La Souche - Brasserie Artisanale
Microbrewery
in Quebec,
Quebec,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: La Souche (Limoilou)
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
A very slight haze, amber colour with an off-white head, decent stay and some lacing spots left. Big coffee nose over the caramel malt base, hints of cacao and vanilla. The coffee is lightly milder, blended in the taste with the caramel-vanilla, but the hops cut the sweetness in the finish nicely. A nice pastry-stout that is not overly sweet, but shows the beauty of the coffee, balanced with the vanilla and other biscuit fun.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
A little murky, purple-red colour with lots of the fruit purée sticking to the glass. Beautiful, fresh berry aromas. Some good sourness blends with the fruits in the flavours. Apricots, blueberries and a touch of strawberries, blackberries with the blackcurrant hints. This might be my favourite Smoothie Sour from this brewery. Refreshing, sour, and packed with fruits.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a brown colour with many different highlights. The head is frothy, bubbly, decent lasting, warm light-beige colour and leaving some foamy lacing. Quite a nice, interesting nose with lots going on. Grapes, licorice, cola, burnt wood, roasted malts and so much more I cannot put in words. Lots of grapes in the taste as well with some good sourness that lingers. That interesting cola feel is milder in the taste, so is the saltiness. Yes, interesting.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Lightly hazed, whitish-yellow colour with a bubbly off-white head, low retention and a small ring left. Beautiful fresh citrus hoppiness with the Belgian Witbier yeast, fresh herbs and hints of tropical fruits. Mild in the taste as a Nano, but still, decent citrus-tropical notes do come out with a herbal hint. Quite sessionable, wet-refreshing with two nice styles blended - IPA and Witbier and low alcohol.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Épices sous forme de cardamone et de clou de girofle, houblons floraux, agrumes et malts miellés composent un olfactif où la levure saison est bien en évidence.
Énorme mousse rocailleuse et persistante sur le liquide jaune paille tirant sur le doté et parfaitement limpide.
Entrée de bouche épicée avec tous les éléments de la levure saison mais aussi une forte proportion de notes houblonnées.
Poivre, cardamone, orange, citron, pin, fleurs, base miellée.
L’équilibre est quand même bien maintenu ; les houblons ne prenant pas le dessus sur les notes de levure.
L’amertume est assez relevée avec la présence de conifères.
Équilibre et complexité caractérise cette saison hautement appréciée.
O:8.4 V:4.8 G:8.9 C:4.4 G:16.65 T:43.15 / 50 (8.63 / 10)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Hazy orangey gold with small white head. Nice cherry, gentle tartness, could have a touch more complexity, but pretty decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy, pale, sort of murky. This has a big cherry aroma, bright and pitty. It's got a fair bit of cherry, some tartness. A touch on the sharp side, but not so bad. A bit of yeast character. It's not bad, nice bit of cherry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500mL bottle, pours a cloudy orange with a tiny white head. Aroma has musty, soft pitted cherries, some bugginess, and some doughy notes. Flavour is quite acidic, with plenty of acidic cherries, light bugs, moderate acidity. Not particularly complex, but reasonably done. It’s alright.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
500mL bottle. pours murky light orange with a white head. Aroma is musty with fermented peaches and cherries. Flavour has cherries and peaches; musty and acidic. Pretty solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Des arômes de pain crouté fraîchement sorti du four s’accompagnent de traces herbacées.
Le liquide doré est partiellement voilé.
La mousse d’épaisseur moyenne est pétillante et s’affaisse assez rapidement.
Des malts légèrement miellés et sucrés en bouche s’accompagnent de houblons épicés et subtilement herbacés.
La carbonatation est assez active et donne l’impression d’être piquante quand elle se combine aux houblons épicés.
Le corps est un peu plus léger que la moyenne pour ce style.
Agréable, mais on manque un corps un peu plus moelleux et des accents maltés plus affirmés.
Moyennement appréciée !
O:7.81 V:2.7 G:6.9 C:4.04 G:14.55 T:36.0 / 50 (7.2 / 10)