Ahh Lion's Pride. This beer has been a mainstay at the Golden Lion pub since the 80's, and subsequently is one of Quebec's oldest microbrews. It's a delightful English style brown ale that essentially fuels the bachelors degrees of parts of the student body at neighbouring Bishop's University and is a source of pride (no pun intended) for Lennoxville residents.
Pride is quite malty, much maltier than a lot of other English style brown ale. A lot of commercial ales of this type (think Newcastle) tend to be quite sweet and smooth, but Pride doesn't go down that road. A sip starts out malty and quite bitter while it progresses through a slight watery phase before finishing with another bitter kick. It's a surprisingly complicated brew, but quite drinkable at the same time (as evidenced by the amount of business they do on Friday and Saturday nights). I personally have extensive experience with this beer (as an alumni of Bishop's) and so I always relish the chance to have some. It's a very good beer and one of my favourite English style brown ales. It isn't perfect (with that slight watery phase in the middle) but it is still a very good beer.
It's available on draught at their pub in downtown Lennoxville, Quebec as well as in bottles at stores in the Sherbrooke area.
Rating: 4 steins
What you need to know
Golden Lion Pub & Brewery
2902 College St
Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), Quebec
J1M 1T4
Website:
www.lionlennoxville.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/GoldenLionPubBrewery
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