Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Gatineau — Restaurant in Gatineau

For some reason, I didn't expect it to look like this, although it looks like so many other brewpubs in a strip mall/semi-industrial space. They seem to respect Covid-19 regulations quite well, considering the tasting room section isn't very big. We were warned about this so we showed up early. You have to wait outside for the staff to let you in and make sure your table is ready. Kudos to them for it. They had 5-6 beers on tap that day, including a very good Helles, a nice Sweet stout and a few hoppy beers of varying strength, bitterness and fruitiness. I'm not a big fan of their overly sweet fruity IPAs, but the regular ones are good. The Helles was better than I expected. The stout was very tasty, big chocolate notes, a little cloying for me but my +1 enjoyed it. Service was good, no complaints at all. Didn't try the food but apparently it's excellent. Beer prices were fair at 7$ a pint. Overall I liked it, if I lived around here I'd visit occasionally but I don't know if I would be a regular. I certainly wouldn't wait hours in line for their special...

Visited on March 5, 2019, before noon. Located on the very commercial section of Gatineau (a mall, bunch of stores and restaurants, etc.), inside a shared building with other business. There is parking, but it is a bit of a premium, although you can always take public transit. Definitely smaller than BDT and Gainsbourg in Hull, of course they are more the restaurant type, still a nice setup. One section with small tables for two and the other for groups. Not a big food menu, but quite interesting. The big hot dog smell good, but I went for the pan chicken with kimchi sauce, very nice. The tap menu was also small but good variety, although there was two variation of the Hypa IPA, but I went for the Double call Tiberius (Roman emperor), very solid, but so are the two others I had last January in cans. However, the store selection is kind of thin, only three kinds for sale that day, but then again they don't have the capacity like the two others. In all, a very good addition the Capital...

BBC is an up and coming little brewery that specializes in big, hazy IPAs and over-the top sweet stouts with creative adjuncts (a recent one included Oreo cookies, and they use a lot of vanilla and coconut). Currently demand outstrips production so bottles and cans go very fast and the menu changes regularly.

The food is provided by Le Clandestin as of early 2021, which means it's a little rustic, a little fusion, and they love their fresh curd and fried chicken. Had a grilled cheese and a Reuben with salad when I went, all tasty with quality ingredients and a robust pile of greens and seeds and pickled beans.

Staff is friendly and knowledgeable (but sworn to secrecy as to what beers will be for sale next week), and the atmosphere is a plucky little space of exposed metal and wood. Worth a visit and definitely worth ordering some cans or bottles ahead at exactly 11 AM on a Tuesday to pick up...