Les Trois Mousquetaires S.S.Oktoberfest

Brewed by Les Trois Mousquetaires
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Brossard, Canada

Appearance: Nice ruby hazy colour, thick pancake mix colour head. Aroma: Boiled Brussels sprouts, hops, cabbage? Beets? What’s going on? Flavour: Spice, hops, malt, vegetal, odd. Not bad, just odd. It works but it’s difficult to describe..

Acheté au jovi en format de 750ml et dégusté dans un verre tulipe de dieu du ciel. De couleur brune orangé malté au reflet ambré avec peu de mousse collant bien au vere. Arômes de malt fumé,caramel, noisette, orange et muscade. Le tout est très floral et équilibré avec une légère touche de framboise et de cerise en post-olfaction. Gustativement dès la première gorgée fût une heureuse rencontre entre le sucré et l’amertume. Un léger goût de réglisse, de fûmé, d’épices, de mûres et d’houblon. Une bière très bien balancé et nuancé avec un petit " je ne sais quoi " de grandiose.

Bottle courtesy of beergeek, shared at the first KW tasting. Odd vegetable aroma - hard to describe, but it did nothing for me. Amber pour, small white head. Sharp taste - hoppy, malty, fruit, some vegetable and earthy notes as well. Ok. Hmm, not sure why, but I just did not dig this one.

Bouteille 750ml. De couleur ambrée foncée et voilée. Nez malté de caramel légèrement rôti, de houblon floral et moyennement terreux, moyen de noix, léger de pain grillé et avec des notes de fruits (raisins) et des traces de fumée de bois. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse et légèrement huileuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et terreux (présent toute la gorgée) accompagné dun léger goût fruité (raisins, traces de petits fruits) et de traces de légumes bouillis lors de lentrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté de caramel, de grains légèrement rôti et aux notes terreuses ainsi qu un moyen goût de pain grillé puis en finale lon retrouve un regain damertume asséchante de houblon plus terreux et aux notes herbeuses ainsi qu un léger goût de noix et des notes boisées (fumée de bois). Post-goût long-moyen et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de houblon terreux, moyennement floral et légèrement herbeux avec un léger goût de rôti, des notes de noix, de fruits (moût de raisins) et boisées.

750 ml bottle brought by jay to our first KW group tasting at tupalev’s. hazy amber pour with a mis sized off white head. the aroma reminded me so much of the inside of a pumpkin. i basically didnt shut up about this the whole time we were drinking this brew, sorry guys i was just really excited about the pumpkin guts. also there was some nice pale malt aspects. the flavour was decent, overly vegetal but not unenjoyable. very funky and weird interpretation of the style. im gla this brew had being lagered because there was a lot that really could have gone in the wrong direction but the lagering smooth everything out into a drinkable form. im glad i got to try this brew and it stood out from the other we had. thanks for sharing jay.

750ml shared at Tupalev’s, big thanks to whoever brought this! Pours a beautiful hazy amber with a medium white head. Aroma is HUGE on the Earthiness, like big time, with some nice Munich malts in there too. The flavour is even better, extremely bitter for a lager, loads of hops, like I said very Earthy and herbal, astringent. Balanced well with the sweet Munich malts, but the bitterness steals the show. Simple but highly enjoyable. Might be the most flavourful lager I’ve ever had, and a style that I would kill to get more examples of. It’s a travesty that in KW, with the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany, you can’t find any real Oktoberfest beers. It’s pathetic actually. But this one was quite a treat!

Bottle: Poured a deep copper color Marzen with a light brown color foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry caramel malt is sublime. Taste is also a well balance mix between some lightly sweet malt notes with hints of fresh caramel and some minimal hops presence. Full body with great carbonation and easily quaffable. Definitely geared toward the malt lover but still easily drinkable.

<b>In short: </b>A dirty fruity amber lager of some kind. A bit off and strange but quite drinkable.
<b>How: </b>Bottle 750ml. Many times. This rating for a 2 or 3 months bottle.
<b>The look: </b>Cloudy dirty dark red body topped by a small beige head
<b>In long: </b>Nose of baked red fruits. Full body, lively carbonation. Lots of earthy malts, red fruits of all kinds, grapes, caramel, wet campfire wood, a little red grapes sourness that should not be there (imho). A lot of woody and earthy hops. A strong overall dirt sensation like wet earth or something. Strange brew. Dirtier than a punk bar toilet after a open-bar night.