Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375ml (thx, Frank S.!) @ Ryan's shared with Farees. Appearance: dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: dark fruits, coffee, vanilla. Taste: along the same lines, quite sweet, coffee and vanilla with Oreo. Overall: not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample, clear bottle, Les Fidèles event for the Vth anniversary of Brasserie du Bas-Canada, savoured on November 19, 2022; eye: burgundy, semi-opaque, no effervescence, pinkish head, no lacing; nose: acidity, fruity, cherry, fresh; mouth: acidity, fruity, cherry, fresh, fruity finale with presence of blackberry, medium body, good carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Échantillon, bouteille transparente, évènement Les Fidèles pour le Vème anniversaire de Brasserie du Bas-Canada, savourée le 19 novembre 2022; œil : bourgogne, semi-opaque, pas d'effervescence, mousse rosâtre, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, fruité, cerise, frais; bouche : acidité, fruité, cerise, frais, finale fruitée avec présence de mûres, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Glass, 6 ounces, draught, at L'Autre Œil, savoured on 16 November 2023; eye: yellowish with a golden hue, hazy, no effervescence, ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: pineapple, citrus, light orange, tropical fruits, fresh; mouth: pineapple, citrus, light orange, tropical fruits, fresh, slight astringency, finale in pineapple with light presence of orange, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, slick texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Verre, 6 onces, en fût, bue à L'Autre Œil, savourée le 16 novembre 2023; œil : jaunâtre avec une teinte dorée, voilée, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : ananas, agrumes, léger orange, fruits tropicaux, frais; bouche : ananas, agrumes, léger orange, fruits tropicaux, frais, très légère astringence, finale en ananas avec légère présence d'orange, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from bottle (thanks Derek and JF). Near black with small light beige head. Mild bourbon, feint fruitiness and just a hint of peat, touch of roast, medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
375mL bottle, pours a dirty black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of bourbon barrels, light peat, and a hint of dark sugars. Flavour reveals a quite complex bourbon barrel character upfront, with some gentle peat, medium roast, and low-to-medium residual sweetness. The barrels define this one, imparting a nicely complex, slightly peated character that is very pleasing. The more I drink, the more I perceive the relative thin body given the style. It's good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 375mL bottle (bottled 21/11/13). Very dark brown with small beige head. Light peat, mild bourbon, feint maple, and vanilla. Each part individually is enjoyable, but the sum of the parts, once meshed together, isn't quite cohesive. Decent, but wouldn't have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
375mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out burnt sugars, a weird mix of bourbon barrels, fermented out maple syrup, and a touch of vanilla -- very odd aromatics. Flavour is rich and very unusual in terms of the cohesion -- there's obviously notes of bourbon barrels and a weird perfumey liquor (I guess that's the Acerum?) that seems like there's a spice blend infused into it. Ultimately, I don't think this works flavour-wise. The body is nice, but the blend of flavours doesn't work for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(750ml bottle from the BG18 brewpub...when it still existed) Pours clear deep purplish-red like a med-bodied red wine with a small lavender-coloured head and no lace. Aroma is nice fresh and very fleshy/pulpy cherries, sweet and lightly sour with some skin and a little cinnamon spice to them too, a bright salinity of sorts, softly lactic, some lightly earthy mulchy yeast but not heavily funky, maybe a little bit of old hops in there. Flavour is very lightly sweet and lightly lactic-tart, again nice fleshy cherries (feel like a dark-fleshed sour cherry) with soft noyaux nuttiness and a touch of cinnamon, lactic quality is slightly yogurty, funk is very restrained and just lightly leathery/earthy, saline sort of minerality, finish is fruity cherry with a nice smooth acidity, soft skin tannins and just a little earthy spicebox. Light to medium body, oily, soft bottle conditioned carbonation. Beautiful cherry character here. The funky flora could be more developed for complexity but the balance and fruit are very nice.
A hazed golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light acidic notes, Epsom salts, light funky character, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light ground cherry, light mineral notes, pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
375ml @ Sales Force. Appearance: dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: terrible - loads of green pepper, some coffee, some apples, and bourbon. Taste: quite thick and sweet but it has loads of notes of green pepper and some apples. Overall: not good.