Micro de Bromont Cobra

Brewed by La Micro de Bromont
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bromont, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Nice IPA with strong hoppy nose and taste. The beer is clear and clean with a strong hop taste and after-taste. It has more bitterness then English IPAs i’ve tried and this one more resembles an american IPA except it doesn’t contain Cascades (that I can detect.)

UPDATED: SEP 29, 2011 Originally rated March 2006. Bought the beer and its glass at La Trappe à Fromage in Gatineau, Quebec. Pours a clear amber-caramel colour with a huge cream-foam off-white head. Retention is quite long and lacing is thick and chunky all around. Light carbonation of tiny bubbles. The nose is bitter with hops, and caramel is found lightly in the background, with some notes of coffee and nuts. Slick mouthfeel and full-bodied. The taste is great, with some fruits at first, then the bitter hop kicks in, to then finish with a mix of both and mild caramel in the aftertaste. Grapefruit dryness with some nutty tones. The first time I tried this one (six months ago), it seemed infected, but this one is fresh... and it tastes superb. An awesome IPA and strongly recommended for hopheads.

Paradisiac Cuivrée batch, 14 month old bottle, from Rastacouere, finally drunk on 2/26/07
Well, the background is that I had a bottle when fresh and then stashed this bottle away in my fridge. So it sat for about 13 months in a fridge and then I took it out for the last month and here it is.
Shockingly great appearance for its age (remember, this is a 14 month-old, non-bottle-conditioned, moderately filtered, mid-gravity, copper IPA). Sparkingly clear body is a bright, luminous copper with deep ruby suggestions. Light beige/off-white head is full, dense and shows very strong retention, with plentiful lacing.
Not surprising then, the aroma is fresh and vibrant. Obviously more malt-centered at its age, but with probably the most aroma hops I’ve smelled in a beer of this age. Still light European hop notes of fresh herbs, thick, wet, green grass and round, moderately sweet fruitiness (pears, nectarines, cherries). What it does lack is any real citrus apparency. There is some soft lemon/orange-zest which adds a bit of bitterness, but seems close to completely faded and mostly just adds a vague spiciness that further complements the herbal/grass aromas. Malts produce caramel and plentiful honey, without any hardness and/or crystal-maltiness. Doughy, but still clean finish seems to add fullness and the beer finishes with a very strong malt and hop presence. Medium-high strength, no alcohol or flaws.
Sweet buttercream and honey malts are rich and deep at the start, but a brisk, shockingly tight carbonation helps lighten the palate somewhat, as hop bitterness, very tastefully done, continues to dry things out. Fruitiness from the nose is still present, with a bit of melon and peachiness settling out on the finish. Toasted malt sourness is very apparent after warming, as well, and though I’m not a huge fan of that malt in an IPA, it isnt overbearing. Light minerals and dough on the finish, with some yeast and hop crispness. I think this beer’s main strength is that it’s full, round and malty but yet goes down as if it’s a lighter golden ale. The malts never get too intense and the hops are all bliss.
I’ve had the regular batch, just called Cobra, on draught, fresh, and the Paradisiac Cuivree fresh in bottle and I greatly prefer this aged sample. The wonderful fruitiness and English pale ale-like nature that it attains is much more to my liking than the fresh, simple bitterness of the fresh versions.

Bottle. A nice gold amber color with a foamy and bubbling beige head. Lovely appearance. Caramel aroma and flavour with some very subtle notes of fruits ????. (difficult to say which ones) A good balance of hop bitterness. Very pleasant, enjoyable and well made beer. This may become my everyday IPA.

Amber with a small white head than thins to leave a film of head on the top. Bit of citrus like aroma. Flavour is a bit of grapefruit and hops, and not enough malt. Enjoyable IPA but not as good as many others I have thrown back.

Nice hazy amber colour with a foamy head. Sweet aroma. Taste of malt, hop and caramel. Nice bitterness. I like it !

Hazy copper color with a stable beige head. Mild grapefruit aromas surrounded by toasted biscuits. Quite traditional in aroma, but rather bland based on present standards. Delicate and mild palate. Mild earthy malt starts with a crisp bitterness that makes this one quite quenching for the "size". A dry nutty finish. A very drinkable traditional IPA. Thanks beerbuzzmontreal.

Bottled. Cloudy ornage, very rich head. Overpowering grapefruit hop aroma. Very soft mouthfeel, balanced bitterness. Pleasant and well made.

Pours a nice amber colour. Aroma of hops, flowers. Flavour is nicely hopped, slightly sweet. Finishes very nice with a lingering hop bitterness.

golden-amber colour, fine head and a beautiful lace, nice hoppy nose, floral and buttery, medium-bodied with a robust bitterness, long lasting bitter hoppy finish - nice and balanced