Boréale Noire

Nearly black with ruby glints and a creamy head, Boréale Noire is a full-bodied stout. Its rich velvety taste suggests dark chocolate and roasted coffee with hints of licorice.

3.5

189 reviews

Blainville, Canada

Community reviews

3.7 Couleur noire, très légère mousse beige. Nez de malt et chocolat doux. Gout malt noir, chocolat cremeux et doux avec un corps épais et onctueux, fin de bouche legere amère de café avec note de fruits secs. Superbe!

4.0 Six-pack bought at the grocery store. I’ve been buying quite a bit of this QC stout lately - pours a deep brown/black, with red hints when held up to a light. Less head than many stouts (actually a nice change from the pillowy nitrogen-foam heads from many canned stouts these days), thin and coffee-coloured, hung around all the way to the bottom of the pint glass. Nice lacing. Aromas of coffee, roasted barley, leather and licorice. Very little hoppiness, ever so slightly sour taste. Emminently quaffable.

3.4 Dark to black body, stable head. Dry, toasted, burned bread, cereal. Too lightly hopped for my taste. Especially with its bubbly yet softly carbonated body. Okay stuff. (Bottle from Saveur Bière)

3.8 Sehr dunkelbraune Farbe, ordenltiche braune Schaumkrone. Geruch schokoladig, erdig, röstmalzig, wenig rote Beeren. Geschmack süß röstmalzig, viel Karamell, Vanille und Schokolade, lecker!

3.8 Bottle, 341mL. Home. Gift from @Jaghana. Merci Pascal! A pitch black beer with a medium beige creamy head ; poor retention. Roasty aroma, chocolate, coffee. Medium sweet, light dry herbal bitter ; light refreshing. Medium body, smooth silky texture, average carbonation, sweet coffee finish. Overall, delicious smooth coffee stout.

3.9 Bouteille de 341ml de noire. Arômes de mélasse café et de malt rôtis mais assez léger. Au goût c’est beaucoup plus intéressant belle amertume bien équilibré avec des notes de caramel.

3.8 Black with medium light brown head. Well roasted malt bitterness, sourness with minimal sweet.

3.5 Bottle of 341ml, in a Tumbler glass; room temperature. Well, that’s a good Canadian beer, and a good stout. Nice aroma and chocolate taste, with espresso notes. The palate is somehow sticky, but good. Enhanced with a nice brown head, and deep dark colour. Go get it ( J’ai eu la mienne aux plaisirs d’hiver 2014)

3.1 @Plaisirsdhiver2014. Bière brune d’un beau noire opaque au col épais mais evanescent. Le nez est fort doux avec des senteurs de sirop d’érable, de cacao, de malt grillé mais sans amertume. Le corp malté, fort aqueux à l’attaque se révèle assez sirupeux dans la longueur dévellopant des saveurs de cacao, de grillé-torréfié avec une certaine pesanteur mais quasi sans effervescence et se finit sur des notes acres. "OK Beer"

3.6 Bottle 341ml, a dark beer with good creamy copper beer. Nose is on creamy chocolate, light licorice. Aroma is on dark malt, coffee, brown caramel, chocolate dominant, light creamy, toasted nuts, good body, grainy and cereals touch, nice.

3.7 341 ml bottle from Gatineau IGA. Pours a very dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is rich roasted malt with coffee and chocolate as well as some molasses. Flavour is also big and roasty with coffee and sweet chocolate main notes, but treacle and nuts also apparent. A little sour lactic character in the finish. By far the best Boreale beer I’ve had.

3.2 Liquide noir avec reflet brun, peu de mousse. Nez de malt grillé de café et un peu de chocolat. En bouche c’est un mélange interessant mais rien de spectaculaire, chocolat noir, malt grillé, liqueur de café, le café apporte une certaine amertume. Une bière dans la moyenne!

3.3 Noire, peu mousseuse. Saveur légère du café noir avec une touche de chocolat mi-sucrée et une fine amertume en finale. Très pétillante. Bonne sans plus !!

3.3 Bottle 341ml. Pours very dark brown with low beige head. Good lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits. Taste is of roasted malt, sugar, chocolate, very slight bitterness, creamy coffee. Palate: Medium-full bodied. Overall: Decent, tasty classic stout. A bit "pale" and sugary.

3.2 Bu le 28 novembre 2013. Oeil: noir avec mousse qui ne persiste pas. Arôme: chocolat noir. Goût: chocolat noir et café léger. Note: 4/5 Ketail

3.2 Bière noire, peu mousseuse. Le nez est rôti, légèrement chocolaté. En bouche, c’est plutôt du café noir avec une touche de chocolat plus sucrée et une fine amertume en finale. Notons que la bière est très pétillante. À boire sans gêne!

3.9 341ml bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma Is up front with coffee notes, cocoa, vanilla, molasses. Smells tasty. Medium bodied, with light sweetness the taste is mildly bitter with espresso, molasses, and a light vanilla note. My only complaint is that it might be a little over carbonated, but damn, this is a great session stout. Don’t let the simple label, and cheap price fool you. This is a REALLY good stout.

3.0 341 ml. bottle. Lighter black with a smaller beige head. Nose is mellow dark fruits nose, sweet, candy, licorice, mellow lightl belgian. Lightly yeasty taste, mellow dark fruits, hint black licorice candy, light herbs, light sweetness, herbs, sugar, quite yeasty, touch belgian. Light body. Overall Ok, but a little bit too light for me. Y

3.5 Black colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, light sweet. Sweet flavour, malty, sweet milk chocolate. Quite creaymy. Short finish, light roasted malts. A bit too sweet, but nice. (From 341 mL bottle @ home)

3.6 Source : Available everywhere in Quebec, 341ml bottle. Appearance : Opaque black with a nice brown head. Aroma : Coffee, roasted malt and brown sugar. Taste : Coffee and roasted malt. Palate : Thick and creamy. Overall : Nice everyday beer.

3.4 Bottle (341 ml). Black with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, milk chocolate, coffee and slight liquorice notes. Taste is about the same. Slight bitterness. Medium body. Dry. Good Stout, but I remember it to be better on tap.

3.4 Mousse brune ; liquide très noir et plutôt épais. Même à la lumière, son opacité est préservée. En nez, beaucoup de cacao, de café et de sucre. Bois et chocolat noir. Au goût, elle est pétillante, présente du chocolat surtout, mais également du café, du bois et du malt grillé. Un bon stout (qui tient presque plus de la schwartzbier allemande), elle est sans prétention mais sans réel éclat. Elle manque peut-être un peu de saveur et, par ricochet, d’audace, mais elle demeure agréable et de grande qualité, en plus d’être assez accessible pour son style.

3.8 15/II/13 - 33cl bottle from the Christmas Market in Brussels @ my birthday tasting - BB: I/2013 (seriously? January 2013 and you sell it in December?) (2013-169) Clear dark brown beer, small aery beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, grains, hay, stable, caramel, mocha. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of chocolate, mocha, some caramel, little bitter, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: chocolate, mocha, little sour, cocoa powder. Very decent stout.

2.9 shared with 77ships. smells al little bit smoked taste is again a bit smoked , no real stout taste. wish i was warned about this ...

3.5 Bouteille de 341 ml, robe noire surmontée d'une mousse beige, arome de torrefaction, gout de café et de chocolat noire.

3.4 Dark black with a medium mocha head with above average retention. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee and a hint of licorice. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, molasses, and sugar. Medium body with average carbonation.

3.8 341 ml. bottle split thx to Kraddel. Lighter black with a smaller beige head. Nose is mellow dark fruits nose, sweet, candy, licorice, mellow lightl belgian. Lightly yeasty taste, mellow dark fruits, hint black licorice candy, light herbs, light sweetness, herbs, sugar, quite yeasty, touch belgian. Touch lighter body - okay.

3.8 33cl bottle ought at the Brussels xmas market. Certainly the best offering out of the 6 beers that were available from Br. du Nord. Brune foncée, col moka laissant un fin filament doré au verre. Arôme est axé sur les malts, ici des notes de chocolaté, caramel, torréfié, pointe de noisette et subtile touche de réglisse. Palais malté, profond côté toffee tout en gardant un malt type belge-pâle qui laissant une fine amertume en fin de bouche. Le tout est léger alternant un agréable café-cacao avec une belle effervescence. Se termine toujours en gardant ce côté noisette et subtile touche de réglisse.

3.5 Aroma: Roasting, coffee, smoked meat, with notes of black chocolate. Average stout nose sticking out moderately. Appearance: Opaque black, head is average, creamy and sparkling at the same time,long lasting with a little lacing. Taste: Coffee accents are dominant and texture is kind of smooth and oily. We can also find notes of roasted caramel. A good but not exceptional stout. Ça faisait 2 ans et demi que je ne l’avais pas dégustée et à l’époque alors que je débutais, je l’avais trouvée excellente. Aujourd’hui, après en avoir gouté beaucoup d’autres, elle m’apparait comme très acceptable mais pas exceptionnelle comme à l’époque.

3.2 Havent had this in years, my palate changed a lot. overall id say the same thing as their IPA Boreale never does anything spectacular or out of the ordinary but they make pretty good beer.