À La Dérive Brasserie Artisanale
Microbrewery
in
Gatineau,
Quebec,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
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7.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
at
IGA Famille Charles Cantley
on 24 Sep 2025
at 04:04
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
at
IGA Famille Charles Cantley
on 24 Sep 2025
at 03:34
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Sep 2025
at 23:50
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
at
À La Dérive - Brasserie Artisanale (Le Pub)
on 16 Sep 2025
at 22:07
7/10
Hoppy and fruity, a bit sweet and bitter, citrus and tropical fruit. Nice.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 15:11
7/10
Juicy, chalky hoppy and tropical fruity with some citrus, pine, grass and floral notes. Surprisingly green
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2025
at 16:14
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Oluthuone Haka. Murky dark yellow beer with good and stable head. Aroma is wonderful with juicy tropical fruits. Flavor follows with juicy tropical fruits, dank, hops and malts.
Tried
from Draft
at
Oluthuone Haka
on 28 Aug 2025
at 07:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, golden colour with an orange hue, a warm off-white bubbly cap, decent stay and some foamy lacing left. Big, juicy, orangy aromas at first with some mild grassiness that eventually comes out. This continues into the taste with some nice Orange Crush touch. The grassy hops cuts the sweetness in the finish, with some good citrus zestiness, that balances and lingers. Even getting a tad vanilla in the nose after breathing. A real nice juicy NEIPA that has a pop-orange side to it, and the other - being dry-bitter, zesty.
Tried
from Can
at
IGA Famille Charles Cantley
on 09 Aug 2025
at 22:19
8/10
Tried
on 08 Aug 2025
at 19:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Slightly unfiltered, a very light yellow colour with a frothy-bubbly white cap, good stay and foamy lacing spots left. Quite an amazing nose for a 3.5% ABV, with notes of citrus, apples, pears and herbs. Expecting a big dive in the taste, but no - all found in the aromas with a floral touch, all fitting together. Reminds me a lot of their very good Blonde Ale "Blonde de la Rive", but a Lager?! Does not feel that way, as the finish is longer for the style. Wow! Refreshing, tasty and not feeling Light.
Tried
from Can
at
IGA Famille Charles Cantley
on 22 Jul 2025
at 06:23