Pit-Caribou IPA Américaine

Brewed by Microbrasserie Pit-Caribou
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
L’Anse-à-Beaufils, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Si je léchais la map de la côte Ouest des États-Unis, je suis sûr que ça goûterait le gros houblon sale, la résine herbeuse, le foin des langues capricieuses! Un peu comme la nouvelle IPA Américaine de Pit Caribou, distribuée dans une bouteille typiquement «made in USA», qui rappelle un peu les contenants de la brasserie californienne Stone. C’est bon, c’est frais et ça goûte la tondeuse juste comme on aime ça!

Bottle guyon farm bought at a pricey 7.77 A: grapefruit, citrusy with some piny note. App: clear copper small white head. T/p: thin body with long bitter finish. Medium carbonation. O: superb bottle. Amazing the best ipa I had to date from Quebec. The price tag is the only negative part.

WOW. What a great surprise! Pours a hazy golden yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Aroma is big citrus and grapefruit hops. Taste is a very pleasant citrus and grapefruit hop flavouring and bitterness with a fantastic balance with the honey and grassy malts. This better be a regular offering because I’ll be a regular buyer.

on tap at bateau de nuit, qc. hazy bright golden, orange tint, with a creamy white head, good retention and lacing. crisp, breadied malts, very hint of toastiness - complex. loads of citrus, tropical fruits, flowers, floral herbalness, hint of pine needles. warming alcohol - very well hidden, dangerously quaffable. average carbonation, prickly fun, medium body - definitely oily, very nice and balanced citrusy medium long finish. big league ipa.

Hazy golden with a small creamy head, pretty sure it is from all the hop oils. Smell is heavenly with piney/floral/herbal hops dominating. Taste is medium bitterness with malt taking a supportive role only. Hop bitterness lingers for a long while after each sip, in fact I believe it is just continuous right now. Pretty much the best IPA from Quebec I had this year and close to best overall IPA too... Not Pliny good, but goddamn close!

660 ml bottle. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a huge pillowy beige head. Aromas are hay, citrus, and pine. Taste is citrus dominant with a hint of pine and some biscuity malt. Super smooth, nice round mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation, and a gentle bitter finish. Great IPA.

Bouteille 660ml. COuleur orangée trouble, mousse blanche aérienne, particules en suspension. Arôme de houblon résineux, fruits tropicaux, citron, miel. Goût de houblon résineux, amertume, fruits tropicaux, agrumes, miel. Carbonation faible, corps moyen-dense.

Le fleuron de la microbrasserie gaspésienne, elle est puissante, bien dosée, bref l’une des plus belles représentantes québécoises de sa catégorie. Un brin dispendieuse, mais ses arômes de houblon et ses malts bien balancés tendent à justifier le prix de cette Pale Ale savoureuse.

La IPA Américaine de Pit Caribou est orange, un peu trouble et à la mousse fine qui colle bien au verre. Le nez me rappelle la Double IPL de Jack Abby’s, ohh doux souvenirs.. De la salade de fruits, ananas, papaye, bref c’est tropical ! Le goût ne suit pas tout à fait le nez. L’amertume frappe le fond de la langue en entrée. C’est très, très, très floral, avec un peu de sucre qui adoucit le tout. Elle devient plus fruitée à 9-10’C, c’est tout à notre avantage de la laisser patienter un peu !

In short: A typical west-coast IPA made in Quebec. Mission accomplished.
How: Bottle 660ml, consumed fresh a few days after purchase.
The look: Slightly cloudy golden body topped by a medium off-white head with good retention.
In long: Nose is seriously hoppy, citrusy, resinous, floral. Taste is very richly caramelized creamy bready malts, a bite in a pastry, a whole lot of juicy citrusy hops (oranges & grapefruits mainly), some green pine needles, plenty of hops resin. Bitterness level in the medium-high range. The beer remains somewhat refreshing despite being richly caramelized and rather resinous. Full body with a lively carbonation. One of the rare true American style hop-fix available in bottles to drink home in the brewpub-land that is the province of Quebec. Nothing original here, I’ve had beers like this south of the border many many times, but rarely north of the border. With good west-coast IPAs like this one bottled in Quebec it is becoming hard to know whether you are in Quebec or in California, if you see snow falling you are in Quebec, if you feel an earthquake you are in California, if you get both you are in a snow globe.