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“Brown Ale Americaine” (Brown IPA), Pit Caribou

April 26, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

As relatively disappointing as my last few tastings have been, and with a bizarre spring storm brewing that has sucked the light out of the air last weekend, it felt right to return to Quebec and a darker brew. This is also a nuanced type of beer I haven’t hitherto tasted: Brown American Ale. I’ve…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Brown Ale, Eats Tagged With: air, american ale, and feu, Anse-à-beaufils, Black IPA, Brouehaha, Brown Ale, Brown Ale Americaine, Brown IPA, Citrus, eau, food, four elements, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, LCBO, microbreweries, Ontario, Pit Caribou, Quebec, Review, terre, West Coast Hops, winter beer festival

“Twice as Mad Tom” (Double IPA), Muskoka Brewery

April 19, 2013 by Dale 2 Comments

So here’s a lesson on the perils of impulse shopping whilst in a beer store – ok, I grant, it’s not a lesson I’ve learned nor am I likely to learn anytime soon, but in theory, there is a lesson to be learned here. A few weeks ago I went to return the empty shells of my…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats Tagged With: beer, bitter, Bracebridge, diacetyl, double dry-hop, double IPA, dry-hop, food, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, LCBO, Mad Tom IPA, microbreweries, Muskoka Brewery, Ontario, Review, Twice as Mad Tom IPA, West Coast Hops

“Mad Tom” (IPA), Muskoka Brewery

April 12, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

It is remarkable coming back to beers I know so well – I thought I knew – after starting this blog 6 months ago. In that time, I’ve sampled and really paid attention to nearly 4 dozen beers, of which 30 have been individually reviewed here. Muskoka’s Mad Tom is an IPA that I delightfully…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: bitter, Bracebridge, Centennial Hops, Chinook hops, Flying Monkey, food, Hops, IBU, India Pale Ale, IPA, LCBO, Mad Tom, microbreweries, Muskoka Brewery, Ontario, Raccoon, Review, West Coast Hops

“Raccoon” (Imperial Black IPA), Microbrasserie Le Naufrageur

March 29, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

A cool, cloudy day with still lots of snow on the lawns seemed as good as any for a return to winter … and to Imperial Black IPAs. I grabbed this beautifully styled bottle Le Naufrageur’s Raccoon out of the fridge thinking at first this was an imperial stout. The capped popped, the smells immediately…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats, Imperial Black IPA, Winter Beers Tagged With: bitter, Black IPA, Brouehaha, Carleton-sur-Mer, chocolate, chocolate-cinnamon soufflé, diacetyl, Dunham, food, HMCS Raccoon, IBU, Imperial Black IPA, Imperial Stout, India Pale Ale, IPA, Microbrasserie Le Naufrageur, microbreweries, Multi-Brasses, Multi-Brasses microbrasserie, Peppercorn steak, Quebec, Raccoon, Review, SRM, SRM Scale, Standard Reference Method, stilton cheese, stout, Stout Imperiale, Winter Beer, winter beers

“Stout Imperiale” (Imperial Stout), Multi-Brasses microbrasserie

March 23, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

One of my most interesting discoveries this season of immersing myself in winter beers as a genre has been the “Imperial Stout” whose history is just as interesting a discovery (see Dunham’s “Imperial Black IPA”). While these are not beers for the faint of heart owing to their intense flavours and high alcohol levels (in this case…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Imperial Stout Tagged With: bitter, Black American Ale, Black IPA, Brouehaha, cheddar, Cheese, chocolate, Coffee, diacetyl, fig, food, IBU, Imperial Stout, India Pale Ale, IPA, maree noire, microbreweries, Multi-Brasses microbrasserie, Quebec, Review, SRM, Standard Reference Method, stout, Stout Imperiale, Winter Beer, winter beers

“La Marée Noire” (Black American Ale), Microbrasserie Saint-Arnould

March 21, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Torrefaction: “the act or process of torrefying or the state of being torrefied.” Not so helpful … humph. God I hate such definitions. Let’s try that again …. Torrefying: “to subject (ores) to scorching heat so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast.” Ah … there’s the ticket. “Huh?” you ask. “I read it…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Imperial Black IPA, Winter Beers Tagged With: bitter, Black American Ale, Black IPA, Black tide, Brouehaha, cheddar, chocolate, food, India Pale Ale, IPA, La Marée Noire, maree noire, Microbrasserie Saint-Arnould, microbreweries, Mont-Tremblant, on lees, Palabre du Cloporte, Quebec, Review, scorched, stout, sur lies, torrefaction, Torrefying, Winter Beer

“India Pale Ale” (American IPA), Microbrasserie La Chouape

January 27, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Sooner or later, we were going to have to tackle the question of what the heck is sur lie (which translates as “on the lees” in English). You’ve undoubtedly seen in as I have on some European labels and it is an even more common description on the labels of Quebec beers. So, what does it…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: American Pale Ale, beer, brewing, Citrus, cloudy, fermentation, fermentation process, food, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, lees, malts, Microbrasserie La Chouape, microbreweries, proteins, Quebec, Review, St-Eustache, sur lies, Tennyson, Ulysses, West Coast Hops, white

“Cascade India Pale Americaine” (American Pale Ale), Brasseurs Illimités

January 23, 2013 by Dale 2 Comments

“Cascade India Pale Americaine” (American Pale Ale), Brasseurs Illimités

An interesting tale of two beers, same family, same brewery, but very different. Right from the pour, the differences sprang (see previous post “IPA Classique”). Cascade is as pure a filtered beer as you’ll see and it fills the glass with a deep, reddish brown … almost a dark “apple juice” in colour. The carbonation…

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Filed Under: American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Eats Tagged With: American Pale Ale, beer, Brasseurs Illimités, Cascade, Citrus, Classique, Crystal, diacetyl, India Pale Ale, IPA, microbreweries, peat, Pumpkin Ale, Quebec, Review, Simple Malt, St-Eustache, West Coast Hops

“IPA Classique” (India Pale Ale), Brasseurs Illimités

January 22, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Here’s a very good brewery from Quebec that has provided a number of interpretations on the “pale ale” and this is but one of their half-dozen creations. As such, it seemed right to start with their “Classique.” A first taste reveals a ton of carbonation which was only accented more by how relatively little carbonation…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: American Pale Ale, beer, Brasseurs Illimités, cellar temperature, Citrus, English, English Pale Ale, ESB, Festibière d'hiver, food, IBU, India Pale Ale, Innis and Gunn, IPA, IPA Classique, Le Festibière d’hiver, malts, microbreweries, Quebec, Review, Simple Malt, Smashbomb Atomic, St-Eustache, West Coast Hops, Winter Beer, Winter Beer Fest, Winter BeerFest

“St –Ambroise India Pale Ale” (IPA), McAuslan Brewing

January 18, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Ok – so enough with winter beers for a bit, or at least until I attend Festibière d’hiver (WinterBeerFest) next weekend. We’re back to tasting new IPAs. Here’s a beer I picked up awhile back as well when, as I previously mentioned, I went in search of St-Ambroise Citrouille (Pumpkin Ale). I have long been…

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