Les Trois Mousquetaires S.S. Rauchbier

Brewed by Les Trois Mousquetaires
Style: Smoked
Brossard, Canada

750ml from State Line. Dusky dark brown surprised me just a tad, as I was expecting the hazy amber I’ve encountered with most other smoked brews. Nice fluffy medium head, and a nose dominated as much by chocolate malts as by smoke. Interesting, it comes across like a moderate smoked porter, almost like Stone’s in a sense. Full bodied and easy drinking for sure. And if it lacks much complexity, it’s still enjoyable when in the mood.

Bottle from Julios. Nice blackish pour with a fair head. Mild liquid smoke, faintly metallic, caramel aroma. Very full bodied with a bit of a muddy, confused flavor. Feels vaguely stout-like, or perhaps a full-bodied brown, with a kind of oddly smoked finish. A bit fishy. Warming and balanced, easy drinking. A good autumn beer.

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, dark chocolate, husks), with light notes of smoke and charred wood. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately to heavily bitter, slightly unclean. Medium to full body, velvety/syrupy texture, lively/soft carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Rather dull, with some rough edges (poor malt character, unpleasant twang and aftertaste).

This dark brown beer poured with a generous tan head and a smoky aroma. There is a very smoky malt flavor with a dry slightly bitter, slightly sour finish. It tastes like a good German rauchbier, but the smoke is a bit more restrained.

Big bottle, shared with Parksy. Pours a dark brown with copper highlights, topped with a big bubbly beige head that laces its way down the glass. Nice meaty smoke aroma, cleaner than the Longrow from Brewdog that I had earlier, and with an underlying sweet burnt sugar maltiness. Flavours of strong smoke with underlying sweet molasses malt, slightly tart/sour finish. Tasty!

0.75 l bottle at Timo A’s. Opaque dark brown color. Nice smoked ham aroma with leather and licorice. Sweetish smoky flavor with tar, smoked ham and licorice. Nice aroma, flavor is kind of muddy.

750ml bottle. Pours dark brown with a huge fizzy head. Aroma is big roasted malt with hints of smoke. Taste is smoke but not that much. Quite a lot of roasted malt. Nice balance between roasted and smoked malt. Long head retention.

750ml bottle, dark brown color, with a big fluffy tan-colored head, leaving some laces, yeasty, fruity, light smoky, roasty, chocolate malt nose, with some beechwood, ashen accents, with a black chocolatey, cookie dough, roasted coffee bean accents, with some faint toffee, raisiny, date notes in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, mild chocolatey, biscuity, toasted, roasted malt character, with some light smoky, fryitu, datey, raisiny, black coffee flavors, with a hint of spicy licorice and molasses and some burnt toast, faint roasted coffee bean roastiness, leading towards a black chocolatey, roasty bitterness finish.