Glass, 4-ounce, draught, during the Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 12 2015; eye: orangey with a caramel hue, clear, fugacious beige head that turns into a tiny ring, light lacing; nose: orange, tangerine, English hops, light spices, slight malt; mouth: orange, tangerine, English hops, light spices, slight malt, grain, finale in grain with slight presence of hops, medium-light body, good carbonation, lightly bitter, grainy texture; overall: correct but a bit thin FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 12 juin 2015; œil : orangée avec une teinte caramel, limpide, mousse fugace beige qui se transforme en un petit anneau, légère dentelle; nez : orange, tangerine, houblon anglais, léger épices, très léger malt; bouche : orange, tangerine, houblon anglais, léger épices, très léger malt, grain, finale en grain avec très légère présence de houblon, corps moyen-léger, bonne carbonatation, légèrement amère, texture granuleuse; en résumé : correct mais un peu mince

A hazed reddish amber ale with raspberry smoothie look, and a thin white head. In aroma, sweet raspberry jam with light milky notes, light grassy hops, nice. In mouth, a light sweet fruity malt with light raspberry jam, light acidity, light esters, OK. Cask at Bières et Saveurs 2015.

Draught @ Aux Anciennes Canadiens, Québec. Pours nearly clear dark amber with airy off-white head. Clear aroma of malt and caramel, with notes of fruit and yeast. Sweetish flavour of caramel malt, with estery snd fruity touches and some bitter notes of hops. Estery aftertaste with fruity and malty hints. High carbonation. Nothing really special but definitely drinkable.

Draught @ Restaurant, Hotel Lord Berri, Montréal, QC
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, grain, grass and floral. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with a long malty and grassy finish. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Draught @ Restaurant, Hotel Lord Berri, Montréal, QC
Pours clear brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of matl, caramel, grain and grass. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long malty, caramel and grainy finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

On tap. A clear, dark amber beer with a small, dense offwhite head. The aroma has some caramel and bread, a touch of prunes and some grass. There’s not much bitterness going on, but not much sweetness either. Bread, caramel and some grassy hints. Medium to thin on the palate, soft. Quite short finish. Decent, far from exciting. 150611

On tap. A clear golden beer with a small white head. The aroma is weak, lightly fruity sweet with grass and pine cone notes. Hay too. It’s smooth and rather thin in the palate, very soft carbonation. There’s some bitterness in the flavor, but it’s mostly grass, hay and pale malts. Semi-long finish. Rather boring, but flawless. 150611

Bottled 341ml (Saveur)
Dark brown color, small off-white head. Aroma has dark chocolate, cardboard and toasted maltyness. Medium-bodied. Light lactose in the front, chocolaty with hints of sweet licorice. Milk stouty. Ok.

Fresh bottles drunk March 2015
As with most lighter honey ales, the head fizzles away to nothing leaving a light caramel colored, clear body behind.
Nose of fermented honey (floral, somewhat acidic with touches of vanilla and wax) very light biscuits and maybe a touch of floral hops. That may be stretching though. No alcohol, at least, nor is it metallic.
Flavor delivers a weak note of caramel-like flavor mixed in with a touch of honey slickness on the finish. In between there is light waxiness, touches of cardboard and stale biscuits and a lot of fizziness. Body is medium with a wet, fizzy, somewhat slippery texture. For this (usually awful) "style" I’ve certainly had worse. At least you can taste bits of honey that taste real and there are none of the major offenders here (diacetyl, DMS, etc...). That being said, it’s severely lacking in texture and aroma and completely lacking any flavor complexity/depth. But it goes down fairly inoffensively, overall.

341ml bottle. Jet black colour with small to average, frothy to cremay, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Dark malty aroma, notes of liquorice. Taste is dark malty, slightly chocolately, subtle sweetness, minimally buttery with a toffee touch. OK.