Orléans Suzanne Marceau (Ambrée à lÉrable)

Brewed by Microbrasserie d’Orléans / Pub Le Mitan
Style: Amber Ale
Sainte-Famille, Île d’Orléans, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle: Poured a deep brown color ale with a nice foamy head with some good retention. Aroma of primary sugar with some weird overcooked vegetable. Taste is also dominated by gross sugar as well as this vegetable notes that didn’t agree with my taste buds. No important malt or hops could be detected. Body was about average with some good carbonation. Another disappointing maple beer that makes me wonders why brewers insist on brewing them.

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée rousse et transparente. Nez de malt du genre caramel légèrement sucré avec des petites notes de grains rôtis, léger de fumée de bois avec des notes de sirop d’érable, de légumes bouillis, de levures fruitées (petits fruits, traces de pêche) et des traces de houblon herbeux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement crémeuse et sirupeuse. Léger goût de levures fruitées (notes de canneberges, de cerises et traces de pêche) avec un léger goût de bois fumé lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel doux légèrement sucré et aux notes rôties ainsi que des notes de sirop d’érable et de biscuits puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes amères de houblon herbeux. Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux avec des notes de rôti, un léger goût de bois fumée et de faibles notes fruitées (notes de moût de cerises).

A clean reddish brown ale with a thin white head. A rather funky caramel aroma with light peated notes and butterscotch. In mouth, an interesting sweet biscuitty malt with light smokeyness. Oily mouthfeel. Medium bodied.

Bottle - 500ml. Limpid dark amber body with low carbonation and a thin, lasting off-white creamy head. Nice malty/hoppy aroma with maple and fruity hints. Taste is enjoyable but may be a bit too sweet. It carries some light roasty and smokey notes. It ends with a good bittersweet, warming finish. This is a well done Maple Ale.

My Bottom Line:
The shy nose does not necessarily announce the maple intentions, barely offering enough caramel inclinations to fit with the billing. This is a fizzy, toasty Amber Ale for uneventful sessions.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam covers the amber colour.
-This was served way too cold, again.
-There is a wooden hop presence, but it offers mild flavors and meager bitterness.
-The caramel is lightly fruity, a little too subtle to be real fun.
-Maybe this one was getting old?

On tap at the brewery.

On tap a the pub... Aroma:Light maple-caramel aroma... Appearance:Clear amber,light head... Flavor:caramel,very sygar,maple...

Bottle 500 ml. Clear amber with a medium foamy white head. Aroma is subtle, malty, woody, hoppy, with maple syrup. Taste is woody at first, with toasted malt, hops, maple syrup and a bitterweet aftertaste. The alcool seems to be more than 6%. Mouthfeel is syrupy.

En fût. Verre de dégustation au pub Le Mitan (Sainte-Famille, QC). Arôme: Odeur de malt caramélisé légèrement fumé. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col crémeux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe d’érable qui donne une agréable douceur. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence d’érable en arrière goût. (Rating #1004)

UPDATED: JUL 10, 2008 An off-white ring of foam on top of a slightly cloudy brownish-red body. Sweet beer that only develops its flavour as it warms up. Straight out of the fridge it is rather bland but it gets better as it warms up. As expected the beer is sweet with maple sap flavour upfront but it is also surprisingly woody. I found the woody flavour a bit oaky giving the beer a slight fruity/sour edge. Claims to be smoked. Woody yes, but smoked? Barely. Doughy yeast. Unnoticeable hops and that’s probably a good thing with that kind of beer. The body and carbonation are suitably average. Simple straightforward drinkable beer that doesn’t overdo the maple thing. But to me beer and maple sap go together like oatmeal and sardines.

Bottle (500ml). Via trade with Viper666. Nice bright ruby-amber with a decent foamy-frothy beige head. Sweet malt aroma, mild woodsmoke, somewhat grainy and vegetal but not bad - a hint of maple sap as it warms. Very sweet taste - definite maple, only a hint of autumn woodsmoke. Light and syrupy body, not much carbonation, very sweet, no aftertaste, low alcohol presence. Actually a fine maple beer.