Le Cheval Blanc India Rouge

Brewed by Le Cheval Blanc
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cloudy golden-copper body topped by a medium beige head. Intense beer, both on the nose and in the mouth. Nicely malted and “dirty” body. Strong roasted flavour, borderline nutty. Toasted bread with caramel. Distant peach and orange fruity note. Lots of intensely tasty earthy dirty hops. Powerful bitterness that feels a lot more than the advertised 62 IBU on the menu. Bitterness level is very high and the after-taste sticks to the back of the mouth forever. Excellent but might be a bit too much in the long-run (even for a hophead like me). If you wait for the taste to completely wash away between two sips you’ll need to shave halfway through your pint.

On cask at the brewpub. Nice red amber color with a bit of whitish head. Aroma is quite hoppy, strong caramel notes as well. Taste is bitter, nice caramel maltiness to it too. Palate is good, light carbonation and good body, not too sweet. Decent.

Tap at brewpub. Pours a deep copper amber with a good head. Aroma is big caramel malts, sugary sweet, honey and toffee, with citrus and tropical fruity notes. Flavor is citrusy hops- orange oils, leafy, cent and simcoe notices, some light piney and raw tacky oily hops, more caramel toffee, almost a strange burnt ashy coffee hint, toffee, more sugar, and a decent hip bitterness in the end.

Reddy look in the dark of the pub, fruity aromas and tastes, dry tasting hops that have a wild and herbal quality, nice.

amber red pour, light white head. Big piney hop aroma, some light malts, and a sweet touch of caramel. flavor is quite bitter, some great resinous piney notes with touches of citrus. Medium bitterness in the finish, an overall excellent refreshing IPA.

UPDATED: OCT 14, 2009 Amber red with a nice white foamy head. Aromas of grapefruit and some resinous hops (Simcoe). Medium to full bodied, creamy, with notes of caramel and a pleasing piny bitterness. Long pleasing finish. An easy drinking IPA that I could drink all night long. On tap at Le Cheval Blanc

16 ounce sample on tap at the brewpub. Aroma has some sweet, sugary, citrus, and lightly hempy notes. Pretty quaffable. Mildly hazy amber body with a medium off-white head and nice lacing present. Lots of piney hoppiness present in this. It seems like Simcoe to me. Nice huskiness in the middle with some tannins present. Pretty dry, bitter, and hopped finish with some more pine and grapefruit. Pretty hoppy and pretty nice stuff.

au fût, une des belles réussite du cheval blanc, belle couleur rouge-brique, nez intense de houblon, belle amertume en bouche, finale longue et houblonnée.

Citrus hops aroma, orange/red, small white head. Bold taste of citrus(grapefruit), malt backing. Medium bodied, chewy, bitter as can be. Great version!

Plenty of citrus hops (lemon, tangerine more than grapefruit) blend with light caramel in the hop forward aroma. Hazy dark copper-amber coloured body is topped by a decent off white head that lasts well. Pungent and hoppy flavour with underlying caramel offers the citrus promised by the nose as well as some floral character. Medium bitterness takes the edge off the sweetness. Some bread/grain in the aftertaste especially. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Sampled on tap at the brewpub.

Draught. Dark copper-orange with a creamy small white head. The aroma is fruity - tangerine, orange oil, and soap. Very hoppy yet not exceedingly bitter. Flowery perfume flavour - tangerine, pineapple resin notes. Soapy middle/finish. Long and sweet bready finish. I enjoyed it but there definitely wasn’t much balance.
Half pint at the brewpub on June 1, 2007.