Charlevoix Vache Folle Amarillo Double IPA

Brewed by Microbrasserie Charlevoix / Le Saint Pub
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Baie-St-Paul, Canada

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Dark amber with a thick sticky head and lacing. Moderate hop nose. Big delicious hop flavour you can eat with a spoon. Thick malt but seems more restrained than the Bravo and Simcoe versions. Alcohol varnish bite in the finish.

Bu à Vices et Versa, en fut (12 oz). Selon le propriétaire, c’est une nouvelle versoin. Couleur thé foncée, petit collet peu blanc avec une bonne dentelle. Légé arome d’houblon caramelisé au beurre, légé amèreturme. Très bon goût d’houblon riche avec des d’épices sucrées.

Pours a dark amber with white head. Excellent lacing. Aroma is hop, caramel and honey. Taste is very well balanced, slight hop bitterness, caramel, toffee and honey. Such a nice beer. Too bad this is a limited edition.

UPDATED: APR 8, 2011 pours dark orange with an off-white head. lots of malts, caramel malts. medium to heavy hopping - very floral. good brew.

Bottle - 500ml. Hazy amber body with low carbonation and a thick off-white foamy head. Rich, complex hoppy aroma with flowery, malty, spicy, and citrusy hints. Its sharp hoppy taste hides the alcohol pretty well and carries fruity and oaky notes. Ends with a long bitter finish. Love it!

Sampled on tap at Vices et Versa. Pours a cloudy orange color with a medium white head. Superb flavor of fruity, resinous and spicy hops with toasted malt. The flavor is amazing, very fruity (oranges) with a spicy character, it feels like my mouth is full of the Amarillo hops flavor, also, there’s a solid malt presence that provides balance. This Amarillo joy ride finishes with bitterness. The body has a medium thickness with a liquorous texture and gentle carbonation. Superb.

500ml bottle pours a totally transparent, orange amber with some cloudy white head. This aroma has much more straight forward citrus than the Simcoe version, pine, light sweetness. Flavor is more bitter than the Simcoe version, sweet too, good malt backbone, caramel, oranges, lemons. Medium bodied, bitter finish.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2010 500 ml bottle, 4,99$, from a mysterious store (beg-mail me to know where). The best of this most interesting Double IPA concept serie (in bottle, at least). The aroma is "much too reserved" but the taste is probably the closest I had in Quebec to those delightful American DIPA hop-bomb (Bells Hopslam is probably THE reference for me). Quite powerful hop presence, citrusy, resinous and with discreet notes of tropical fruits (mango, pineapple). Bitterness is a little harsh, even with the medium-body caramel-malty base, making this beer a real Crazy Cow, almost out of control and memorably striking. The way I like those extreme beers...

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2010 Bottle from Jovi. Clear golden with a huge dense foamy off-white head with great retention and beautiful lacing. Aroma is amazing citrusy hops with candies, caramel, malt, peach and just a hint of alcohol. Flavor is citrus, peaches, sweet malt, alcohol and a bitter finish. Very fruity. Medium to full body with a creamy mouthfeel. Wonderful double IPA!

Bottle @ Volo Launch Party. Big aroma of citrus, some delightful malt as well, amber, pours a small custard head. Flavour bursts with orange/pine, lovely malt backing. Medium bodied, very nicely balanced, great bitterness. Terrific!