Du Lac Saint-Jean Rang 4

Brewed by Microbrasserie du Lac Saint-Jean
Style: Dry Stout
Saint-Gédéon, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle, pours dark, aroma is quite roasty and the flavour was pretty yummy and smoothy only issue was it had a light flavour that was a bit off. Overall tho it was enjoyable

Noire opaque surmontée d’une mousse couleur mocha, dense et persistante qui ne laisse presque pas de traces en se résorbant. Nez de grains grillés, d’herbes sauvages qu’on retrouve le long de la route et des vapeurs plastifiées par moment. Goût de torréfaction, avec l’amertume d’un espresso, avec un côté âcre et poussiéreux. Une acidité tient office d’arrière-goût. On s’écœure bien avant la fin de la bouteille. (543-260213)

Bottle: Poured a dark black color stout with a medium size dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry coffee notes with some black chocolate notes. Taste is also dominated by some black chocolate with some dry coffee without any astringency. Body is average with good carbonation. Overall, the mix of coffee and chocolate notes was satisfactory with carbonation maybe a tad too strong for the style.

500 ml bottle from Broue Ha Ha, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: Deep brown-black with a large mocha head. Aroma: Smells a touchy tangy (infected) and metallic at first, moves on to some fair chocolate and light treacle notes, roasted cereal, slightly ashen, fair. Palate: Medium-ish body, flabby effervescence. Flav.: Dry roasted cereals, a touch of black coffee, more stark than the nose, slightly ashen, bright and metallic; dry with some astringency, so-so bitterness and a fairly clean (for a stout, I guess) roasted grain finish.

Not a style that excites me and this is not helping.

Tight, sticky tan head clings to the glass nicely. Charry grains, dark yet slightly vegetal are the most noticeable feature of this coffee-like, easy-drinking stout that definitely resides on the dry side. Plenty of carbonic acid clashing a bit into the flavor profile that otherwise ventures into brazil nuts and espresso territory. Lean bodied, but then again, mouthfeel is dominated by bubbles that whilst not harsh, completely dominate in an environment where subtlety should reign. Powdery texture with a salty, mineral tang in the finish. Carbonation would really benefit from a downward adjustment for the flavours to shine here. It’s one of those minor flaws that do not forgive in what could have been a more than decent session stout.

pours very opaque brown, black should i say, with a nice beige head, some retention and lacing. aroma: dark chocolate, roasted coffee and light acidity. hint of sweetness. offensive burnt malts, ashy and minerals in taste. average to soft cabronation, light to medium body - maybe lacking a little, harsh bittering coffee, resinous, unbalanced and plain finish. DP.

Bouteille 500 ml, trop chère, 4.7%. Couleur noire, mousse crémeuse brune qui persiste en une couche mince. Arôme de café frais et cacao. En bouche, douce, café, un peu d’amertume, du chocolat noir. Pas sucrée en bouche, finale assez sèche et rapide, amertume qui persiste à la fin. Bon Stout.

Bouteille 500 mL. Brune foncée à mousse généreuse. Nez discret de chocolat noir et de grains grillés. En bouche: chocolat noir, torréfaction avec un côté lacté et une finale boisée. Bonne.

A deep dark stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, a nice coffee grinds with toasted notes, grassy notes, mocha, nice. In mouth, a nice bitter chocolate over coffee grinds, nice and smooth, grassy hops, nice. On tap at Cuvée, 2013, March 3 2012.

Noirceur. Nez rôti avec une pointe de café. Bouche semi-ronde avec un pétillement qui intensifie chaque lampée en masquant malheureusement les notes plus sucrées qui me plaisent habituellement beaucoup. Je recommande de la boire 20 minutes après sa sortie du frigo. Si la bouteille ne coûtait pas 6$, je pourrais dire que c’est mon «everyday stout». J’ai toutefois préféré la Rang 10 pour son dosage mieux équilibré (une bonne touche de sucre, du café, le tout soutenu par un fort taux d’alcool qui se dissimule comme un traître).