Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Weizenbock

Brewed by Les Trois Mousquetaires
Style: Weizen Bock
Brossard, Canada

Bottled at PBF. Cloudy brownish red, rich but brief head. Caramelly nose withsome red berries behind. Sweet with a tart berryish yeast component. Intense brandy-like alcohol with burnt caramelly malt behind. Salty finish.

Bottled. Hazy ambery brown colour, mediumsized beige foamy head. Aroma is alcohol, whear, grass, mild spices, Dark dry fruits as well. Flavour is sweet caramel malts, alcohol and some quite grassy notes. Mild raisins and plum.

Bottle at Sune. Clear orange red coloured with a huge off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of dried fruits and berries. Sweet flavour of dried fruits, caramel and liquorice with notes of alcohol. Sweet and warming alcoholic finish.

Very cloudy. Deep burgundy with a little brown to it. Chewy, deep malts - hints at chocolate and dark fruit. Late splash of alcohol. It’s a very big rendition of the style, and the maltiness definitely stands up to overwhelm some of the fruitiness/phenolicness you’d expect from the style. But it is a nice winter brew.

Bottled (PBF, vintage 2009). Ruby color, steady small beige head. Caramelly, dark fruits and wheaty aroma. Wineous mouthfeel. Full-bodied. Wheat, caramel, raisins, alcohol. Intensive flavors. Perharps a bit too alcholic almost. Interesting, very different than eg. Aventinus or Vitus.

Warming crunched cereal juice, prune puree, molasses and leather make for a rich and satisfying nose. Quite yeasty, yet residual sugars and concentration are the dominant aspect. Cloudy medium brown hue is kept from darkness by the shy wheat. Wearing a fine light beige crown that mostly lasts. Plenty of persistence in the finish, with rancio flavors emerging on top of the phenols. Tastes like it has been lagered for a while. Full creamy body displaying smooth carbonation that is one of its few differences from liquorous late-evening drink, almost playing in the ballpark of Samichlaus in that regard. Concentrated fruitiness through and through with lots of boldness, earthy and leathery. Kinda sticky after a few sips, but does not grow hard to drink and the alcohol remains under control despite its warmth. Impressive winter beer.

This is as much a weizen bock as i make cranberry jelly for a living! Its a god dam barley wine. Infact my notes only say an outstanding barley wine that silly complex. 2006 bottle from martinT.

Any first impressions?
-A rich, full head of foam proudly crowns the cloudy purple-tinged dark brown.
-Quirky plums and herbal spiciness don’t quite match with the underlying leather component in the nose.
-Bold black grapes are succulently leaking into the filling fruit cake, as hoppy bitterness attempts to balance things out. Too complex a flavor profile to be assessed on the first sips.
-The portly body is well-carbonated with lively yet soft bubbling, which fits the style.

What if you dig deeper?
-Alcohol warming is fitting, and never intrusive.
-Prunes and dates emerge from the port wine sweetness, and the non-denominational hoppy strength is seamlessly segued.
-A smidge of tartness clashes with the leather in the aroma (with iodine beneath?), and this worries me somewhat, especially for aging purposes.
-Its flavor and body are stupendously developed and comforting, this is a marvelous creation from Trois Mousquetaires. Imagine the flavor profile of Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock and carbonate it à la Aventinus Weizenbock, add a surreptitious leather whip, and you’ve got yourself a fascinating rendition of this broad and underdeveloped style.

Bottle; 2006 vintage.