Blanche De Chambly (Pomme)
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10 IBU. FLAVOURFUL AND SILKY, THIS WHEAT ALE OFFERS A SURPRISING BALANCE OF TART AND FRUITY RED APPLE NOTES WITH A FLORAL CHARACTER ORIGINATING FROM A HINT OF ROSE WATER. WITH ITS WARM GOLD COLOUR AND CRISPY APPLE TASTE, IT IS THE PERFECTLY NATURAL COMPLEMENT TO ONE OF THE BEST BEERS ON THE PLANET.
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Ratings by Pmicdee:
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.61/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aug 1 2024
Aug 01, 2024More User Ratings:
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, from my favourite LCBO at The Roundhouse Centre in nearby Windsor. My first beer from the Chambly, QC brewery.
Feb 10, 2025
Reviewed by scott451 from Canada (ON)
3.58/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured a 473ml can into a pint glass. A one finger fine white head on a cloudy, dirty amber. The head diminishes to a layer.
Lots of apple in the nose. Esters dominate the taste. Apple peel. A yeasty finish.
A light body and medium carbonation. This beer strays pretty far from the Witbier style but within the Blanche de Chambly range.
Nov 18, 2024Lots of apple in the nose. Esters dominate the taste. Apple peel. A yeasty finish.
A light body and medium carbonation. This beer strays pretty far from the Witbier style but within the Blanche de Chambly range.
Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
3.82/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours cloudy straw with a compact, frothy head. Aromatic apple notes and bready malts in the nose. The taste is a light, crisp mix of wheat malts and apple juice. the mouthfeel is light and moderately carbonated. Light, dry finish.
A nice straightforward fruit beer. Not too sweet or overpowering with fruit flavor. This is a great lawnmower beer.
Aug 06, 2024A nice straightforward fruit beer. Not too sweet or overpowering with fruit flavor. This is a great lawnmower beer.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.64/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; coded Mar 7 2024 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a hazy golden-amber colour, producing nearly two fingers of soapy, foamy white head that lasts for roughly five minutes. The surviving remnants include a generous collar of frothy suds and a small smattering of spotty lace; looks fine to me. Sweet red apple flesh on the nose, with hints of flowers, wheaty malts, citrus peel, apricot and some subtly peppery yeast spiciness.
It's alright, but the apples add a sugary-sweet dimension to the flavour profile, and that's not really what I'm looking for in a wit. I'm tasting wheaty, bready malts and red apples, with hints of pear, applesauce and orange peel; maybe a hint of green banana, too. Yeastier on the back end, with rose water, coriander and white pepper lasting into the aftertaste alongside the apples. Medium-light in body, with lively carbonation that adds a crisp, prickliness to this brew's otherwise smooth mouthfeel. Drinkable and fairly refreshing.
Final Grade: 3.64, a serviceable B grade. I'm not entirely certain why you'd want to mess up a perfectly good witbier with apples, but just in case you do, here's Blanche de Chambly Pomme. OK, maybe I'm being too sassy - it's not as if this is a lousy beer, it's just not as good as the original version. The rose water is attractive on the nose, but more of a distraction within the flavour profile... and as for the apples, at least they're used judiciously. I guess I just don't see the appeal, or any reason to select this over the original BdC - I wouldn't discourage others from trying this, but as a Belgian wit, it falls a little flat.
Jun 02, 2024Pours a hazy golden-amber colour, producing nearly two fingers of soapy, foamy white head that lasts for roughly five minutes. The surviving remnants include a generous collar of frothy suds and a small smattering of spotty lace; looks fine to me. Sweet red apple flesh on the nose, with hints of flowers, wheaty malts, citrus peel, apricot and some subtly peppery yeast spiciness.
It's alright, but the apples add a sugary-sweet dimension to the flavour profile, and that's not really what I'm looking for in a wit. I'm tasting wheaty, bready malts and red apples, with hints of pear, applesauce and orange peel; maybe a hint of green banana, too. Yeastier on the back end, with rose water, coriander and white pepper lasting into the aftertaste alongside the apples. Medium-light in body, with lively carbonation that adds a crisp, prickliness to this brew's otherwise smooth mouthfeel. Drinkable and fairly refreshing.
Final Grade: 3.64, a serviceable B grade. I'm not entirely certain why you'd want to mess up a perfectly good witbier with apples, but just in case you do, here's Blanche de Chambly Pomme. OK, maybe I'm being too sassy - it's not as if this is a lousy beer, it's just not as good as the original version. The rose water is attractive on the nose, but more of a distraction within the flavour profile... and as for the apples, at least they're used judiciously. I guess I just don't see the appeal, or any reason to select this over the original BdC - I wouldn't discourage others from trying this, but as a Belgian wit, it falls a little flat.
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