Les Trois Mousquetaires Oktoberfest 2007

Formerly brewed at Les Trois Mousquetaires
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Brossard, Canada

Bottle. Pours a copper-red body with a soapy white head. The aroma has some pleasant smoke and toast with a strong dose of nuts and caramel. The flavour is bready with caramel and cookie flavours. Very tasty yet the body is quite light. Well balanced and very drinkable.

2008-02-01. Bottle. 2007 Vintage. Orange amber body with modest white head. Lightly earthy smoky hints over toasty malt aroma. (6+) Flavour has similar lightly smoky earthy character distracts from the malty foundation. Average smooth palate. Very well made but not for me. My score seems low but I don’t know that I would raise any of the individual numbers so there it stays.

Can shared with jerc, mabel, blankboy & mds - courtesy of blankboy. Ruby-amber with a good sized white head that leaves lots of lace. Very nice aroma with sweet caramel malt, an earthy backnote, and some spicy/herbal hops. Full bodied. Flavour is just as good as the aroma - sweet, toffeeish malt off the top, a slightly smoky nuttiness in the middle, and a solid helping of hops to bring it together in the finish. As with the ’06, this is a fantastic example of the style.

Bouteille de 750 ml, avec bouchon de liège, achetée chez Métro Joanette (Verdun, QC). Arôme: Odeur d’épices et de caramel avec une pointe d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux avec une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel fruité et d’épices. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #1412)

On tap at Oktoberfest in Mascouche. The color is amber with a beige head. The taste is bitter and malty with also a taste of cereal. It is quite similar to their Oktoberfest of 2006.

bouteille de 750ml. avec bouchon de liège belle couleur brune claire, mousse compacte durable, léger nez de malt, bouche malté avec une finale épicée, piquante, rafraichissante, petit arrière-gout de levure. bière très agréable.

Bottle: Poured a clear reddish amber color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention but no lacing. Aroma of medium sweet malt with some dry grain also noticeable. Taste is mostly dominated by some dry grainy malt. I thought it lacked some sweetness and a creamy texture with carbonation being a bit low. Definitely not the best thing I have tried from them lately.

Decent sized frothy off white head of fine bubbles. Minimal carbonation. Sweet malts and roasted grains in the aroma with a bit of nuts and some sort of berry in the background. Color is a beautiful crimson brown. The beer just glows when you hold it up to the light. Light roasty flavor with some biscuity malts, bit of dryness and bitterness and maybe a hint of tart cranberry. There is something in the background which I just cant place. Finishes dry and roasty with a hint of tartness. I expected this to be a pretty poor brew but am plesantly surprised. If I would have known that it was this good I would have saved it for a tasting. Thanks to etowneraser for this one.