À La Dérive Brasserie Artisanale
Microbrewery
in Gatineau,
Quebec,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
355ml can. Pours a hazy straw colour with a small, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Aroma of grainy wheat malt, Belgian yeast, spruce, black pepper and floral hops. Sweet flavour of grainy wheat malt, lemon, spruce, black pepper, Belgian yeast and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Refreshing and enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
473ml can. Hazy, orange, dark golden colour with averge, frothy to creamy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Zesty, citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, minimally sugary, wheaty malty background, minimally perfumed notes of grapefruit, orange, lemon, minimally dank, earthy, grassy, resinous interludes with a touch of hemp, weak, tropical fruity overtones, whiffs of coconut as well. Taste is tripartite: sweet-ish, minimally sugary, wheaty and pale malty base layer, dank, resinous, slightly earthy and grassy, "heavy" hoppy middle part, "light", citrusy fruity hoppy top layer, notes of orange, grapefruit, some mango, hints of hemp, moss.
Slightly oily texture, smooth and soft, slightly greasy palate, medium to fine, scattered, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite intense and condensed, minimally mismatching, resinous-grassy aspects once in a while - good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A hazed milky yellow orange DIPA with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and smooth. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
A hazed golden golden DIPA with a thin creamy white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, light tropical fruits, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
A golden saison with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light fruity esters, light cloves, pleasant and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity banana malt with light berries, light cloves, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 1st October 2025. Pours clear and golden. It’s got all the decent characters to make it a nice westie
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
After having the "Mi-saison récolte" version with Riwaka Hop Kief, let have this one. Medium haze, golden colour with an orange hue, an off-white frothy head, good stay and lacing spots left. Nice fresh fruity aromas with stone fruits, white grapes and a touch of sesame nuttiness. Some nice peach notes in the taste with the white wine and hints of sesame seeds. Some mild grassiness adds a tad bitterness to the mix. The overall balance of this version is smoother, better blended with still lots going on and the Nelson Sauvin shinning a little better.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Medium hazed, golden colour with an orange hue, a warm-whitish cap that stays a while and leaves some foamy spots on the glass. Aromas of stone-tropical fruits with a touch of melon, white grapes and hints of vanilla. The taste shows a little of the Sauvignon Blanc grapes, but again - mostly tropical and stone fruits. The mouthfeel is wet with a little dryness picking up in the end. Nice to see a third Double IPA from this brewery. Now let's try the other version, as I seem to prefer it, the first time I tried both. Seems like the Nelson Sauvin is not shinning enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Lightly hazed, light golden-yellow colour with a small cap and a tiny ring left around the brew. Beautiful fresh lime aromas with kumquat notes and some nice sourness. The flavours are a nice blend of the fruitiness, sourness, and mild saltiness. Quite a good, refreshing Gose with lots of lime notes and a touch of kumquat.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at À La Derivé, Gatineau. Hazy golden, small head. Grassy nose with passionfruit and citrus. Mid sweet with light body and rounded mouthfeel. The grass and passionfruit can't fully hide a touch of raisiny malt. Low bitterness. Elegant hazy nano IPA.
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| Score | 6.84 |
| Beers | 116 |
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