Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 5

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Le Saint Bock & L’Amere à Boire Part 5 (13:35); (MP3 20MB / FLAC 145MB / Ogg Vorbis 11MB / Stream)



In the final part of the Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire episode, Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Ed "Blork" Hawco eat their burgers and in the end are not overly impressed. Blork's burger had a dirty grease flavor that was so strong he didn't even notice the bacon. In the end, the talk turns back to beer, which in this case delivered more pleasure than the burgers.

Blork's Verdict

The more I ate my burger, the more I noticed a foul taste that seems to have come from a greasy grill that hasn't been cleaned. In the end, it was the dominant flavor, and it left a bad taste in my mouth that I could still sense the next day. Perhaps it was a bad night, because this place's reputation would sink like a lead canoe if all of the burgers tasted like that. Otherwise, it was a reasonably good sandwich, but not remarkable. The kind of thing you snarf down on a beery night out because you know you ought to eat something. Since I have been known to have the occasional beery night out, I might give this place another try -- just to see if that dirty taste is still there. But ultimately, L'Amere à Boire makes my beer list, but not my burger list.

Zeke's Verdict

As I said, initially I was anticipating something extremely good especially after reading the all the rave reviews on Chowhound about the Lamb Burger at L'Amere à Boire (one, two, three, four). Unfortunately what I didn't realize at the time was that they were all written by the same person. I should have known better, I didn't enjoy my lamb burger or my beer at L'Amere à Boire at all, and unlike Blork, I'm not likely to go back. Thankfully we had started the night at Le Saint Bock where the beer was delicious and the burger menu looked to be the same.

Le Saint Bock
Address: 1749 Saint Denis
Phone: (514) 680-8052

L'Amère à boire
Address: 2049 Saint Denis
Phone: (514) 282-7448


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(Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 1, Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 2, Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 3. Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 4)

Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 4

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Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 4 (11:37); (MP3 17MB / FLAC 124MB / Ogg Vorbis 10MB / Stream)



In this episode our heroes, Ed Hawco (also known as Blork) and Chris 'Zeke' Hand have left Le Saint Bock and order their burgers at L'Amere à Boire. Zeke wants his rare, Blork wants ketchup. Zeke doesn't know it but he will be disappointed, Blork won't be. While waiting for their burgers Blork and Zeke discuss how the Montreal Burger Report came into existence, and its reason for existing. Blork clamors for recognition, and then the burgers arrive.


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Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 3

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Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 3 (12:42); (MP3 17MB / FLAC 68MB / Ogg Vorbis 10MB / Stream)



In this episode our heroes, Ed Hawco (also known as Blork) and Chris 'Zeke' Hand finish their delicious beers at Le Saint Bock and are magically transported up the hill to L'Amère à boire for the main course.

Since the beers they had at Le Saint Bock were very good, both Blork and Zeke are hoping for the best with respect to the hamburgers at L'Amère à boire. Neither one expects a gourmet experience, but a good burger would complete the night.

Blork uses one of his lifelines to phone a friend and find out what L'Amère à boire means in English and what the pun is, Zeke asks the waiter for a recommendation about which beer to order and gets served the Černá Hora. Blork makes up his own mind and gets the Fin de siècle.


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(Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 1, Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amere à Boire Part 2.)

Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amère à Boire Part 2

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Le Saint Bock & Amere à Boire Part 2 (11:45); (MP3 17MB / FLAC 68MB / Ogg Vorbis 10MB / Stream)



In this episode, Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Ed "Blork" Hawco are having beers at Le Saint Bock anticipating the short trek up the hill to L'Amère à boire for their burgers. But before they leave, they notice the burger menu at Le Saint Bock. It has what appear to be very good burgers, or as Blork would call it, "perfection on a bun." Not quite gourmet burgers, they look like they would be very good burgers. However, our heroes continue with their plan, and make the walk up the hill to eat at L'Amère à boire.


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Montreal Burger Report: Le Saint Bock & L'Amère à Boire Part 1

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Le Saint Bock & Amere à Boire Part 1 (10:00); (MP3 14MB / FLAC 59MB / Ogg Vorbis 8MB / Stream)



In this episode our heroes, Blork and Zeke start off at Le Saint Bock a delightful microbrasserie (or as it is called in the part of the world that is not Quebec, a wonderful brewpub). Zeke orders and drinks a Malediction, Blork the Arrogant. Blork tries to goad Zeke, but is unsucsessful as Zeke quickly and gracefully steers the conversation towards more diplomatic waters.

Le Saint Bock is located at 1749 Saint Denis it is open seven days a week from 11 AM on weekdays and 1 PM on weekends the phone number is 514-680-8052 and their website is www.lesaintbock.com

The Montreal Burger Report is a radio show / podcast / blog / something or other where upon Blork and Zeke go out have a couple of burgers, some beer and in very generalized terms try to inform you about the wide and wonderful world of burgers in Montreal.


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