Canada Beer Blog Part 3

La Barberie was our favourite place in Québec City, thus our second favourite of the trip (nothing could beat Dieu du Ciel for me). They are a cooperative and had 16 beers available. Also noteworthy was the price, at CAD$5 a pint they were definitely the cheapest pints of the trip.

IPA – smell of toasted hops with a hoppy bitterness. 4/5

Rousse Bock – dried fruits (figs? dates?), rich, silky, bitter honey finish. 4/5

Rousse Bitter – malty and dry but little bitterness. Very dry finish. 4/5

Stout Imperial – smelt like banana essence or as Toru put it “perky nana on burnt toast”. Was a Baileys and banana milkshake.

There were a few other sneaky drinks in our room.

Chambly Noire – Black Ale with roasted malt. Don’t usually like these but this was relatively mild and not too bad. 3.5/5

La Barberie IPA and Rousse Bitter in 500ml bottles – definitely much better on tap.

Microbrasserie du Lièvre's IIPA – purchased in 1l bottle at the supermarket. Was nice but nothing like the IIPAs at Dieu du Ciel.

Speaking of Dieu du Ciel… We made our second and last trip there on our last night in Canada. Still 17 beers available but the menu had changed slightly. Being our last night and the desire to try as many as possible, we had a little more than we should have.

Fornesterie – Rousse de Chanure 5% but not very Rousse 3.5/5

Corvé du diable – An American Pale Ale at 6.5%. Was hoppy but very little else. Dry and definitely missing something. 4/5

Ste-Flanelle – repeat performance. I drooled over this earlier.

Ciel étoilé – Toru was not happy with this choice (given I didn’t recognise one word in the description this is not my fault!). Lager-ish and very aniseed (he can’t stand aniseed).

Rigor Mortis Blonde – A Belgium Blonde 6%. Very, very much a Belgium Blonde hence the score. They nailed the style. Possible smell of waffles or baked eggs? 4.5/5

Grand Messe – an “Alt” 5% which I was told was a German style-mix so didn’t know what to expect. Malty, not quite a porter, with a cedar smoked aroma. 4.2/5

Double triple – at 10% and after all those others this was asking for trouble. Forte belge – oui, it was. Reminiscent of something between a La Trappe Dubbel and Quadrupel (but not logically a Tripel as you would expect). Reminded me of the La Trappe Dubbel but had the alcoholic taste you hit with the Quadrupel. Malt and alcohol taste.

Thus this night resulted in me yelling random French at Toru (who doesn’t speak French) in the Métro. Good times. Got up the next morning and headed back to NZ.