Keeping Quebec in check
Unfortunately, on the whole, Canada’s beer selection has never really impressed me. Beer from the province of Quebec, with its French influences, however, is a totally different story.
Take, for example, the McAuslan Brewing Company, who brews the amazingly smooth St. Ambroise Pale Ale. This fine amber colored ale pours with a medium head, which slowly dissipates while delivering a wonderfully citrus nose. The taste is crisp with an elegant balance of bitter hoppiness and caramel malt hints that leave you awe inspired and yearning for another sip.
This is a phenomenally bonne bière that I highly recommend drinking as often as socially possible. Bon Appètite!
April 13th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
[…] The Quebecois tell a legend of a team of most likely terribly drunk lumberjacks who made a deal with Satan himself to fly home in their canoes so as to make it home for Christmas. While this sounds more related to the infamous 1980’s John Candy and Steve Martin classic “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” it rather relates to one heck of an Ale. As I’ve mused before, the Quebecois can brew some of the best beer in the world and Unibroue’s Maudite bottle refermented ale is probably one of the best beers I’ve imbibed in quite a long time. […]