Brasserie McAuslan

Nice setting and odd seasonal beers. Service was good and everyone just seemed happy to be there. The setting is outstanding, but you need to know this is around, or you’re likely to ever know it was there. It’s nice to see Montréal still has its «off the beaten path» type establishments.

What a great place to spend a nice summer day in Montréal. This terrasse is fabulous — there is a main bar where you can get beers, a food stand, wifi (although weak), outdoor tables (some in the shade) with great views of the water. For those not from Montréal and without a car, you may need to take the public bus here and walk through the parking lot to enter. Otherwise there are plenty of bikers who just leave their bike and grab a couple of brews with friends. I’m glad I found this terrasse. Somewhat in the same area as the Atwater Market for those visiting.

There’s nothing like seating outside on a warm summer’s day and having a cold one! The terrace on Saint-​Ambroise is a really nice rest stop when biking on the canal, and worth a visit if you are in Saint-​Henri area. During summer this place measures up with any Montréal bar. The large outdoor terrace is a heaven for those looking to relax and kick back. They serve several beers on tap and some cheap pub grab. Just wonderful! Unfortunately it’s hard to get here by public transportation (it’s at least 10 minutes walk to the nearest metro). You are better off driving or riding your bike over. The parking lot is on the Saint-​Ambroise street side, and the bike rakes are on the canal’s side. Santé!

This place is one of my favorite ones to take a beer and relax! It is by the lachine canal so you can also take a nice walk before/​after taking a nice beer. They offer different types of beers and also seasonal ones. If you plan to go as a big group don’t worry you will always have space to sit and enjoy your time!
Cet endroit est un de mes préférés pour prendre une bière et relaxer! Situé sur le bord du canal lachine… Parfait pour prendre une marche avant ou après une bonne bière. La brasserie mcauslan offre une grande variété de bières. Il y a même un choix de bières saisonnières. Si vous planifiez y aller avec plusieurs personnes vous n’avez pas à vous inquiéter il y aura assez d’espace pour vous accueillir!

Fantastic terrasse, right next to the canal. Decent beer at an okay price. It’s a bit out of the way, but it’s one of the best terrasses in the city on sunny days, and is large enough to avoid being overly crowded much of the time.

My original five star review for McAuslan and specifically for its amazing terrace got somehow transferred under the Annex. So here I’m writing another five star review for the BEST beer garden in Montréal. It is simple, unpretentious, relaxed, friendly towards kids, pets, bikers and everybody else, and it makes people happy, or at least it makes me happy, and I believe it makes my friends and relatives happy. I’m happy when they open in the late spring and I’m jumping on my bike to get there with the ultimate goal to drink my first apricot pint in celebration of the approaching summer. I’m happy when my sweet heart orders another pint of IPA and raves about it, and we put our big smiles on our faces. I’m happy when my friends order a pitcher of cream ale as it is one of the most elaborate beers ever made. I have a very happy picture of my mom sitting in front of one of these six glass tasting boards. I’m even happier when the fall approaches because it means there will be pumpkin brew as it is the best I have tried and I have tried a lot. I only regret the maple season is during the winter and I can’t drink the most amazing maple ale at the terrace. And this is all I have to say! Cheers!

Afternoons here on the terrasse are so Montréal in food, beer, and atmosphere.
Apple Cider Du Minot White + Vegeburger

I can’t even believe they actually sell frozen undercooked burger patties and stale buns as overpriced burgers. The food is absolutely atrocious — one of the worst ever in my life. If you go there to enjoy some beer, please do yourself a favor and eat somewhere else.

The St-​Ambroise Apricot Ale must be the best «fruity» beer I’ve had. Great sweet and subtle aroma, and simple smooth taste. It’s not very tart for those who like strong beers. Faith in fruity beers regained.
The Scotch Ale is a darker stronger 7.5% beer that was extremely smooth and sweet. Low carbonation, and comfortable to swallow. It’s one of McAuslan’s highest-​rated beers on RateBeer so give it a try!
Finally, the Rasberry Ale was a bit uninspiring compared to the Apricot Ale. It’s neither sweet nor malty, hints of a watered-​down cocktail more than a beer. But for those who don’t like beer, by all means try one.
A 12oz glass is $ 5 and the 20oz is only $ 6 tax included — there’s no reason not to stop by the terrace and replenish if you pass by on the bike path.

During the summer, the Terrasse St-​Ambroise is my favourite place in the city. Beyond the normal diversity of people you would find on any montreal patio, the addition of kids and dogs enjoying the terasse gives the place a special community vibe that is as rare as it is wonderful.
The limited menu of BBQ available is great both in terms of taste and price, and is readily available when you find yourself a bit peckish.
Follow the terrasse on facebook as they have special events and movie nights.
Watching Point Break on a warm summer night, projected onto a delivery truck with tragically wonderful french subtitles has been one of my favourite experiences in the city and could only be had in Montréal (the disparity between the rendering of colorful metaphors in the english dialogue and the French subtitles adds an extra layer of humour).

Staff has a «don’t give a shit attitude «with a big old smirk on their face. You ask a question and they look at you like you are an idiot. Not very organized. Very disappointed as I used to love this place.

Hit the terrace after a long bike ride, which was one of my better life choices. Great outdoor atmosphere, friendly staff, plenty of velo parking, dog and child friendly. And obviously, DELICIOUS BEER.
There’s a tasting paddle for $ 12, which doesn’t come with a huge amount of beer, but if you’re genuinely trying to make up your mind before ordering a delicious 12oz-​er or pint, they’ll let you taste anything. Pints average around $ 7, depending on what beer you get. They have some specialties. (I totally recommend the apricot and I don’t even usually like fruity beers.)
So I’m taking off one star for the snacks, which were really really really average. We split a burger and some chips with salsa, and while the burger meat was actually decent, the chips were totally straight from a bag and kind of stale, and I dunno, the whole thing kind of lacked finesse. I would love to see them just bring the grill up a single notch and it would be perfect.
This is a wonderful thing to do if you have guests in town (which we did) as the brewery is not too far away from anything and is a fantastic pre– or post– (or both) stop along an intense bike ride.

This is a pleasant, outdoor showcase for McAuslin’s beer. It has a very simple menu, hamburgers, sausages and tofu.
The ambiance is like a very relaxed barbeque. It is very kid friendly and regularly has families pulling up on bicycles.
It closes early, at 21h00 but you can now drift over to the Annexe pub which is equally enjoyable but is open later and is more ‘pub-​like’.
I’m an unabashed fan, so bear in mind I really like craft beer, and a come-​as-​you are ambiance. If you are looking for conventional drinks or a broader menu, you might not be satisfied.
The Terrasse St-​Ambroise does what it does very well.

This is my favorite place to go to drink in the summer time and now I can go whenever I want because they recently opened a bar inside, literally a two minute walk from the terrasse to the bar.
The terrasse is awesome, right of the bike path on the Lachine Canal. There’s always a great ambiance, with live bands, people are there with their friends, their kids and their dogs. The terrasse is huge and it’s always packed. The beer is awesome, my favorite is their apricot beer and their cider! Nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day. Their food is good too, nothing amazing, but keep in mind it’s a bar. Burgers, veggies burgers, chips & salasa and euro hot dogs. The burgers and hotdogs come with chips & salsa too. Again, it’s not a restaurant.
The inside bar is really nice. Made to look like an old irish pub. Their menu inside is a little different. First there was no cider on the menu, apparently they don’t know if the cider will be coming back. The food well you have a choice of a Pretzel with two kinds of mustard which they sale jars of if you want to take some home, it’s delicious, their beer dijon mustard especially. And you also have Nachos with jalapeño, black olives and pineapple (i know pineapples on nachos sounds weird, but it’s really good).
St-​Ambroise is really one of my favorite places to go to.

What a great place to have some great beers! Even though it is a little out of the way, it’s definitely worth the trip. They’ve got beers for all seasons and decent snacks to go with. They bar itself is homely and reminiscent of an old timey pub, which is a good thing. If you’re sampling the microbrew scene in Montréal, this is a worthy stop.

Great brewery, we took the tour (interesting!) and had a tasting (interesting and tasty!). Afterwards we hung around the terrace a bit. Everyone was very friendly.
I think their website says they only do yours on Wednesday, so check and reserve before you go.
If you’re going to go, you can walk along the water instead of on the streets of this factory neighborhood. We only realized this once we were already there.
If you’ve ever wanted to see where McAuslan was made, this is the place to go. If you’ve ever wanted to see where Moosehead Lager was made, they actually make it here, too (for Quebec).

Met a new friend at Dieu de Ciel and he recommended this place. SWEET! So happy that he did. It’s about a ten/​fifteen minute walk from the subway but totally worth it. Walk along the waterfront to take a leisurely walk! Plus, I came in through the other side of the street and could NOT find the opening to the terrace for the life of me! You need signs directing people McAuslan!
Anyways, the terrace has a beer garden-​like setup and you can purchase basic bar food i.e. hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and salsa, etc. We started with the beer sampler to get our taste buds working and I fell in love with the raspberry ale! Also really enjoyed their apricot ale and their DIPA, which my boyfriend is now calling the the Pliny of Quebec. Definitely a spot worth coming to if you enjoy beer!

The McAuslan’s terrasse is an awesome place to enjoy throughout the summer time for great beer and really laid back, cool, company! I came with a few friends for the Funk n Jazz Festival, which was awesome. The line ups for beer and BBQ deliciousness were quite long but seemed to pass at a decent pace, I felt more bad for the guys taking care of everyone’s orders in the scorching heat.
Not sure if it was solely this time around or something they finally introduced, but they were accepting credit/​debit cards!
(But seriously, why don’t you guys EVER have Framboise on tap for me?! Now I have to wait til next year…)

Came here for the funk & jazz afternoon yesterday and the conditions were perfect: the sun was shining, there was plenty of room on the grass for everyone, the music was great and the beers and BBQ grub were fantastic. My only complaint is that the beer queue got out of hand a few times with only 3 staff members busting their asses as fast as they could, but I forgive it seeing as it was 30 degrees+ and everyone was collectively thirsty. Oh and seriously, pleeeeease stop running out of the framboise, it’s seriously good shit and it’s a long trek to get to the brewery! Make more, I dunno: P

This place is only open in the warmer months, so enjoy it while you can! Just off the canal bike/​walk path, it’s a great place to have a great beer outside (preferably in great weather). This is where they brew MacAuslan beer in Montréal.
There’s not too much in the way of food here, so come well fed if you want to get your drink on and not get too messy… Maybe that’s just me. Sometimes they make burgers but not always, other than that they just have potato chips. The Atwater market isn’t a far walk down the canal (and it’s a nice walk too) if you need real food.