July 27, 2009
Tavern converted in an interesting place for crafted-beer lovers. Good choice of beers from some of the best brewers of Quebec’s Imaginary country. They have the DIPA from Charlevoix, a great IPA from le Trou du Diable, Naufrageur’s great Swordfish and many other surprises. Great well-informed service and a lot of choice of SAQ beer bottles sold too expensively and some imported bottles that are very, very hard to get for locals: in fact, they have many beers I never had so I’ll go back...

July 24, 2009
Décor de vieille taverne, Impression : bonne sélection de fût, quelques importation privée, de bonne bière brassée sur place surtout d’inspiration belge. Une recette gagnante. La bouffe est bonne mais la sélection est peu variée. Un bon endroit pour découvrir les bières de notre beau coin de pays. Un peu loin de la station de métro. Il y a assez pour vous retenir toute une soirée.

June 16, 2009
Ventured here with craftycarl21 in search of the fabled Bourbon Barrel Peche Mortel. Needless to say, we were sucessful. Mark was very knowledgeable and accommodating. Setup is pretty neat. Lots of open space and a slew of Quebec micros on tap.

April 14, 2009
I visited this place with MartinT and Rastacouere along with a few other beer enthusiasts. Sorry for forgetting your names! Anyhow, this place is very unassuming from the outside. Seems like a neighborhood tavern that would be selling macros only. Apparently, that’s what it was for many years. The interior is pretty spacious and reminds me a bit of a cafeteria. Lots of eclectic tables, chairs, and especially the lighting fixtures. They were so badass. Local art adorns the walls. The bathrooms are very small and dive-ish. I didn’t have any food, and the service was pretty good. They took it easy on my bad french. It was reasonably priced and they had a great list of about 16 Quebec micros, most which I have never heard of. A cool, quiet, local vibe with a great selection.

March 7, 2009
This is a very spacious place but the tables are very close to each other. The beer selecyion is very good. Beers avalable are from locale microbreweries and a couple of their own. Also a flairly good selection of imported beers. The food is limited but good. The service is good and friendly.

August 23, 2008
A fun place in Montreal’s Papineau district to hoist a pint. The mural was oddly mostly covered up but the atmosphere in the front is unchanged. A decent tap list and guest draughts for the travelling fool.Where else can you have Bièropholie, Dieu du Ciel!, Le Trou du Diable et Les Trois Mousquetaires in the same place?

April 25, 2008
Visité pour la première fois le 24 avril 2008. C’était une taverne québécoise typique, bien ce l’est encore d’une manière, car elle a encore des caractéristiques d’un bar du coin. J’ai aimé le mural dans l’autre salle avec l’Hôtel de ville et Jacque Villeneuve qui avait gagné la F1, les lampes en forme de barrique de bière sont cool. Bien que c’est une taverne, la sélection est quelque chose Bièropholie, Dieu du Ciel!, Le Trou du Diable et Les Trois Mousquetaires pour le Québec, Rochefort, Orval, St Feuillien et Rodenbach Grand Cru en bouteille (pour en nommé quelques une). Par contre, j’ai vu des vieux bonhomme boire une grosse OKeefe et une pitoune boire une Molson Dry. La soirée que j’ai été il avait du hockey, donc il y avait du monde mais ça c’est vidé assez vite après. En tout cas, c’est sur que je vais y retourner, surtout quant il va avoir leur propre bière et des produits des états Unis.

April 13, 2008
MT is right, this is your uncle’s tavern, a page taken straight out of 1972. But with a killer selection of craft Beer. My friends and I debated on how much renovation this place needs, I rooted for ’don’t change a thing’. It’s divey, and I like it like that. It’s got history and character, albeit a seedy one. There’s even video poker! Classy! That mural in the back room kicks ass, so does the funky patterns and colors in the mens’ room. The ladies room is in the far back, hinting that this used to be a ’men only’ tavern. Service was great, so was the quality of the Beers. I’m looking forward to trying their own selections. Place was deserted so ambiance suffered a bit, but we got there late, apparently it was packed during the hockey game.

February 17, 2008
For now (February 2008), this future brewpub is serving a beautiful array of Québécois microbrewed beers on tap, from breweries such as Bièropholie, Dieu du Ciel, Trou du Diable, Charlevoix, Hopfenstark, etc. If you know the province a bit, you will have noticed that these are perhaps the best breweries around, so the owner is obviously aiming very high quality-wise. The catch for now is that this place is still a dingy, sweaty, dilapited old-style tavern and most of its patrons are of the stare-at-your-glass-with-dazed-sadness type of older men. Lots of renovations are to be done to spruce up the place, so the transition period for the next few months might be your unique chance to witness this tavern from another era while you drink some of the best beer brewed in Quebec.