RJ Spéciale Rousse (Cheval Blanc)

Brewed by Brasseurs RJ
Style: Belgian Ale
Montreal, Canada

Cap Espoir. Pours deep amber into a tulip. Beige head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sweet caramel and wheat aromas. Crisp with upfront caramel and a dry, lasting sweet yeasty wheat finish.

Orange-amber in colour with a thin quickly dissipating white head, no lacing. The aroma is of light citrus, caramel malt sweetness and some some light yeast. The flavour seems a little flat, some citrus, a high caramel malts sweetness, stale hops. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, light body, mild carbonation. Finishes thin, watery.

This is pretty much as uneventful as a beer can get.

341ml bottle from La Trappe a Fromage in Gatineau, Quebec.
Opened on July 1, 2008.
BB September 2007.

Comes branded as Cap Espoir with a beautiful label. Pours a lightly hazy orange with a minimal head and some lacing, and a faint sweet aroma. Taste is quite pleasant - wheat malt and caramel sweetness, light generic spice. Lightly creamy body, decent carb. Very quaffable. Thanks to Robin for the trade!

Bottle purchased at boni soir in montreal. Labeled Cap Espoir - redirected to this bad-boy. I had this one at the end of a long session, dont quite remember anything beyond my number rating.

Bottle. Labeled Cap Espoir - redirected to this bad-boy. I had this one at the end of a long session, dont quite remember anything beyond my number rating.

Dégusté dans un verre de delirium tremens. De couleur ambre orange avec un minimum de mousse et sans gazéfication. Odeur de coriande, d’orange, de caramel et de malt. Le goût est la même chose gustativement qu’olfactivement. Rien de trop extravagant mais juste bien dosé.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, savoured on January 20 2009; eye: copper, clear, slight effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, slight lacing; nose: wheat, wheat’s acidity, orange, coriander, caramel; mouth: wheat, wheat’s acidity, orange, light coriander, light caramel, finale in wheat with a good presence of orange, light acidity, mildly sweet, medium body, slick, more carbonated than the average; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, savourée le 20 janvier 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, très légère effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, très légère dentelle; nez : froment, acidité du blé, orange, coriandre, caramel; bouche : froment, acidité du blé, orange, léger coriandre, léger caramel, finale en blé avec une bonne présence d’orange, légère acidité, moyennement sucrée, corps moyen, coulante, plus carbonatée que la moyenne; en résumé : bien

Bottle from local Grocery by my Hotel in the Latin Quarter. Pours a deep orange with an off white film of head. Grainy aroma with some caramelized suggestions. Fairly light body with a subdued flavor. Thin, caramelized grains, a touch oxidized perhaps, with a note of coriander in the background. Residual sugars in the finish. Simplistic.