St-Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale
Picked this six-pack of bottles up while visiting Niagara Falls with my GF. Damn did we have fun, baby. Into my pint glass it poured a clear yellow with a slightly orange tint. The head was huge, three fingers of fluffy beige bubbles that left chunks of lacing. The aroma was delicious, ripe apricots and candy sugar with some floral hops. The flavors surprised me however. Bitterness first snapped my tongue and though the apricot flavor was there it lacked the sugars to make it seem as I thought it should be. More sweet malts would have helped it and the dominant bitterness carried over to a tart, metallic finish when the wheat made its presence known. The carbonation was medium-high and the body medium. Good, yes, but not nearly as good as some other apricot beers I've had (like Magic Hat's #9).