7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A big pillowy white head on a transparent light straw body. The nose features bitter citrus hos, bready malt and spice. A very juicy and engaging Belgian IPA. The taste profile is led by light fruit esters from the yeast, followed by citrus hops, cloves, and touches of green apple and pepper. A very clean and refreshing mouth feel.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:07
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Top dog in a classic Quebec beer series. A big fluffy and well laced white head on a lemon juice/straw coloured body. The nose features bready malt, spice and banana. This is a well blended, refreshing and tasty triple. The taste profile leads with sweet malt and banana from the Belgian yeast. Spices such as coriander and cloves provide accents as do touches of orange and tropical fruit. Smooth, a bit slick and well balanced. The fine effervescence pumps up the taste and adds to the clean finish.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:07
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
A full light tan head on a dark mahogany body. The nose is relatively subtle with rich malt, brown sugar and hints of candied fruit and acidity. This is a lovely bit of craftsmanship. Smooth caramel malt is the base element with dark berries, raisins and candied fruit. there are touches of rum-like warmth, fruity esters and toffee, A smooth, full bodies Abbey Dubbel with well balanced complexities.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A rich copper body topped by a big fluffy white head with good retention. The nose includes dank fruity hops, fresh cut hay and sweet malts. Haven’t kept up with this series as they have lost their high-impact taste profile over the years and months, but this is a good beer. Caramel malt and citrus and tropical hops with some astringency and resin dominate the taste. Touches of pepper and honey and a dense rich body add to the taste experience. The medium plus carbonation keeps the sweetness and richness in line. Enjoyable, but I always expect more at 9% abv.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
I am not always the biggest fan of Belgian Ales, but this is an imperial that is as good as advertised in central Canada. A nice frothy head on dark red-brown hue body. The nose offers spices and Belgian yeast. The taste is a lovely balance of cinnamon-led spice, berries, crisp apples. soft caramel sweetness and in-balance Belgian yeast. Glad I finally tried this one!
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2025
at 19:59
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
From the can. Cereal and caramel aromas. Crisp with citrus and pineapple upfront turning to tangerine and cracker in the medium length finish.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2025
at 01:38
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
From the can. Caramel and cereal aromas. Sharp with sweet caramel and berries upfront turning to hot pine and pith in the lasting bitter finish.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2025
at 01:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours murky gold into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Lychee and apricot aromas. Spritzy with overripe tropical fruit skin, peach and apricot pit upfront turning to mild dirty socks in the lasting finish. Nope.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2025
at 21:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Clean, lighter golden colour with warm-whitish bubbly head, a little stay, but not much for the style, and hardly any lace. The nose is interesting with herbal notes, grassiness, pears, other fruitiness and vanilla-caramel hints. The taste is pretty mild with the herbal-grassy touch, a little malt fruitiness and tad tart left. A wet, lighter mouthfeel with the Brut dry finish. Not your typical DIPA, but it does work with a touch of yeastiness that might blend things between the hops and malts.
Tried
from Can
from
IGA Extra - Famille Charles (Gatineau)
on 24 May 2025
at 03:08
5.2/10
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2025
at 18:28