Orléans Suzanne Marceau (Ambrée à L'Érable)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Purchased at the Marché Omni. Pours a clean amber-copper colour with a big creamy off-white head that stays a long time and creates thick lace. Carbonation looks almost dead, with a few tiny bubbles from time to time. The nose is very grainy with caramel and toffee that makes this one very sweet smelling. Pretty smooth and mildly creamy mouthfeel. Taste of grain, just like the aromas and the maple syrup is felt in the finish. Just not as sweet in the flavour. A little bitterness from the hop comes out in the aftertaste. Becomes a little hazy by the end. Decent maple amber beer that is worth trying, but not something I would have a lot of.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Bottle: Poured a deep brown color ale with a nice foamy head with some good retention. Aroma of primary sugar with some weird overcooked vegetable. Taste is also dominated by gross sugar as well as this vegetable notes that didn’t agree with my taste buds. No important malt or hops could be detected. Body was about average with some good carbonation. Another disappointing maple beer that makes me wonders why brewers insist on brewing them.