Nano Cinco
Microbrewery
in
Ville de Québec / Québec City,
Quebec,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Nano Cinco
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
(500ml bottle from the brewery) Pours quite dark brown with a small but stable dark tan head and some spotty lace. Aroma is deep dark bread roasty malt with layers of caramelized and burnt sugars, slightly nutty (peanuts), unsweetened cacao earthiness, lots of fresh white coconut creaminess, floral vanilla accents, very nice. Flavour is massively white coconut up front, definitely the dominant adjunct, giving a sweet impression even though the malt body itself isn't heavily sugared, nice dark bread/cake kind of vibe to it, some burnt but not ashy sugar, rich cacao, nutty edges, vanilla is pretty smooth and nicely floral, but quite present from mid-sip on. Finish is drying, coconut still definitely there, softly roasty, no acidity from the roast though, earthy cacao with just enough sweetness to get to choc milk vibes thanks to the coconut creaminess. Light to medium body, oily, average carbonation, no alcohol. Really nice flavours here, missing a little body/structure that would boost it into the higher echelon of pastry (maybe flattered on tap by nitro?) but solid work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2023
at 13:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
(On tap @ the brewpub and in 946ml crowler) Pours opaque orange juice colour with a massive dense orange-cream head and heavy lace. Aroma of calamansi (if you know it), much like a tart and fragrant orange mixed with earthier, lime-like notes, distinct tone of amaretto/peach pit, white coconut creaminess, some dank ripe mango. Flavour is mid-sweet and mid-tart, again heavy presence of calamansi with its I am a cooler version of orange vibe, nice ripe mango backing it and giving a rich sweet juiciness that turns the whole thing into exotic orange julius, pineapple is definitely present but takes a back seat to the other fruit. Coconut creaminess was more obvious on tap I think but provides some roundness to the calamansi/pineapple acidity. Finish is lightly tart citrus, some ripe mango, soft coconut and prominent amaretto that lingers into the aftertaste. Medium-plus body, very creamy, quite soft carbonation. Such a creative and successful mix of flavours here, making for a complex and highly drinkable smoothie that's not just a 'combine typical fruits and make it beer' effort. Ace.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2023
at 21:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap @ the brewpub, Mar 24/23) Pours moderately hazy orange-gold with a white head. Very green on the whole, lots of pine, earthy cannabis, green garlic, moderate orange/grapefruit, a little sweet tropical lurking within, fruity yeast, a bit of malt, off-dry but drying on the finish with moderate pine-driven bitterness. Light bodied, oily, fairly soft carbonation. Not the brightest or juiciest IPA by far, solid drinker though.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2023
at 21:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Mar 24/23) Pours opauqe dull fleshy pink with a huge bubbly off-white head and heavy fruit 'lace'. Notes dominated by ripe banana, semi-sweet, floral, strawberry is there but somewhat blends in with the vanilla into a subservience behind the dominant banana. Light pip bitterness. Full-bodied, very creamy and thicc.Would have been better with brighter strawberry character - that's what making it in July would do.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2023
at 21:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Mar 24/23) Pours moderately hazy pale orange with a decent white head and some lace. Quick rate: very leafy and earthy hop profile overall - it's Idaho, baby! - with base layers of pale and orange citruses providing sweetness and a little peel bitters, more piney resins than cannabis resins really, malt is somewhat robust and cereal-forward, clean yeast, rather dry and earthy/herbal finish with a little citrus peel for good measure. Light to medium body, average carbonation. A good showcase of a fairly distinctive hop profile, something these guys are doing well right now.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2023
at 21:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap @ the brewpub, Mar 24/23) Pours ery dark brown with a thick medium tan nitro head and lace. Quick rate: heavily burnt and charred sugars and grains, some sweetness from the caramel but behind the earthy and bitter roast, surprising amount of (spent) coffee given the lack of it as an adjunct, graham cracker becomes more apparent with warmth but in a sugarless way, vanilla/marshmallow makes up for that with a cloying heavily floral sugar component, finish has sweet sugars, though with prominent roast acidity meeting charred earthy bitterness and some resinous sticky stuff it is rather all over the map, long clingy old coffee vibes in the aftertaste. Medium-plus body, creamy from the nitro, coats the tongue. A lot of ideas here, some very valid, but the execution is a mess. Doesn't really feel like pastry either. Compared to the other 2 stouts from them so far this is a bit of a miss (though still better than almost any shelf stout in the province...).
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2023
at 14:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap @ the brewpub, Limoilou, Mar 24/23) Pours lightly cloudy medium gold with a decent white head and lace. Quick rate: light and bright tropical/dank mix, lots of (mostly) canned mango and pineapple with some citrus backing, fair amount of semi-dank greenery but not heavily earthy or peppery, light wheaty malt body, off-dry, finish is fairly dry and very lightly bitter/dank, lingering fruitiness. Light to medium body, soft carbonation. Good bright crispy wheat IPA though I was struggling a little with sensing aromatics at the time and wasn't 100% the best judge.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2023
at 14:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(473ml can from the brewpub) Pours very hazy medium gold with a thick white head and lace. Notes of bright pale citrus (grapefruit, pomelo, lime), citrus zest, melon, a bit of sweet floral tropical fruit, quite light malt body overall but not-quite-crispy, nice overlay of dank leafy resins from Idaho 7, bone dry finish, pale citrus peel and pith, grass, light to moderate bitterness. Light to medium body, slightly oily, light carbonation. Drinks like less than its ABV, not wholly a bad thing. Solid refreshing single.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2023
at 16:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can from the brewery) Pours very hazy yellow with a decent white head that's stable and leaves lace. Aroma is very tropical and fruity with floral edge, some mango, pineapple, mixed pale citrus, slightly creamy coconut, banana, guava. Flavour is fairly dry, again tropical and floral with grapefruit, coconut and herbal Sabro, guava, Mosaic-y berries, some bready cereals in the middle of the sip, softly fruity yeast, finish is hyper-floral sweetened pink and red berries, grapefruit, mixed tropicals. Medium-bodied, slick, below-average carbonation. Bit of a quirky hop profile that comes together really nicely in a drinkable fruity but not sweet DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Mar 2023
at 13:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can from the brewery) Pours near-opaque dull gold with a decent white head that fades quickly with a little lace. Aroma is lots of lime peel and some pulp, aromatic and a bit floral, leafy, a bit musky. Flavour is dry, lean and crisp with almost crackery malt, bright high lime and lemon-ish pulp, floral and a bit astringent citrus peel, underripe pineapple, very low-ester yeast profile without a lot of juiciness, finish is borderline acidic lime pulp and slightly peppery bitter citrus peel, pith and touches of green onion. Light body, average carbonation, a little slick. Dry, Motueka means it's not really juicy, and so it drinks a bit more like an APA with its low ABV. Refreshing, solid.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2023
at 18:15