Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord
Regional Brewery
in Blainville,
Quebec,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Le Relais Boréale - Montréal
Established in 1987
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Hazy, golden-orange colour with a bubbly, white-yellowish head, average stay and light soapy lacing. Stone fruit aromas with a touch of bitter alcohol, and citrus zestiness. A smooth mouthfeel, kind of creamy, oily with just a little dryness in the finish. Nectarine, peachy flavours, but not overly sweet, balanced by citrus notes. The booze is well-hidden in the mouth. Quite a nice, smooth Double NEIPA with all-around good refreshing juiciness.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A very slight haze from very tiny transparent particles floating around. Amber with golden highlights. A warm off-white head, with good stay and foamy lacing traces. Toasty, bready, malty nose with a touch of spiciness from the Saaz. The toastiness continues in the taste with some good grassy hops that cuts the sweetness, thickness with some good dryness. Quite a good, easy-drinking and somewhat refreshing Polotmavý Ležák with nice spicy notes.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can: Poured a pale yellow color ale with a medium white foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy notes with some sweet wheat malt notes. Taste is also a good mix of citrusy notes with some sweet wheat malt notes. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Easy drinking citrusy wheat ale.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Hazy, golden-orange colour with a white cap, decent stay and some foamy lacing. Loads of tropical fruits in the nose, from the Waimea hops, with some citrus and white wine notes. The alcohol is fairly well-blended for an 11% ABV one. Not warming, maybe a touch of bitterness, dryness from it. Again, tropical fruitiness in the flavours with just a tad wine, and a touch more of citrus zestiness. An interesting Quad NEIPA, that almost feels like a 5.5% NEPA.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can: Poured a hazy/cloudy yellow color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy hoppy notes with some juicy floral hops undertones with some tropical/mango fruits and a semi-dry finale. Taste is also a good mix of citrusy hoppy notes with some juicy floral hops undertones with mango/tropical fruits notes and a semi-dry finale. Body is full for style with good carbonation. Really good NEIPA with a good hoppy profile and really powerful juicy notes.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy golden-beige colour with a smaller head, decent stay and light lacing. Some nice New Zealand hop aromas with citrus notes, a touch of white wine and some hints of sesame seeds. The taste shows fresh lemon zest, some other citrusy feel and just a tad of the white grapes. Not a bad NEPA with the New Zealand hoppiness.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy, golden-orange colour with a whitish frothy head, decent stay and some sticky-foamy lacing streaks. A beautiful nose of fruitiness with tropical notes, some stone fruits, citrus notes and fresh herbs, even showing some pine needles. The taste is still fruity, but not as full as the aromas. A mild blend of all of the fruits found in the nose, but not blending the herbal touch. A wet mouthfeel with just a tad dryness. A nice smelling NEIPA, that goes down well with its smoothness in flavours.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pain toasté et noisettes au programme pour l’olfactif.
Le liquide est cuivré profond et parfaitement limpide.
La mousse est généreuse, rocailleuse et tenace.
Pain grillé et amertume herbacée profonde en sont les caractéristiques en bouche.
Le côté malté est représenté par des notes de noix de Grenoble, de pain bien rôti, à la limite du torréfié.
Les houblons sont quant à eux herbacés, terreux et épicés, présentant une grande amertume qui se maintient de longues minutes.
Bien amère cette Polotmavy.
Une amertume issue autant du malt que des houblons.
Appréciée !
O:7.77 V:4.55 G:7.35 C:3.28 G:15.38 T:38.33/50 (7.67/10)
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Quite hazy, golden-orange colour with a creamyish, warm-white head, decent stay some thick foamy lacing. Some nice tropical fruits in the nose, with a touch of citrus (juice and zest) and a tad oats. Tropical-stone fruitiness in the flavours with some decent zestiness, adding a touch of mild dryness in the end. Other than that, quite juicy. A very easy-drinking, refreshing, juicy Double IPA that does the job.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy, golden-orange colour with a warm off-white head, average stay and a little wet-soapy lacing. Aromas of passion fruits with a grassy touch, and a tad funk. Hints of strawberries from the Strata hops in the taste with tropical fruits blending. A wet mouthfeel with some mild dryness coming along. Light grassiness-bitterness lingers. A nice fruity, refreshing NEIPA with less citrus than most, and other interesting notes.