La Voie Maltée Gigonne

Brewed by La Voie Maltée
Style: Stout
Jonquière, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Originally rated October 2006. Sampled at the pub itself, in Jonquière, Quebec. Poured a dark brown (almost black) colour with red highlights. Its head was creamy, tanned with long retention. Had a good coffee and chocolat nose with a mild creamy mouthfeel. Nice roasted malt flavour with slight smokiness. Lacking maybe a bit of bite (should be stronger), but other than that, quite a good brew.

Deep black pour with a medium, creamy white head. Aroma of roasted malt and coacoa. Flavor of roasted malt and coacoa. The body is light with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation.

En fût. Verre de 20 oz dégusté directement à La Voie Maltée (Chicoutimi, QC). Arôme: Odeur de céréales torréfiées. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un moyen col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café avec une pointe de chocolat. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #1993)

Verre de 12 oz, d’un fût à la brasserie de Jonquière. Arômes de grains torréfiés. Robe noire opaque, belle mousse crémeuse grâce à l’azote. Assez mince en bouche, de très belles notes de grains torréfiés sont présentes. Arrière-goût peu amer. Une stout honnête.

UPDATED: AUG 3, 2007 Second try, 6 months later, still at the brewpub:
This time around, the vinosity and tartness was absent, and what I got was a very roasty, nitroed stout with some chocolate undertones. More of a Stout for sure, a decent one too, but a wide change from the first glass a few months prior. 3.2/5.

First try:
Any first impressions?
-A veil of foam covers the deep black with red highlights.
-A fruity vinosity evolves within the tame aroma.
-Roastiness and citrus pulp play off each other well, as vinosity walks by, waving.
-Quite effervescent, and not too heavily malted, its mouthfeel is juicy and made for easy drinking.

What if you dig deeper?
-Supporting English hops and sagacious vinosity tell a fun story in the end.
-Flaky roastiness fits with splash of tartness.
-This was billed as a porter on the board, not the stout that their website suggests (which most people seem to have had here). Is this a different beer altogether, or just another artisanal brew that has either greatly evolved or just came out quite differently than usual?
-Its tartness might be offputting for some, but it truly fits this old Porter billing, and is never overdone.

On tap at the brewpub. 3.2/5

Robe noire surmontée d’une mousse blanche crémeuse. Arômes de céréales et de malt chocolat. Saveurs de café et de céréales.

Aroma:light rosted malt... appearance:Dark brown,good tan head.. Flavor,watery,light rosted malt flavor....

A deep red-brown beer with a small brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted malt and light notes of coffee. The flavor contains light notes of caramel and coffee, and it has a dry roasted end.

Enticing aroma offers notes of roasted malts, licorice, chocolate and some dark fruit. A decent brown head lasts nicely atop the jet black body. Roastiness up front melds with chocolate character before re-asserting it’s dominance in the lightly bitter finish. Low carbonation, sticky texture and medium-light body. A well crafted and enjoyable stout. Sampled at the brewpub with Oakes, Rastacouere and Ungstrup.

Very dark brown. Sweet chocolatey malts with faint roast overtones. Roasty barley tartness combines with a relatively thin body in a way unbecoming for a stout. Character is mainly roasty. Simple stuff.