3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Firefly, Vancouver
Beautiful copper color; medium sized head. Mild aroma of caramel, fudge, milk. Good body strength; caramel flavor, with malt, and a good earthy character, harsh in the good way, but also some delicate aromatic hopping. Very balanced and well brewed.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Verse une bière ambrée avec un mince col blanc. Nez houblonné et floral. En bouche, une certaine amertume mais qui effleure le palais uniquement. Houblon léger. Une bonne bière mais qui reste au premier niveau par manque de complexité et d’intensité.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
pours a nice slightly hazy bright orange with a very nice off-white head, very good retention and lacing. bready and toasted malts, biscuity, citrus, floral, leafy. average carbonation - fizzy, medium to full body, very nice medium long grapefruity finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, nice offering, I found it light on the english bitterness, it was pretty smooth flavoured and it was enjoyable
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
This was an excellently balanced ESB. More on the sweet side than bitter, but there’s a nice balance of both flavours. Solid beer,
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours clear and copper with a thin white head. Aroma is nice and floral yet a little sweet as well. Great flavour. This beer is great full and rich, floral and hopy. The bitterness is perfect. This is an excellent bitter.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Parfum de houblon. Robe ambrée surmonté d’un colle blanc cassé. Goût de houblon floral et de caramel amère. Carbonatation moyenne. Très bonne ESB.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500 ml bottle, had it with salmon alfredo pasta. Pours a very pale, clear amber with a quickly disappearing white head. Subtle herbal smell. Tastes slightly fruity and spicy. Main taste I’d say is sugarfree whipping cream. Impressive hoppy taste, very good level, just strong enough without being overly aggressive. Body is medium, mouthfeel is very creamy. Went great with my meal!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a 2 finger white head that settles to some nice lacing. Aroma is flowery hops with some earthy notes. Taste is nicely balanced between the bitterness and lightly toasted malts. This is a high quality bitter which is definitely worth a tasting. Medium body and some nice carbonation leave a nice tingle on the palate.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
An excellent bitter that meets the high usual standards of this brewery, one of Quebec’s finest microbreweries. A lot of their beers tend towards the extremes of certain styles but not this one. Here they have brewed a fairly standard ESB but nontheless a standard ESB of very high quality. Very well balanced maltiness with a subtle but nevertheless fairly present bitterness. I have the impression that this brewery has a very good water source which would not be surprising given its location in a small town in the countryside. One can taste that in addition to the brewer’s skill in balancing ingredients, the base of the beer is very good water, and ingredient often not given importance enough in beer reviews.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This beer pleasantly surprised me. It pours a nice off-white head with moderate foamy lacing. It is a nice clear, golden/amber color with a deceivingly sparkly look (it doesn’t taste as carbonated as it looks). Aromas of hay and bread with a taste of grassy hops. Very little hops in the aroma. This beer has a medium bitter finish that doesn’t permeate the overall taste of the beer for better or worse. Overall I enjoyed this beer.
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