À La Dérive Brasserie Artisanale

Microbrewery in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues

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1015 Rue Jacques-Cartier, Gatineau, J8T 2W3, Canada

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
355ml can that pours a dark brown colour with ruby highlights, a frothy warm-beige head, average stay and some lacing small spots. Bourbon-corn aromas over the roasted barley, with dark fruit notes, and hints of molasses. The taste is milder, but still - Bourbon, alcohol, roasted barley, wood-oak flavours and hints of molasses. Not syrupy mouthfeel, more wet and with a decent dryness in the finish. A tad bananas, as maybe wheat in there. Quite a building dry end, getting stronger and stronger. A nice robust Porter with the Bourbon really coming through.
Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2024 at 06:43

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Lightly hazed, light golden-yellow colour with a fizzy-bubbly white cap, not much stay and a little ring around the brew. Lemon aromas with hints of camomile, honey sweetness. The taste shows the witbier base with mild citrus and spices. The smooth honey touch lingers with a tad floral note of camomile. A nice blend of styles that is easy to drink, remind me of tea blended with a Witbier.
Tried on 10 Feb 2024 at 05:16

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
355ml can that pours a real dark brown colour with little ruby-copper highlights. The head is nice and creamy, warm-beige, long lasting leaving some foamy patches of lacing. Chocolate aromas over the roasted barley base, mild coffee, vanilla, bananas and a touch of alcohol. A smooth, not too thick, slick mouthfeel with a lightly drying finish. The taste is on the bitter side with some grassiness, but does not last too long. A tad bananas, roasted malts and maybe 95% cacao chocolate. Yep, just a bitter-hoppier Imperial Stout here.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2024 at 06:15

7/10
A red copper lager with a thick creamy mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy hops, light treacle, pleasant and smooth. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with light grassy hops, treacle, pleasant. On tap at St Joseph location.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2024 at 19:31

7/10
A red copper lager with a thick frothy mocha head. In aroma, nice caramel malt with light grassy hops, treacle, pleasant. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, OK. On tap at St Joseph location.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2024 at 19:12

6/10
A golden lager with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with grassy hops, light ginger notes, light mineral notes, OK. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with grassy hops, light ginger, light mineral notes, OK. On tap at St Joseph location.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2024 at 18:59

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Dark brown colour with little copper highlights, a beige frothy head, good stay and some light foamy lacing. Roasted barley aroma base with a nice balanced of oats and grassy hops. Hints of coffee and molasses. The oats add some nice smoothness in the mouthfeel with a touch of tart. It calms down the roasted malts in the taste, and the hops give a last drying finish, but not overly. An easy-drinking oatmeal stout.
Tried on 14 Jan 2024 at 00:21

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Lightly unfiltered, bright, light golden-yellow colour with a nice creamy-frothy white head, good retention and great, full creamy, streaky lacing. Getting an Italian Pilsner fresh scent, which I do like. Spicy, herbal. Then, I get the Belgian straw-spices in the background. Getting a little more of a Strong Belgian ale in the taste. Apple, spices, light sugars, Belgian yeast, a warming a touch and all with a nice drying finish. Quite a solid, well-blended Strong Belgian ale that goes down very, very well.
Tried on 10 Jan 2024 at 05:19

7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Arômes de poires bien en évidence et en équilibre avec les notes épicées de la levure. En complément, de l’ananas, de la banane, du poivre et de la cannelle. Liquide jaune paille et voilé, fortement effervescent, couvert d’une mousse géante bien formée et persistante à souhait. La poire domine encore la palette en bouche et on perçoit en arrière-plan des notes de poivre et épices de la levure. De légères notes de bananes en arrière-plan. Le malt procure un aspect miellé. Les houblons ne sont à peu près pas perçus sinon qu’une légère touche herbacée en finale. Le mélange poire et levure est à souligner dans cette saison très goûteuse. L’amertume pourrait être un peu plus relevée cependant. O:7.38 V:5.0 G:6.1 C:3.4 G:15.3 T:37.18
Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2023 at 22:19

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Hazy golden colour with amber highlights, a frothy white head that stays a while, leaving some creamy-foamy lacing. Oh yeah, getting some Nelson Sauvin action in the nose, but milder with the lemon zest and orange-tangerine juices. Fairly thin in the mouth with decent building dryness-tart. Tangerine hint lingers, with a touch of grass, nuttiness. A nice DDH IPA that goes down easily, drying with the Nelson Sauvin blending with other hops.
Tried on 09 Dec 2023 at 02:29