À l’Abri de la Tempête Écume Bière des Îles

Brewed by À l’Abri de la Tempête
Style: Premium Lager
L’Étang du Nord, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada

Thanks to M. Alain at the Montreal Bonisoir shop for pointing this out to me. Clean pale yellow; thick frothy head. Light slightly salty aroma. Quite the thirst quenching flavor. Very crisp, very tasty. Lightly hopped but very effective. Slightly salty. Imagine if this could be people’s every day beer of choice instead of Bud Light. Then I could stop making fun of them.

Aroma full of sweet juicy malts, faint hop character in background. Medium bodied lager with rather decent malt set. Long lasting gentle bitter aftertaste. Nice balanced beer . Refreshing and clean.

Golden lager with a good white head.. Faint sulfur notes over an otherwise crisp malt aroma. Good crisp malt with good clean german hops. Salty notes. Rich bodied for a lager. Quite nice.

Goût très raisonnable et à la fois abordable. Épuré, mais à la fois aussi relevé. Un col généreux qui ne dure pas cependant. Le col ressemble effectivement à de l’écume. Plus riche en goût que la moyenne des blondes, mais qui ne se distingue pas côté originalité du goût.

2005 bottle. Clear, orange-copper-maize like color. One-finger white head rapidly dissipates to cover. Smells of lightly sour lager yeast and rich flavorful barley. Notes of corn and hints of oranges and earth. Flavor is, just ok. I have to say I was expecting more based on the aroma. Great malt, not too dry or too sweet, but gets a little cerealish/acidified on the end. Modest mouthfeel, not over-carbonated, no wateriness. Finishes with biscuits, dry dough/English muffins with a faint whiff of marmalade in the background.

Bouteille de 341 ml obtenue par une collègue de travail qui était en vacance aux Iles-de-la-Madeleine. Arôme: Odeur d’agrumes et de céréales. Apparence: La couleur est blonde légèrement pâle ambrée orangée avec une forte densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’ananas et d’houblons. La durée de l’arrière goût est moyenne. Palette: Le corps est mince et la texture sont mince. L’effervescence en bouche est forte. Présence d’amertume en arrière goût. (Rating #349)

Lightly fruity, grainy malt aroma with some herbal hop notes is fresh and appealing. Golden blonde body with excellent clarity is topped by a generous and lasting, dense, fine-bubbled, white head that leaves some patchy lacing. Cereal-like, grainy malt flavour offers up some lightly fruity notes and an soft herbal hop flavour with gentle finishing bitterness. Light body is refreshing with moderate carbonation and crisp texture. While it’s no Corne de Brume, it’s well done for what it is. Lager glass, fridge temp. Bottle (Metro Joanette, Apr. 2005).

341 ml bottle purchased at Metro Joanette in May. Light gold-amber clear body with smallish quick-decaying head...grainy-sweet nose exhibits touches of rosemary and rustic honey, some sharp dry hoppiness...body a bit bready, nice light pale malts working with the moderate hoppiness, fairly sweet towards the back, mellow finish. Quite pleasant.