En fût chez Brasseurs du Nord. Couleur ambrée pâle, mousse beige crémeuse. Arôme de blé, fruité léger. Goût de blé, coriandre léger. Carbonation moyenne, corps moyen.

Bottle: Poured a clear bright yellow color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma consists of wheat malt with light sweet notes and light bubble-gum ester. Taste is also dominated by solid wheat malt notes with light residual sugar notes. There is also a bit of coriander that is noticeable. Body is about average with good carbonation. I had great expectation after having their IPA earlier this year but this fell a bit short.

Malt forward IPA that’s actually fairly decent. A surprise for these guys. Pours translucent orange without much head or lacing. Strong barley smell with light hops - more along the English IPA tradition than otherwise. Average carbonation. On tap.

This is your standard white beer widely available on tap when you are in Montreal. It pours a cloudy gold and has a nice mild clove spicy aroma with hints of citrus. The taste is clean and flavorful and pretty much what you’d want from a witbier. Not outstanding but I’d put it up head to head with Hoegaarden any day. A nice everyday white beer. ---update---- Bottle at my buddy Marc’s it pours a light cloudy straw gold with a big fluffy head. The aroma is spicy cloves, wheat & lemon. Nice soft mouthfeel. The taste is a solid witbier: wheat, citrus zest & coriander/cloves.

Black colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, light sweet. Sweet flavour, malty, sweet milk chocolate. Quite creaymy. Short finish, light roasted malts.
A bit too sweet, but nice.
(From 341 mL bottle @ home)

Glass, 12-ounce, draught, at Gainsbourg, savoured on May 2 2013; eye: dark gold, hazy, good effervescence, nice white head that turns into a thin sheet, nice lacing; nose: wheat, light acidity, citrusy, orange, malt, caramel; mouth: wheat, light acidity, citrusy, orange, malt, caramel, citrusy finale with presence of caramel, medium body, good carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre 12 onces, en fût, bue au Gainsbourg, savourée le 2 mai 2013; œil : doré foncé, voilée, bonne effervescence, belle mousse blanche qui se transforme en une mince couche, bonne dentelle; nez : blé, légère acidité, citrique, orange, malt, caramel; bouche : blé, légère acidité, citrique, orange, malt, caramel, finale citrique avec présence de caramel, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

Petite cousine de leur IPA, son arôme nous la rappelle un peu... Je trouve qu’elle goûte un peu trop l’alcool mais est somme toute raisonnable.

Encore une fois, je me suis déplacé rien que pour m’en acheter une caisse ;-) Ils sont arrivés sur le tard avec ce produit mais il est excellent. C’est ma bière de semaine (et souvent de fin de semaine)...

Imported from my RateBeer account as Boréale Noire (by Boréale - Brasseurs du Nord):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

15/II/13 - 33cl bottle from the Christmas Market in Brussels @ my birthday tasting - BB: I/2013 (seriously? January 2013 and you sell it in December?) (2013-169)

Clear dark brown beer, small aery beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, grains, hay, stable, caramel, mocha. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of chocolate, mocha, some caramel, little bitter, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: chocolate, mocha, little sour, cocoa powder. Very decent stout.

341 ml shared bottle, ABV is 5%. Reddish brown colour, moderate off-white head. Moderate aroma of grain, malts and some caramel. Soft flavour, some caramel but not very sweet, very little bitterness. Nice enough to drink, but not very exciting.