Archibald la Ciboire

Brewed by Microbrasserie Archibald
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Lac Beauport, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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On can Aroma:light hopy nose... Appearance:Clear cooper,huge head.... Flavor:butter caramel,good bitterness....

pours medium dark golden with a decent off-white head, decent retention. dry nuttiness, caramel malts, english malts, surprisingly balanced hoppiness (read "not demential ibus") - grassiness, citrusy, light floral notes. almost aggressive carbonation, light body, relatively short finish. not so bad.

On tap at restaurant. Clear orange amber with a persistent white head. Tastes of caramel, somewhat herbal feel in it. Finish is sharp, dry, hoppy. Nice bitterness that remains for a few moments. Good IPA, I liked it.

Rapelle la Matante en plus houblonnée. Donc un côté floral et herbal intéressant et désaltérant. Le mélange de malts- houblons semble simple. L’amertume est bien dosée.

Had a mixture of high and low expectations for this, ie. high expectations for a microbrew IPA and low expectations for a microbrew in a can. The beer was in the middle of those expectations, disappointing as a microbrew IPA but a bit better than I expected from a microbrew in a can. First off though this is not an IPA. It may have more hops than this brewery usually puts in their beer but an IPA it is not. It has a malty, even and a bit bland caramel taste that is not exciting but also is not unpleasant. It occupies the middle ground between a macro and a good micro. I would be okay with drinking it all night at a bar if it was the best beer they had or was on special but I would probably not buy it again.

UPDATED: OCT 2, 2011 473 ml can. From Montréal, QC.
Clear amber colour with small off-white head. Resiny bitter hops, caramel malt and some fruitiness. Resiny piney bitter hops and balancing malt. Very drinkable but also very easy and unimaginative IPA.

UPDATED: SEP 11, 2011 (473 ml) Le liquide présente une robe cuivrée très belle. La tête mousseuse qui la coiffe est dense et laisse derrière son passage de longues traces. Les arômes de cette IPA sont peu expressifs et majoritairement dominés par les malts caramélisés. On cherche l’expression des houblons et on trouve des parfums d’herbes et des parfums terreux. Au goût, les petits fruits et le caramel titillent la langue. On pourrait croire qu’un bonbon sucré s’accroche à nos papilles. En ce qui concerne les houblons, ils semblent être en fleurs et indéniablement boisés. En bouche, le liquide a un corps moyen. Les bulles sont fines et agitées. La texture est à la limite huileuse. La fin est marquée par une amertume florale qui voyage tant bien que mal sur des notes de malts sucrés.

Can - 473ml. Nice amber/copper body with a thin, lasting off-white creamy head. Decent hoppy aroma with malty and grainy hints. Its fresh, well balanced hoppy taste carries some subtle woody notes and ends with a good bitter finish. Enjoyable IPA.

Can 473 ml
Aroma: frontal honey, green leaf with woody British hops. Sweet candy behind.
Appearance: neat shade of amber with medium beige top, sparse lace. 3+
Body/Flavour/Palate: Medium bodied. Leafy, woody bitterness with caramel. Medium dryness followed.

Plein d’effervescence quand on verse mais s’estompe rapidement comme un soda. Léger accent houblonné derrière un arôme assez ’’grainy’’. Au gout, surprise, un peu d’agrumes.

Can explodes with carbonation and foam right after opening, but dies down quickly, then there is no head at all - strange. Slightly hazy light amber and copper coloured body with a thin tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, cardboard and a touch of hops - not much though. Light-bodied; Creamy and malty flavour at first with a touch of nuts, some raisins and a cardboardie, off-malt taste with a little earthy and floral hops. Aftertaste is quite potent with bitter tastes throughout and a light hoppy note on the back end. Overall, a decent beer - a bit interesting since it’s more of a Canadian (or almost English) Pale Ale, but not horrible - some complexity in the mix. I sampled this 473 mL can purchased from Au Coin Duluth in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 04-December-2010 sampled at home in Washington after Montreal won Game 6 in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs against Boston.