 collieman (191), montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 1.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 5/20 |
Feb 26, 2006
this is now the best beer we have at my work, wich ofcource doesn’t say very much for our selection. Cource maby I am blinded by the thirst and exaustion that leaves the kitchen with me, but I find this one to be refreshing and a little better. Better than what is the question. Pours a "very clearly too perfect to be natural" ruby red, with some high levels of carbonation and a prety pathetick head of misty white fizz, but I feel that like most clasic Canadian ales {and that is what this realy is} it’s best from the bottle. Aroma is a little sweet, and a little hard to completly detect due to the mass amout of co2 flowing out of the neck. Taste is where it wins me over a 50, but only slightly. Slightly bready, nutty sweet malt makes a tiny first aperance, folowed by a very nice, yet overly small splash of nice pinny tangy hopy bitterness, folowed by a sweet and rosey finish with a trace of yeast. Add to that it’s dry, thin and slightly silky palat, and light "almost not there" mouthfeel, not to mention it’s light dry aftertase, this is a perfect realy hot, tired and thirsty, 20 seconds to swalow beer. And, realy, isn’t that what a clasic Canadian ale shoud be? not a delecate sipper for the refined palat, but an honest beer for the workin man.and in that respect, it’s a great choice over the normal montreal tavern molson and labat prodouts. But in this beer-o-centrec world of ours, this is a standard blend of artificialyfermentend grains that is for some reason called beer. All depends on you’re point of view I guess. Cheers
LadySusan (488), Ste-Therese, Quebec, Canada
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 On tap at Annies in Ste- Anne de Bellevue. Not to many choices at this place but I was waiting for somebody and it was very hot .The color is a dark copper with a thick beige head, that was the good part. The taste well is of a cheap commercial beer nothing special, some hoppiness and some bitterness.
oteyj (777), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 1, 2009 Brown pour with a nice frothy nitro like head. Aroma is adjunct, grain, and a slight caramel malt note. Flavor is grainy, astringent, and mildly sweet with hints of hop bittering. Palate is very thin, making the brew an easy session, but less than ideal quaff.
JaBier (1261), Capital City, Ohio, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Oct 20, 2009 Can from a traveling friend. Pours clear reddish amber with a big beige head. Aroma of sweet malt and a bit of tartness. Sweet malt flavor with some crisp hops before a watery finish.
mcberko (165), British Columbia, Canada
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Oct 14, 2009 Bottle - Pours amber into pint glass. Light hops, medium malt. Fairly generic amber ale.
Viper666 (630), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 6/20 |
Oct 4, 2009 Bouteille 341ml. De couleur ambrée et claire. Nez de grains de malt pâle sucré avec des petites notes de caramel rôti, de légumes bouillis, léger de houblon herbeux (gazon et herbes mouillées) ainsi que des traces métalliques. Mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture aqueuse et aux petites notes sirupeuses. Goût de légumes bouillis sucrés lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt pâle sucré avec des traces de caramel rôti et de miel puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes amères de houblon assez herbeux (gazon et herbes mouillées). Post-goût court, composé d’un goût herbeux avec de petites traces métalliques.
humulushound (135), British Columbia, Canada
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Sep 3, 2009 On tap at GLC in whistler. Red-amber with very little head. Aroma of caramel, light red fruits and some metallic undertones. Flavor is lightly hopped, sweet medium malt. Medium body but almost no flavor undertones, very little in the finish except sweetness. Refreshing after a day of biking but lacking as far as red and amber ales are concerned.
ZTO (5), Alberta, Canada
does not count  | 1.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 3/5 | 2/10 | 1/5 | 4/20 |
Aug 3, 2009 phew. i was seriously looking forward to finishing this beer. right from the flat nose, weak looking head, followed by its overly sweet flavour, i just care not to wait for this to warm up and discover the hidden "tastes". yet another beer that i care not to converse about its level of suck. so much malt.
but other than those points, its almost drinkable.
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