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St. Ambroise Pale Ale

St. Ambroise Pale Ale - American Pale Ale

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82
overall
Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale

Montreal, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
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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 Commodore (112), Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/102/514/20
Jun 20, 2005  
Poured golden colour with the perfect head. Just the sweet side of balanced.


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
May 20, 2005  
Thanks pintbypint. Poured a dark godl, almost orange color. The aroma is sweet caramel and bananas. The taste is light grapefruit with some dark bread crust. There is also a note of black pepper in the aftertaste, but it is faint. A nice varation on an APA. I think this might be closer to an amber, but shows that the style has a lot of potential for diversity. More well balanced than many in the style.


 robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
May 19, 2005  
Clear Light Brown Coloring with Good White Head. Sweet Malt Aroma. Wet, Sweet Malt...Light Cardboard Taste. Decent Ale.


 Miguel (1181), Saint-Ours, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
May 2, 2005  
Toujours une très bonne bière. Robe blonde aux reflets cuivrée surmontée d’une mousse blanche. Arômes de caramel, de fleurs, d’agrumes et de fruits rouges. Saveurs de houblon floral bien balancées avec les malts. Présence du corps.


 badgerben (3586), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 30, 2005  
Dark gold color with no head. Just a slight grain aroma. More of the same in the taste, just a bit of grain. I didn’t get any hops at all; it was more like a bland pale lager. Disappointing.


 rederic (1787), montréal, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 28, 2005  
Light orangish-amber color, big foamy head, fruity, floral hop, pale malt aromas, follow through on a medium-bodied with a very good hop character, malty note and a nice dose of dry bittering hop finish.


 crzybob77 (528), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 19, 2005  
Amber color. Sweet hop aroma. Nice and sweet with hops. A good enjoyable beer, but nothing to make it stand above the crowd.


 highlandlad (1258), Sydney, Australia
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Mar 18, 2005    Updated: Apr 23, 2009
A refreshing, easy-drinking APA from glorious Quebec. Not as muscular as many North American examples of the style - this is at the lighter, summery end of the scale. Amber body with a shallow cap of suds. Really inviting aroma of nutty malts, lychee and toffee. Quite a restrained example of the style. Some caramel malt flavour underpins piney hops. I prefer something a bit chewier than this but this is very sessionable. (341ml bottle from Leura Cellars. BB 31/7/09)



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