St. Regis lived in France in the 1600s and was recognized as the patron saint of social workers, lace makers, embroiderers and against the plague. There are St. Regis Hotels all over the world*, but I am sure in this case Gateway is paying tribute to a hometown landmark, North Bay’s St. Regis Hotel of the early to mid 1900’s. The St. Regis Hotel I visited last night was in fact a Gateway City pale ale, and after my Mackey House visit I was looking forward to another Gateway pale ale hotel sampling..I certainly enjoyed my stay. I had no reservations and as it turns out I needed none.
It poured a Gateway gilded gold with a fulsome foam head and bubbles to spare. A great juicy aroma, my first thought was peaches, but it turns out to be an apricot and passion fruit concoction. It is fizzy and juicy with pine bitters, and very good. As the fizz fades, the juice and bitters carry on, together not in sequence, as in synch with each other as Astaire and Rogers. It all adds up to a great balanced tasty and refreshing pale ale. Both juice and bitters in the aftertaste too. St. Regis Hotel is a first-class luxury pale ale. And no reservations required.
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