Tuesday, 10 April 2018

La Vache Folle ESB

A gift from my tremendous in-laws, I got a 500mL bottle of the 6% alcohol La Vache Folle ESB, from Microbrasserie Charlevoix, from Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec. The brew is a bright copper-hued number—clear with an off-white head and lovely lace.

The beer has a malty, faintly metallic nose with some brown sugar sweetness and a hoppy kick. The scent-picture painted by the aroma is well-actualized in the flavour, with brown sugar, caramel, and malts in good measure up front, and a pleasingly bitter, gently metallic, and unexpectedly grassy back end.

This English-style, Québecois Extra Special Bitter ale is a well-executed take—a tasty, fairly strong, and flavourful version of a classic pub-style pint. My only beef is that there was a bit too much sweetness through a finish that could have been crisper.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10.

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