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St. Ambroise Pale Ale

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale

Montreal, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3553.4/5.03.39/5.05%84.9Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
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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 RaphaelN (195), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 30, 2006  
Gorgeous. Just about everything I had last night was! Poured darker than I expected for a pale ale. Small head, and as good as I expected from my past experience with St. Ambroise. . The flavour comprised of sweet ripe fruits and a very nice bitterness lingered in the aftertaste. Best Pale I have had yet.


 StompBrockmore (300), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 17, 2006  
341ml bottle - pours a slightly hazy golden/amber with a medium white head. Aroma is very fruity/floral/creamy - different and interesting, with a good malt presence and flowery hops. Flavour is also fruity and lightly sweet, with ripe notes and good amount of hopping. Somewhat reminscent of an English bitter in many ways. Very flavourful. Good stuff.


 mgermani (864), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 22, 2006  
Pours a golden amber with a nice head with some retention and plenty of lace. Aroma of pale malt, floral hopping, and alcohol. Wonderful pale malt flavour with some amber malt. Great hopping, very thirst-quenching without the usual lack of character inherent in such beers. Fantastic hoppy aftertaste blends perfectly with sweet notes that linger on the tongue. Excellent carbonation, slightly thin body but rests easily in the mouth. Tasty - not my favourite style, but a good example of a pale ale with something to say.


 probstk (1027), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 8, 2006  
Pours medium amber with a slightly off-white head that lasts fairly well. Nice light, floral hops, some sweet malt notes and light fruitiness on the nose. Med. body and carbonation. Sweet, malty with flavours of butterscotch candy. A little hops comes through and sl. bitterness to finish.


 kwoeltje (1315), Manchester, Missouri, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/511/20
Oct 15, 2006  
(draught) hazy gold with smallish head. Floral hops aroma - not too strong. Mixed sweetish malt, some fruit, some hops in flavor.


 pivnizub (5002), Bochum, Porúří, Germany
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 15, 2006  
Bottle: Slightly hazy, amber coloured, smaller, absolutely stable head, that sticks to the glass; enormous aromatic hoppy and fruity nose, some malt in the background; stronger bitter-sweet flavour; peppery hoppy, resinous finish, well balanced by some malt, lingering bitter aftertaste. Superb stuff, joss !


 HenrikSoegaard (4323), Randers, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 13, 2006  
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Nice amber colour. Powerfull hoppy aroma. Good flavor, moderate long finish. Oily palate and a liottle fizzy. But a really nice beer.


 OldMrCrow (1187), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 28, 2006  
Bottle. <!-- p --> Pours an attractive golden amber with a modest head. The aroma is fruity - apple and peach - with a whisper of grassy hops. The flavor is gently sweet, again with the fruit notes - especially peach - dominating early before handing off to well-balanced if laid back floral hops. <!-- p --> The flavors run toward an ESB and the whole comes together in a very drinkable way. I renjoyed this beer greatly.



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