Cabane
Le Refuge des Brasseurs
- From:
- Le Refuge des Brasseurs
- Quebec, Canada
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 8.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.32 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 05, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 05, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Scotch ale with maple syrup.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire
4.32/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.32/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
From a 32oz screw-cap growler, filled at the brewery 06/04/22. So, four days ago. Served in a tulip.
Pours an attractive translucent, red-hued cider-like colour with a scant half-finger of creamy, fizzy head and a thin sheet of creamy lacing. Not much in the way of retention but, as noted, this screw-top growler’s been traveling around with me for a few days and is maybe getting a little limp.
Nose is rich and malty, more savory than sweet. The aroma of maple is strong and enticing.
Taste is malty with a moderate golden syrup sweetness and a distinct apple cider vinegar, tea-and-tobacco tannic bitterness. The maple lends a distinctive character without in any way becoming overly sweet or overbearing.
Feel is glassy-smooth with a medium-caramelly, candy-slick body and fine, prickly carbonation that makes it feel lighter and brighter relative to the style.
Overall, a totally worthy scots ale! Spot on to the style and here the maple syrup taste only enhances and doesn’t distract. This was the highlight of the several beers I enjoyed at the brewery last weekend and the one I chose to bring home with me - carting it around for four days in a twist-top growler didn’t do it any favours but it still manages to retain most of its goodness (the possible exception being that I don’t recall any apple cider vinegar notes when served fresh).
Jun 05, 2022Pours an attractive translucent, red-hued cider-like colour with a scant half-finger of creamy, fizzy head and a thin sheet of creamy lacing. Not much in the way of retention but, as noted, this screw-top growler’s been traveling around with me for a few days and is maybe getting a little limp.
Nose is rich and malty, more savory than sweet. The aroma of maple is strong and enticing.
Taste is malty with a moderate golden syrup sweetness and a distinct apple cider vinegar, tea-and-tobacco tannic bitterness. The maple lends a distinctive character without in any way becoming overly sweet or overbearing.
Feel is glassy-smooth with a medium-caramelly, candy-slick body and fine, prickly carbonation that makes it feel lighter and brighter relative to the style.
Overall, a totally worthy scots ale! Spot on to the style and here the maple syrup taste only enhances and doesn’t distract. This was the highlight of the several beers I enjoyed at the brewery last weekend and the one I chose to bring home with me - carting it around for four days in a twist-top growler didn’t do it any favours but it still manages to retain most of its goodness (the possible exception being that I don’t recall any apple cider vinegar notes when served fresh).
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