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St. Ambroise Pale Ale

St. Ambroise Pale Ale - American Pale Ale

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82
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Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale

Montreal, Canada

bottled
common

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3523.4/5.03.39/5.05%85Lager glass, Shaker
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St-Ambroise Pale Ale is the brewery's flagship beer. Introduced in February 1989, it is a hoppy, amber, full-flavoured ale. In The Simon and Schuster Pocket Guide To Beer , beer critic Michael Jackson gave it three stars and described it as: "An outstanding ale... amber-red, clean and appetizing, with a very good hop character, from its bouquet to its long finish. Hoppy, fruity, and tasty all the way through."
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 Grovlam (3790), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2007  
Bottle. [Courtesy of Papsoe, another great session @ Papsoe] Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare lacework. Slight dark golden color. Aroma of floral, pine, dry hops feel, caramel, light notes of apricot and some fruit. Medium bodied with a dry texture and an average carbonation. Light bitter flavor with some sweetness. Very smooth and pleasing mouthful. Light dry and floral bitter finish that lasted. Very nice indeed. 31-08-2007


kruddov (5), Quebec, Canada
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/104/519/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Tried this one in a taster pack of McAuslan products and I was very impressed. Lots of hops for a pale ale with a slightly bitter taste. Great beer.


 Beershine (2677), Hue, Vietnam
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 25, 2007  
An excellent execution of a pale ale: as hoppy as some IPAs, and without any cloying sweetness. Plus, the mouthfeel is gentle, which is hard to find on pale ales. This beer, and brewery, have a lot going for it. Cheers :-)


 larsga (2937), Oslo, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 19, 2007  
Small white head. Brown body with carbonation. Fruity mango hop aroma. Dry resiny fruity taste with herbal notes. Clean mouthfeel. Dry, fruity metallic aftertaste. Nice session beer. (0.341l draft at Hotel Europa, Montreal.)


 JesseM (660), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/517/20
Aug 14, 2007  
341ml bottle. Pours a nice golden amber colour, with a medium head. The aroma is an enticing blend of good hops with some sweet malts. Wow, the taste is very nice, I’m impressed! The malts come up front, a little caramel, then they get over-powered by the floral hops, which add the bitter bite to the taste, then it finishes off with the malts again, almost fruity tasting, but I’m going to say more toffee-like, with a hint of bananas. The after taste is not all that bitter, but I can definitely still taste the hops. In the end a highly enjoyable, very tasty pale ale. Lots of flavour, with a medium body, this is a great beer from an amazing brewery. Top notch in my books.


 mephisto (1144), Taiwan
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20
Jul 29, 2007  
light copper hue with little head, it has sweet malt aroma and flaovr. there is a hint of citrus in the body, nicely balanced flavor.


 daniel0017 (232), Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2007  
341mL bottle: Has an appetizing aroma with fruity notes. Gorgeous, clear brown-amber color with thick frothy tan head. Flavor is strong and complex: Hops, yeast, roatsed malts, coffee, apricot. Well carbonated palate that settles well. Have this one with a hearty meal or on its own. I was awestruck by this one the minute I uncapped and poured it!


williamalmas (7), Ontario, Canada
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4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 18, 2007  
Once again McAuslan wows me. I have had many Pale Ales (mostly English) to which I have not enjoyed nearly as much as this. It has a beautiful hop presence that should be in all pale ales. Word to the wise: do not purchase this beer if you are not in favour of hop flavouring.



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