Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Imperial Weizen

Brewed by Les Trois Mousquetaires
Style: Wheat Ale
Brossard, Canada

Degarth provides this one, once again. Aroma is immediately on you as soon as this is poured into a glass - peaches, pineapple, oranges, some tartness, toffee and caramel malts and other assorted fruity notes that are hard to pin down. Tartness picks up in the flavor, along with tons of different fruits, this beer really has a lot going on. It’s very interesting but it’s a bit disjointed overall. Some spicy notes on the very back end and into the finish. Light bodied, very easy to drink and I get no sense of the relatively high ABV in any area of the beer.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Marché des saveurs on August 14 2006, savoured on March 14 2008; eye: burnt orange, hazy, no effervescence, creamy white head, no lacing; nose: lots of banana, yeast, bread, resinous; mouth: creamy, thick, lots of banana, good presence of caramel, spices (including pepper), a bit of malt, light hops, finale in banana with lots of caramel, silky, slightly bitter, mildly sweet, medium body, average carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée au Marché des saveurs le 14 août 2006, savourée le 14 mars 2008; œil : orange brûlé, voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse blanche crémeuse, pas de dentelle; nez : beaucoup de banane, levure, pain, résine; bouche : crémeuse, épaisse, beaucoup de banane, bonne présence de caramel, épices (dont le poivre), un peu de malt, léger houblon, finale en banane avec beaucoup de caramel, soyeuse, très légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : bien aimé

Courtesy of Degarth. Pours with a faint haze with gold body and thin white head. The aroma is unexpectedly tropical with guava, peach, plantains and cantaloupe. I also get wheated and sweet malts. The taste enters with a welcome thickness and mild slurry-ness bringing up malt sweetness, some wheated malts, honey sweetness and a ribbon of tartness. Then midway a medley of fruitiness moves in with peaches, apricot, a hint of banana and cantaloupe.

Hazy deep golden, medium white head. Aroma is faint wheat and spice. Flavor is spicy, wheat, slight banana and lots of clove. Seems hopped fairly well and alcohol is a little noticeable. Thick mouthfeel with just a big clove flavor the whole time and a little perfumy. Pretty good.

12 ounce bottle purchase at John’s Marketplace in Portland--Pretty tasty. I fear it sat around a while too long, but overall, damn! What a nice wheat presence coupled by a big hoppy backbone and some solid maltitude. Slightly tangy, but mostlyjust highly balanced. Dry and sweet fruitiness evident. I really enjoyed this one.

small white head, skimpy, stringy lacing. Hazy gold color though not hazy enogh. Tame aromas of citrus, light fruit and vegetal matter. Body is light with a light carbonation level, lightly oily on the palate. Light clove flavors, bananna and some tropical fruity notes, sweet malts, kind of sugary. Finish is lightly sweet and vegetal. Meh.

Strange pour, big bubbles, same color as label, big-bubbled sudsy white head. Sweet, metallic, sour wheat aroma. Very sweet sugary wheat immediately followed by foul bitter metallic yeast. The soft banana in the background is quite pleasant, however its just overwhelmed by an otherwise not great beer. It is drinkable once you get used to the bitterness.

Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing this at an impromptu tasting. Hazy bright orange with a thin fast-fading white head. Aroma is interesting, wheaty maltiness, orange peel and a soft yeasty doughiness. A bit of sweet peachy character and soft fruitiness on the back. A bit of pepper on the back. Nice beer.