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Champ Libre Brasserie & Distillerie
- From:
- Champ Libre Brasserie & Distillerie
- Quebec, Canada
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 2.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 10, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Collaboration with Brasseurs Du Nord
A collaborative farmhouse IPA made with Kveik yeast, barley and oats from Quebec, and hopped with Chinook and Citra. It also has a couple juniper branches from the brewery grounds added as a nod to the traditional Norwegian farmhouse brews which spawned this type of yeast.
A collaborative farmhouse IPA made with Kveik yeast, barley and oats from Quebec, and hopped with Chinook and Citra. It also has a couple juniper branches from the brewery grounds added as a nod to the traditional Norwegian farmhouse brews which spawned this type of yeast.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by TheDoctor:
Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)
3.88/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Serving: Can
Canned: Jan-9-2019
A:
It pours hazy yellow with a skiff of white head. Ok retention; specks of lacing. (3.75)
S:
Stone fruit, vanilla-y citrus sort of flavor, light earthiness that suggests green pepper as it warms up. (3.75)
T:
Fairly subdued fruitiness, with an initial mild earthy bitter note, some lime zest and white pepper, meaty green hop flavor and a little peach at the finish. (4)
M:
Pretty dry with light carbonation and a little body to it. (4)
O:
Interesting.
It pours a fairly cloudy yellow without much head to speak of. The aroma and flavor are both lacking in terms of the potent hop punch that you'd expect from the NE-inspired side of this beer, but they both have an interesting Orange Julius character that I think must come from the Norwegian side of the equation. All-in-all this is a nice beer but I am kind of at a loss to describe the character I pick up on in it. Kind of an earthy vanilla citrus zest with some sweetness the I can only liken to squash in that it is a once sweet, earthy and kind of substantial body-wise. An enjoyable beer that has really piqued my curiosity. (3.75)
Feb 10, 2019Canned: Jan-9-2019
A:
It pours hazy yellow with a skiff of white head. Ok retention; specks of lacing. (3.75)
S:
Stone fruit, vanilla-y citrus sort of flavor, light earthiness that suggests green pepper as it warms up. (3.75)
T:
Fairly subdued fruitiness, with an initial mild earthy bitter note, some lime zest and white pepper, meaty green hop flavor and a little peach at the finish. (4)
M:
Pretty dry with light carbonation and a little body to it. (4)
O:
Interesting.
It pours a fairly cloudy yellow without much head to speak of. The aroma and flavor are both lacking in terms of the potent hop punch that you'd expect from the NE-inspired side of this beer, but they both have an interesting Orange Julius character that I think must come from the Norwegian side of the equation. All-in-all this is a nice beer but I am kind of at a loss to describe the character I pick up on in it. Kind of an earthy vanilla citrus zest with some sweetness the I can only liken to squash in that it is a once sweet, earthy and kind of substantial body-wise. An enjoyable beer that has really piqued my curiosity. (3.75)
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by TheBierdimpfe from Canada (QC)
4.09/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Medium: Canned, IPA glass.
Opacity: Clear with a slight haze, a tad more hazy further yeasty.
Color: Pale golden with lots of activity.
Head: Explosive 4-5 finger, very fluffy and frothy.
Legs: Decent with potent swirl reaction.
Smell: Pineapples/Butter/Caramel.
Taste: Orange/Oats/Clove/Minty/Wild yeast.
Feel: Piney/Peppercorn/Barnyard/Tropical.
Body: Medium to full slick and oily, a bit smooth.
Carbonation: Good crisp, Saison in style.
Overall: Excellent Saison IPA with Kveik yeast.
Visual 9/10 - Flavors 8/10 - Sensations 8.5/10 - Balance 8.5/10 -
Freshness 7/10 - Intensity 7/10 - Complexity 8.5/10 - Appreciation 8.5/10
Jun 06, 2019Opacity: Clear with a slight haze, a tad more hazy further yeasty.
Color: Pale golden with lots of activity.
Head: Explosive 4-5 finger, very fluffy and frothy.
Legs: Decent with potent swirl reaction.
Smell: Pineapples/Butter/Caramel.
Taste: Orange/Oats/Clove/Minty/Wild yeast.
Feel: Piney/Peppercorn/Barnyard/Tropical.
Body: Medium to full slick and oily, a bit smooth.
Carbonation: Good crisp, Saison in style.
Overall: Excellent Saison IPA with Kveik yeast.
Visual 9/10 - Flavors 8/10 - Sensations 8.5/10 - Balance 8.5/10 -
Freshness 7/10 - Intensity 7/10 - Complexity 8.5/10 - Appreciation 8.5/10
Reviewed by flipper2gv from Canada (QC)
4.21/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
A: Pours the usual super hazy light golden color with a pure white creamy looking head with a good amount of volume and really solid retention. Lacing is also very good.
S: Smell is VERY interesting. You get the usual amount of pineapple, clementine and a little bit of lemon juice. The VERY interesting is that it's VERY funky with an unusual amount of barnyard, floral and even manure like notes. It's really weird in a cool way. Very "rustic".
T: The taste is just as interesting. It's still super juicy with a ton of pineapple, clementine and kumquats. The funk is still there with a strong brett-like dryness but without the same notes. Here you have a dry floral, herbal notes with a little bit of barnyard. The taste is very short (it stops tasting very quickly) and a bit lower intensity than expected.
M: Extremely light and fluffy. Perfect for the flavors they're going for.
O: This is a very very interesting beer. You have a wide variety of flavors that are blended pretty well together even though you never see them together. I really enjoyed this beer and should be tried by most IPA fans. Also, I did classify it as an NEIPA as it is more of an IPA than a saison. Still, I think an "American Saison" style should be added with all the very hopped saison we see these days.
Feb 12, 2019S: Smell is VERY interesting. You get the usual amount of pineapple, clementine and a little bit of lemon juice. The VERY interesting is that it's VERY funky with an unusual amount of barnyard, floral and even manure like notes. It's really weird in a cool way. Very "rustic".
T: The taste is just as interesting. It's still super juicy with a ton of pineapple, clementine and kumquats. The funk is still there with a strong brett-like dryness but without the same notes. Here you have a dry floral, herbal notes with a little bit of barnyard. The taste is very short (it stops tasting very quickly) and a bit lower intensity than expected.
M: Extremely light and fluffy. Perfect for the flavors they're going for.
O: This is a very very interesting beer. You have a wide variety of flavors that are blended pretty well together even though you never see them together. I really enjoyed this beer and should be tried by most IPA fans. Also, I did classify it as an NEIPA as it is more of an IPA than a saison. Still, I think an "American Saison" style should be added with all the very hopped saison we see these days.
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