Boquébière Bière d’Épeautre

Brewed by Boquébière
Style: Specialty Grain
Sherbrooke, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Pours a hazy blonde color with a thin white head. Weird aroma of Fritos corn chips. The flavor is a bit better, there’s some herbs, spelt, fruits and dryness along an unplesant something. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and gentle carbonation.

sample @ pub, decent beer, good malt backbone no off taste. A good starting point to interest a beer noob in micro..

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2011 My Bottom Line:
Burnt metal notes unfortunately marred this Spelt Ale’s green Frontenac malt flavors and its appropriately paired herbal, earthy noble hops.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-There was no head retention in most of their beers that day, and this murky blond ale was no exception, sadly.
-The nose was akin to an empty aluminum cauldron sitting on a heating stove or, like a friend pointed out, burning hair. Unpleasant, to say the least. Something must have overheated during production?
-Banana esters are found alongside the pale cereal flavors.
-The hoppy and bitter finish would have been quite pleasant if one did not have to smell the beer before taking a sip.
-The mouthfeel was lean and not carbonated enough.

On tap at the brewpub.