Le Cheval Blanc is a
brewpub
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located on
rue Ontario in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada. In 1986, it became the first licensed brewpub in Montreal.
Some of its craft beers available on tap being quite popular, in 1987 the establishment started a
microbrewery of its own: ''La Brasserie Le Cheval Blanc'', which is also said to be the city's first.
In 1998, it merged with two other microbreweries
Les Brasseurs GMT and
Les Brasseurs de l'Anse to form
Les Brasseurs RJ
Les Brasseurs RJ is a brewery located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded in 1998 by Roger Jaar from the merger of three microbreweries: Les Brasseurs GMT, La Brasserie Le Cheval Blanc and Les Brasseurs de l'Anse. Current annua ...
.
* The Cheval's bottled beers most commonly available in Quebec's
dépanneur
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s are:
* ''La Blanche Cheval Blanc'', traditional Belgian
white
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, 5%
* ''Coup de grisou'',
buckwheat
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amber ale
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, spiced with
coriander,
refermented, 5%
In 1999, the tavern was renovated and is now also a music venue and an art gallery.
"Know. The little history of the place"
, in the Web site of ''Le Cheval Blanc'', retrieved on April 1st, 2008
See also
*Quebec beer
Quebec beer is the beer brewed in Quebec, Canada, often with ingredients from Quebec itself and generally following the recipes of the French, Belgian and British brewing traditions. Generally, the beers brewed in Quebec differ from those in the r ...
*Canadian beer
Beer was introduced to Canada by European settlers in the seventeenth century. The first commercial brewery was La Brasseries du Roy started by New France Intendant Jean Talon, in Québec City in 1668. Many commercial brewers thrived until pr ...
References
External links
Le Cheval Blanc Web site
Beer brewing companies based in Quebec
Manufacturing companies based in Montreal
Restaurants in Montreal
Centre-Sud
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