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    Benelux

    4.0 (132 reviews)
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    Open 2:00 pm - 3:00 am (Next day)

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    Loud
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Belgian blonde
    Cory B.

    I've been visiting Benelux for years and truly think it's the best one-stop-shop for brews and grub near McGill campus. The selection of local beers is extensive, with on-tap options rotating frequently and a great variety in type and flavour. I started with the blonde framboise, which was so tart you could classify it as a sour! This came as a bit of a shock, as I asked before ordering and the server assured me that it would not be sour -- nonetheless, I enjoyed it! After, I had the Belgian blonde, which was also quite tart but a bit more balanced. Fantastic beers for a hot summer day! While the inside is spacious and the atmosphere fun, it can get quite loud. The 2 outdoor patios are large, and the new one (on Jeanne Mance side street) has lots of tree coverage and less street noise. Note that this great spot fills up quick after 5pm!

    Joe F.

    Very solid brewery near McGill. Beers are fresh, solid with very generous pours. If you like flavorful and strong brews this is a solid choice. It's a bit loud but friendly enough. Bartender wasn't terribly attentive or interested but maybe it was my fault for not knowing French better. Lots of room inside and outside (facing a busy street but it's nice). Definitely worth checking out.

    Vanessa W.

    Chill modern meets grunge kind of hipster vibe. Flights of 5 beers of choice available. Decent service but our waiter did spill some of our beer ): Unfortunate lackluster food/snack selection. Now onto the beers: 1. Miledor - British Golden Ale (5.4%), very drinkable with a light hoppy bite. 2. Sigmund - Pilsner (5.3%), a bit more bitter than most Pilsners. 3. Gaia - Blanche (White Wheat Beer, 4.6%), light, crisp, and floral 4. Duplex - Helles (German Pale Lager, 4.8%), super light and watery, somewhat reminiscent of PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon), don't particularly recommend 5. Flimzie - Blonde Dabbaye (Belgian Blonde, 5.7%), floral, slightly grassy, and some notes of clove and other spices; balanced and interesting to drink, finishes dry 6. Grande Visite - Dunkel Lager (5.4%), dark German Lager, almost like mixing a stout with a lager 7. La Marge - Stout (5.1%), one of the most coffee stouts I've ever had; smells and tastes of fresh coffee! My personal favorites were the Miledor and the Flimzie but also highly recommend the La Marge especially if you're a stout/coffee person!

    Jennifer K.

    Benelux Brewpub is on our list of local breweries to visit on this trip. But with too much drinking the last few nights... we never made it for a night cap until our last day for afternoon beer time. Not busy at all, definitely a good place to chill. We shared a few $2 samplers: Lux - Blonde Zeeland - Saison Semuta - Saison Amber Motek - Imperial Pilsner Sabotage - IPA Cimonak - Porter The beers were all A-OK and quite enjoyable. Nothing really stand out to be exceptionally awesome. Free Wifi with tons of electric outlets! If Benelux is near my house, I think I will be here during the day and do some work and drink beers...instead of going to a library or Starbucks!

    Pamplemousse
    Jessica S.

    Third and final stop on our craft beer tour. This place had a decidedly modern/hip feel to it, where the first two locations felt like true brewpubs. Not that that's a bad thing, but it definitely felt different from the first two stops. The first beer we had here (fifth of the night) was the Armada, which was an American-style brown ale. This was paired with four different chocolate pieces: one milk, one dulce de leche, one 70% cacao and one 80% cacao. The tasting for this pairing went: sip, nibble chocolate, sip. Tasting with the candies did change the flavor of the beer, but I liked the beer just fine on its own. Heck, I liked the chocolates just fine on their own, too. I did enjoy the Armada - it was dark, and so paired well with the two dark chocolate pieces, but it wasn't thick or heavy. This was probably my second favorite beer of the night. Beer number two here (sixth of the night) was a riff on a Pamplemousse. Instead of using grapefruit, they used raspberries. It added a subtle sweetness to an already strong-flavored beer, but it was super tart. Especially after having just finished off a piece of 80% cacao. Still, once I got past the shock of how tart the beer was, I rather enjoyed it. I don't think I'd order it on its own, but as a taster, and as an ending to the night, it wasn't terrible. I didn't get the warm and fuzzies from the restaurant itself. The waiters helping our guide were kind of cold and one was a bit rude to a lady on the tour, who told the waitress that she wasn't drinking. The waitress basically told the lady she didn't care, and plopped a glass of Armada down in front of her. Not exactly customer-oriented. I'm sure this is a popular place with the locals - they were pretty busy by the time our tour ended at around 6 pm - but I really prefer something more low-key, and focused on beer. Needless to say, we did not even consider going back.

    Flights!  Get the saison.
    David B.

    Beer was fair to good. The Les Voluers saison was my favorite, followed by the Sabotage IPA. The Berliner Weisse was also surprisingly good. The service was just OK, not that attentive as they seemed busy. Good place to stop for a flight (sampler) or a few pints before moving on to dinner.

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    The beers range from the traditional Belgian styles that permeate the area to hoppy American style pale ales and IPAs.

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