Brasseur de Montréal Préfontaine
Appearance – 6/10, great cloudy amber of unfiltered Belgian white, shame about the foam
Taste – 4/10, smells like a latex-infused yeast infection
Texture – 6/10, pretty standard for a Belgian white, nothing to write home about
If you work in a hospital, you’ll know the smell of latex gloves and yeast infections – this beer smells like both. But even if you ignored the fact that it smells terrible, it’s just an average beer.
Brasseur de Montréal Griffintown
Appearance – 7/10, lovely golden colour, especially under natural light, the thin layer of foam is even and sustains itself for a good couple of minutes
Taste – 5/10, it claims to be grainy and floral, but it is just yeasty and sweet with hints of toffee and honey
Texture – 5/10, the dense but small bubbles are quite interesting, but the light bodied nature of the beer means it doesn’t hold those bubbles very well
Have you ever seen one of those ads that look too good to be true? This is it. It looks great but tastes mediocre. It’s like Brussel sprouts covered in chocolate. Don’t feed this to your friends.
Brasseur de Montréal Loxley
Appearance – 8/10, looks appealing and deeply malted
Taste – 6/10, it hails after English beer with roasted barley, strong malted flavours, and a hint of oat
Texture – 5/10, it tastes more bitter than it is, at 30 IBU and a serving temperature of 4 degrees, I thought it would be lighter, but statistics don’t always sync up with taste buds
It hails after English beer and England isn’t well-known for beer. It might have had better luck had it just tried to make an average beer rather than trying to pass Aurora hops.
Brasseur de Montréal L’Amer IPA
Appearance – 8/10, looks exactly like an IPA should, hipsters would love it
Taste – 3/10, smells great with notes of grapefruit and lime, but the sheer bitterness of of the brew overpowers all of the more delicate notes
Texture – 5/10, with its bold direction in bitterness, the beer could have had a bolder texture
There are hot dog stands in the city claiming to serve the spiciest hot dogs in town. The Brasseur de Montréal can claim to serve the most bitter beer in town, and not in a good way. The bitter taste it leaves in your mouth is as idiomatic as it is real.
