Orléans Scotch Ale

Tres bonne Scotch Ale made on Isle d’Orleans. Bon gout de caramel et cie. Finale tres agéable, l’alchol se fait un peu sentir. Rien d’extraordinaire mais ca fait la job.

Bottle from trip to Montreal. Pours a deep ruby-brown with a two-finger off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt and toffee, with back notes of peat, smoke and wood. Medium bodied. Flavour is full and satisfying - roasty and sweet off the top, with notes of caramel and cocoa, some light peat, and a moderately bittered finish. Very nice!

.5 liter brought back from mt. Aroma is insanely buttery, butterscotch- obcious diacetyl going on in there, with soem lgith swet dounghy and biscuity malts. Flavor is bready, doughy, more buttered popcorn, toffee, and caramel- with a nutty and drying finishi- the diacetyl ruins the beer, althoguh without it, the beer would probably still suck.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at Le Grand Duc on March 21 2008, savoured on March 28 2008; eye: deep ruby, no effervescence, creamy beige head that turns into a carpet, a bit of lacing; nose: caramelized malt, peat, light sourness, molasses, light soya sauce, light liquorice; mouth: low savours profile, caramelized malt, molasses, a bit of bitterness, light soya sauce, light liquorice, a bit liqueur-like, finale in caramelized malt with a hint of peat and alcohol, lightly salty, mildly sweet, slick and sticky texture, medium-full body, average carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée chez Le Grand Duc le 21 mars 2008, savourée le 28 mars 2008; œil : rubis foncé, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige crémeuse qui se transforme en un petite couverture, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt caramélisé, tourbe, léger suri, mélasse, léger sauce soya, léger réglisse; bouche : profil de saveurs bas, malt caramélisé, mélasse, petite pointe d’amertume, léger sauce soya, léger réglisse, un peu liquoreuse, finale en malt caramélisé avec une petite pointe de tourbe et d’alcool, légèrement salée, moyennement sucrée, corps moyen-corsé, texture lisse et collante, moyennement carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber-brown with a large foamy tan head. Nice aroma of lightly toasted caramel malt, maple syrup, coffee, chocolate, hops and a hint of smoke -- I’m quite happily surprised how much I like this aroma. Flavour: Man, I was really not expecting this beer to be this good, this is tasty stuff. Again, toasted caramel, chocolate, maple syrup, green hops and a hint of smoke. Alcohol’s well hidden. Medium to full bodied. This is the first Quebec beer in a while that’s surprised me, it’s really good! Well done.