana chips, spices and brown sugar. Tiny bit of wood and a leather aspect develops.
Tried on 30 Dec 2011 at 14:39

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Farmhouse, Burlington VT 12oz tap ($8.50): Pours a black color with a nice creamy brown head. Aroma is of coffee, chocolate, toffee, booziness, and some other grand stuff. Taste is in the same element. Kind of sweet, but still very manageable. Chocolate and coffee, not quite espresso, but still cool. Good beer and could be either chuggable or sippable, depending on your mood. At this price, I prefer the latter.
Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2011 at 19:11

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at Belmont Station - lightly hazy gold - nose of lightly sweet honey maltiness, lint acetic notes and funkiness, apples, pears - flavor is medium sweet and moderately acidic - a bit of wildness and leathery notes - finish is moderately phenolic - interesting, but a bit sweet for my taste.
Tried from Draft on 17 Dec 2011 at 14:34

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Dégustée en fût au Vices & Versa à Montréal. De couleur orange-dorée et voilée. Nez de grains de céréales sucrées, moyen de pain de seigle, léger de houblon herbeux aux notes florales et léger de levures fruitées (agrumes, léger d’abricots avec des traces de bananes) aux petites notes épicées. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Moyen goût de levures fruitées (agrumes, traces d’abricots et de bananes) aux notes épicées (clou de girofle, traces de poivre) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de céréales sucrées avec un moyen goût de pain de seigle (notes asséchantes) ainsi que des traces de biscuits puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère-moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux (herbes mouillées) aux faibles notes florales. Post-goût moyen et moyennement sec, moyen-léger amer de houblon herbeux avec des notes fruitées (zest d’agrumes) et des traces de blé. (printemps 2007)
Tried on 22 Nov 2011 at 20:40