Le Cheval Blanc is a brewpub located on rue Ontario in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. In 1986, it became the first licenced brewpub in Montreal.

Beers available on tap:

• Blonde, continental lager
  Lager
  Lager is a type of beer made from malted barley that is brewed and stored at low temperatures. There are many types of lager; pale lager is the most widely-consumed and commercially available style of beer in the world; Pilsner, Bock, Dortmunder Export and Märzen are all styles of lager...
  
  , 5%
• Stout, creamy stout
  Stout
  Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malt or barley, hops, water and yeast. Stouts were traditionally the generic term for the strongest or stoutest porters, typically 7% or 8%, produced by a brewery....
  
  , 4%
• Amber, caramelized red ale
  Brown ale
  Brown ale is a style of beer with a dark amber or brown colour. The term was first used by London brewers in the late 17th century to describe their products, such as mild ale, though the term had a rather different meaning than it does today...
  
  , 5%
• Imperial Stout, winter stout, 8%
• At'Chouff, Belgian-type
  Belgian beer
  Beer in Belgium varies from pale lager to lambic beer and Flemish red. There are approximately 178 breweries in the country, ranging from international giants to microbreweries..-History:...
  
   pale ale
  Pale ale
  Pale ale is a beer which uses a warm fermentation and predominantly pale malt. It is one of the world's major beer styles.The higher proportion of pale malts results in a lighter colour. The term "pale ale" was being applied around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with coke, which resulted in a...
  
  , 5.1%
• White, wheat ale, 5%
• India Red, red IPA
  India Pale Ale
  India Pale Ale or IPA is a style of beer within the broader category of pale ale. It was first brewed in England in the 19th century.The first known use of the expression "India pale ale" comes from an advertisement in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper published January 30, 1835...
  
  , 5.5%
• Red Rice, Japanese-type
  Japanese beer
  Beer in Japan had its start in the 17th century during the Edo Period when the Dutch opened a beer hall for sailors working the trade route between Japan and the Dutch Empire...
  
   red ale, 5.1%

Some of its craft beers available on tap being quite popular, in 1987 the establishment started a microbrewery

Microbrewery

A microbrewery or craft brewer is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer, and is associated by consumers with innovation and uniqueness....

 of its own: La Brasserie Le Cheval Blanc. 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

Les Brasseurs RJ is a microbrewery located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was born in 1998 from the merger of three microbreweries: Les Brasseurs GMT, La Brasserie Le Cheval Blanc and Les Brasseurs de l'Anse. Current annual production capacity is at 35 000 hL...

.

• The Cheval's bottled beers most commonly available in Quebec's dépanneur
  Dépanneur
  A dépanneur is a convenience store, usually part of a chain, or an independently-run corner shop, general store or deli, in the province of Quebec in Canada...
  
  s are:

• La Blanche Cheval Blanc, traditional Belgian white
  Wheat beer
  Wheat beer is a beer that is brewed with a large proportion of wheat. Wheat beers often also contain a significant proportion of malted barley. Wheat beers are usually top-fermented...
  
  , 5%
• Coup de grisou, buckwheat
  Buckwheat
  Buckwheat refers to a variety of plants in the dicot family Polygonaceae: the Eurasian genus Fagopyrum, the North American genus Eriogonum, and the Northern Hemisphere genus Fallopia. Either of the latter two may be referred to as "wild buckwheat"...
  
   amber ale, spiced with coriander
  Coriander
  Coriander is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the...
  
  , refermented
  Bottle conditioning
  Bottle conditioned beers are either unfiltered so the final conditioning of the beer takes place in the bottle, or filtered and then reseeded with yeast so that an additional fermentation may take place.-Priming:...
  
  , 5%

In 1999, the tavern was renovated and is now also a music venue and an art gallery. As of late 2009, the tavern is the venue for YULBlog

YULBlog

YULBlog is an association of blogs based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has a Web site with a list of those blogs, as well as a "meta blog" that aggregates the blog posts from YULBlog members. It takes its name from YUL, the airport code for Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport in Montreal...

's monthly "First Wednesday" gatherings.

External links

• Le Cheval Blanc Web site