La Voie Maltée Ambiguë

Brewed by La Voie Maltée
Style: Bitter
Jonquière, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Superb color. A deep sandy orange, mysteriously hazy. Small off-white head. Possibly the lightest of their beers in the aroma, but on the tongue, the bitterness adds a sheet on the tongue with every sip. Gentle and earthy at first to complement the light body, but diplomatically growing on you. Generous caramel malt makes you sip faster and faster to uncover the floral and grainy sides which later become soapy and leafy. Very dry finish, sandy, getting tastier and tastier. A very worthy bitter.

Originally rated October 2006. Sampled at the pub itself, in Jonquière, Quebec. Poured a clean darker caramel colour with good retention and decent lacing all around. A ring eventually stayed. Good caramel nose with light smoke. Watery with slight stickiness. The taste was more on the caramel side with a hoppy finish, but no lingering. Average amber ale for those who like caramel.

En fût. Verre de 12 oz dégusté directement à La Voie Maltée (Chicoutimi, QC). Arôme: Légère odeur de caramel et d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est dorée-ambrée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe d’houblons. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #1996)

Verre de 12 oz, d’un fût à la brasserie de Jonquière. Arômes légers de houblon floral. Robe ambrée, peu de mousse. Plutôt mince en bouche, un filet de malt caramel accompagne un houblon anglais herbal et floral. Aurait gagné à être un peu plus maltée.

(Growler) Courtesy of Goldorak. Pours an off-white head with a red-amber body. Initial nose of anacette (black licorice) then melded into a mild "café au lait" as noticed by Mélanie. Biting hops mix with a mellow, almost appley malt flavour. Good.

Aroma:Light hops and light caramel... Apearance:hazy amber,light head... Flavor:good bitterness,sweet...

A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is quite hoppy and somewhat malty. The flavor is sweet with notes of toffee and caramel, and rather hoppy, which gives it a dry slightly bitter end. The mouthfeel is slightly sticky.

Bright amber colour. Sweet brown sugar and caramel aroma with very restrained fruit. Kind of dry. Toasty flavour over top of a sticky sweetness. Not particularly cohesive, which is a must for a bitter.

Jan 2005. Amber ale with a reddish copper hue. Sweet malty aroma, some pepper notes. Nice light malt with nutty notes, and light hops, giving restrained bitterness. Light yet yummy! Thanks Rasta!

From a 5 days old mason jar. Cleast amber color with no head. Aroma and flavor of peppery hops, malt and caramel. Thin body, liquorous texture, very little carbonation. Thanks to Rastacouere for bringing this back from the brewpub!

UPDATED: JUL 17, 2005 Original Rating (7-3-8-3-16=3.7): Honey-like malt sweetness with caramel and butterscotch notes and a mild peppery hop nose. Deep copper-brown with thin, off-white head that recedes to cover. Strong malty flavour with pleasant herbal/spicy hop flavour and a pleasant balancing bitterness. Medium-light cask-like body and smooth mouthfeel. Enjoyed from a mason-jar style growler with beerbuzzmontreal, lubiere, MartinT and Rastacouere.
Rerate (7-4-7-3-14=3.5): Mild caramel and biscuity malts with herbal hops in the nose. Slightly hazy, deep copper-amber with decent white head that recedes to ring with some lacing. Mild toasty and bready notes with fair balancing bitterness. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Very drinkable. Sampled at the brewpub with Oakes, Rastacouere and Ungstrup.