LAmère à Boire Boucanier

Brewed by LAmère à Boire
Style: Porter
Montreal, Canada

Very soft for a porter, it was silky smooth, and i was able to have it alongside their imperial stout. I find this to be VERY similar to the stout. It seems to be it’s little brother, just lower on overall bitterness, and flavor but quite similar. A nice semi-sweet, and roasty porter with cocoa, and coffee notes.

Cask at the brewpub. Depp ruby-brown with a small tan head. Mellow roasted malt aroma, with some creamy notes. Soft mouthfeel. Nice flavour of roasted malt and nuts, mellow coffee, bittersweet chocolate. Very smooth and pleasant porter.

Small creamy brown head. Deep dark brown body, barely translucent. Milky, roasty burnt aroma with mealy grainy hoppy notes. Sweetish milky roasty pine needle hop taste. Mild, clean, smooth mouthfeel. Very harmonic, oily mouthfeel. No aftertaste. Wonderfully drinkable. (0.133l draft.)

Black in colour with ruby shaded edges, lingering mid sized beige coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is slightly roasted, sweet chocolate, some coffee, creamy. The flavour is again lightly roasted, good amounts of chocolate sweetness - not overpowering, light coffee, the cream continues just like in the aroma. Moderatly sweet mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium carbonation. Finishes lingering, good roast. A little bit light, very soft and highly drinkable, all of the flavours that I want in a porter are here.

Draught at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/quebec/montr%E9 target=blank>L’Amère à Boire in Montreal, Quebec on December 27, 2006.

Cask pint at the brewpub on 1/27/07
Properly conditioned beer and a properly handled cask leads to a bright appearance that, though dark, still has a medium-high to high clarity and a large, dense greyish-beige head that is well-retained and leaves large clumps of lacing.
Soft pale malts combine with the chocolate malt to produce a chocolatey sweet aroma with light hints of nuttiness (fresh yeast), hazelnuts and cream. The sweetness from the maris otter is apparent, but not overdone and combines nicely with the crystal malts to give a bit of caramel. No diacetyl present, nor any brewing flaws. There is a slight roasted edge, helping to add complexity to the sweet notes, as well as light coffee, but the chocolate malt is not overdone in the least. No alcohol noted. Very soft and soothing on the nose for a porter. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma.
Dainty chocolate notes, being neither too sweet, nor too dry are prevalent throughout the flavor, while lightly chewy caramel and dry toffee notes emerge as well, giving a variety of medium and dark malt flavors. A fair amount of honey-like sweetness matches the caramel and milk chocolate notes and greatly softens the texture. Light roast and coffee notes, much more dry than they are bitter, come on late to add more complexity and balance while a bit of fruitiness gives the beer a fair deal of authenticity. Soft and lively mouthfeel, with proper wateriness for the style allowing for a fabulous drinkability. No heavy sugariness, hard crystal maltiness, astringent chocolate maltiness or bitter/stale coffee-like flavors, with little/no hop apparency and no flaws.
Can’t complain much about this one, though it’s not really an exciting beer. You just nod your head and smile pleasantly as you drink it....

Robe noire surmontée d’une mousse brune crémeuse et persistente. Arômes de café et de sucre. Saveurs de café et de houblon fruité.

Draught. Deep dark brown with a small white head. The aroma is quite dry, chocolatey smooth and creamy. Creamy chocolate flavour and reasonably bitter throughout. Dry chocolate, like 75%, and even some dry coffee roast shortly after. Solid.

Draught. At L’Amère à Boire. Near-opaque reddish-black with a small lasting creamy tan head. Soft aroma of sweetened strong coffee, yeast, milk chocolate and mild hops. Smooth, rich mocha flavour, enough hops to keep it reasonably balanced through the medium finish; ROASTY - and sweet. Thick, creamy body, soft mouthfeel, sweet finish - a nice sweet porter, solid body for a change, I’ve had stouts weaker than this.