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Bartowel on the road: Tremblant, QC

Discuss beer or anything else that comes to mind in here.

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Okay, this is brief, because well, I was there for the skiing, not the beer. :smile:

For those that don't know, Tremblant is now a huge ski resort based approximately an hour's drive north of Montreal. It is owned by Intrawest - the same people that also own Whistler and various other resorts. Based upon the number of non-Canadians that I came across, expect it to become bigger and bigger in the future.

Anyways, onto the beer:

In the village, there are 2 outlets for non-mainstream beer - a small SAQ store, and a small brewpub. There are copious number of other small restaurants/bars/clubs, but beer isn't their focus. The SAQ didn't have a huge selection of unique items - sadly it was the standard selection of Unibrue and a few other small brewery beers (along with the standard Molson/Labatts).

The brewpub - "Diablo" - is a nice place, although smokey - while I do believe it's a restaurant I didn't see anyone eating there. But yet again, it was past 9pm when I was there. :smile: There are 6 beers on tap:

Red - "Diablo" Generally quite nice - not too sweet and a good colour to it. (Med Malt/Light Hops) It seemed to be the most popular one.

Blonde - The light flavoured beer, not too special - probably close to the Amsterdamn Blonde here.

Belgian - A stronger (both flavour+alc.) beer that's also sweeter than the rest with a nice body.

Stout - Nitro dispensed - A generic stout. Good colouring, but a bit unbalanced in the taste. Not too heavy either.

BeerOfTheMonth: Honey Brown - Bartender's favourite. Not that bad, good balance of flavours and a nice colour.

6th beer - I actually forget what it is. (Pale Ale?) Too many beers that night.. :smile:

Overall they basically had all the bases covered in terms of style, but I hate to say it, none were especially notible. None were bad - they were probably designed to be liked by the majority of people.

I will mention one thing - the place was full every night. :smile:

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Post by Josh Oakes »

You want to combine skiing and beer - go to Nelson. The skiing isn't the best in BC, but it's BC so it's better than damn near anywhere else. What really rocks is that every bar in town pours three or four Nelson Brewing beers, and many pour nothing else. Truly a town where macro drinkers have to search.

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