Au Maître Brasseur La Beau-Soir Hilairemontaise

Formerly brewed at AMB - Maître Brasseur
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Laval, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Bottle from Bonisoir Peluso in Montreal. Pours a somewhat hazy brown with an enormous beige head, almost making me think from the start that this might be infected. Sweet, slightly old grain, almost banana, touch of smoke. Big smoke flavor right up front, roasty grain. Finishes with a light bitterness. Interesting.

In short: A toasted beer that is a bit all over the place. Intriguing but not interesting
How: Bottle 12oz. Consumed about 6 months after purchase
The look: Clear amber body topped by a small beige head
In long: Grainy toasted malts, plain cookies, some caramel, some cardboard, surprising amount of smoke, banana purée, vanilla, maple syrup. The vanilla is certainly not overwhelming for a so-called vanilla beer (that’s a good thing). Some english style leafy hops bring some dryness and only a mild bitterness. But so far I just listed a bunch of flavors. In this case the whole is less than the sum of its parts. The beer is no cohesive and most of the flavor elements don’t work together. It’s not bad but it’s not pleasant by any means. Because I know people who work there I’ll try to be diplomat in my closing comments. I almost gave up on that brewery. But I liked the Intemporelle so I decided to give them another try. I think the brewer works like lightning, one bright flash and then it’s gone.

A clear brown ale with a thick moka head. A rather faint aroma of diluted caramel, vanilla, a light metallic notes. In mouth, a sweet caramel malt with rather intense vanilla notes, notes of infection via lactic acid, peppery notes, and rather thin bodied. 330 mL bottle from Jovi, most like bought in early 2009.

Bottle from Marche Jovi- A deep hazy and rusty brown pour, with a fizzy beige head. Spicy nose has vanilla, pit fruit, floral, and caramel notes. Tastes quite grainy, of sweet vanilla, caramel, spices, very earthy as well. Towards the finish, there is an odd tartness and what I can only describe as signature Quebec sourness, but it isn’t that unpleasant.This is creamy, but also quite grainy throughout. Unique.

Acheté à la trappe à fromage et dégusté dans un verre du brassin d’hiver. Apparence brune ambré avec peu de mousse. Arômes de vanille bourbon, malt et caramel avec une légère odeur de mûres. goût de vanille et malt chocolaté. Une bonne bière.

Bottle - 341ml. Pours a cloudy brown body with average carbonation and a thin beige frothy head. Good malty/hoppy aroma with plummy, yeasty, and vanilla hints. Its sharp hoppy taste, however, seems to be slightly misbalanced. It carries some oaky, nutty and roasty notes and leaves a long, robust bitter aftertaste.

341 ml bottle from Trappe a Fromage (“Hey, can I open a 6-pack to get a single bottle”... “You mean like all these ones on the shelf...sure”), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. JA30/09.

App.: Hazy deep copper with a fair light tan froth. Aroma: Some caramel and toffee malts, a bit of black coffee/dark chocolate, spicy rum, wood, nuts, some dark dried fruits, quite spicy actually, I guess some vanilla. Palate: Medium body and fairly soft carbonation. Flav.: Much more vanilla than the nose, less of the malts, still quite spicy, quite nutty, a bit fruity; dry, slightly tangy with some bitterness and lingering nuts.

Could have been better.

Bouteille 341ml. De couleur cuivrée-brune et légèrement voilée. Nez de chocolat au lait, léger de vanille, légèrement malté de caramel très doux avec des petites notes de biscuits ainsi que des notes de noisettes et de liqueur de sirop dérable. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une tex ture légèrement crémeuse et aux petites notes huileuses. Léger goût de chocolat au lait (faibles notes lactiques) accompagné dun moyen goût de vanille sucrée lors de lentrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un léger goût de malt caramélisé avec des notes de biscuits aux sirop dérable puis en finale lon retrouve une très légère amertume de houblon herbeux (faibles notes terreuses) ainsi quun léger goût asséchant de noix mélangées (traces de café aromatisé aux noisettes). Post-goût moyen et aux notes asséchantes, légèrement amer de chocolat, léger de houblon herbeux et de noix.

Bottle: Poured a medium brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and good lacing. Aroma of light caramel malt with some subtle notes of vanilla. Taste is a mix between some light caramel malt with some very subtle notes of vanilla with some well balanced sweetness. Body is definitely too watery for the style with some great carbonation. Not too bad overall but lacking some character.

Coup de coeur innattendu de cette ete. Biere rousse, tres leger gout de chocolat rapidement envelopper par la vanille. Juste assez balancer. Light chocolate taste easily overpowered by the vanilla. Well balanced.