Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Baltic Porter

Brewed by Les Trois Mousquetaires
Style: Baltic Porter
Brossard, Canada

Bottled at PBF (as Porter Baltique). pale black, rich airy head. Licorice aroma. Sweet and ashy lots of licorice and lemon. Roasty and doughy, some dough and dreid plums. Long salty bitterness. Tasty stuff!

Bottle, 10%. Dry roasted aroma, not too interesting. Almost totally black colour, small brown head. The flavour is quite sweet, has some American grassy hops. Some sweet liquorice. The alcohol is not very apparent in the flavour, but it helps to balance the sweetness.

Bottled (as Porter Baltique Automne 2008, 10%). Very dark brown colour with small brown head. Aroma is coffee, malts and some roasted notes. Flavour is burnt sugar, alcohol, coffee, fudge, syrup and some caramel malts. Not much baltic porter in this one. Aftertaste is fudge, roasted malts and alcohol.

Name: E.L. Baltic Porter 1870
Date: 06/20/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: dark brown, fine tan head, bits of drippy lace,
Aroma: rich dark chocolate aroma with a touch of dark caramel sweetness, warming brings a dry roastedness,
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, caramel sweetness pulls in more of the rich chocolate and gives it a milky sweetness, touch of fruity character, light balancing bitterness, chocolate and fruit grow to become the dominant profile,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Porter Baltique. Very dark brown. Chocolate aroma with light nuts. Light chocolate, fudge...there’s a vibrancy to it as well. It has style with that juicy acidity. Pretty good.

鼮ml bottle, thanks stine) Small beige head that completely disappears, atop brown-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate syrup, some roast, smoke. Taste is medium sweet, smoke, chocolate, some roast, light soy, alcohol. Medium-full body, sticky, low carbonation.

Bottled as "Porter Baltique" (PBF, vintage 2008). Dark brown color, small brown head, Strong cocoa-chocolate-coffee aroma. Coffeish, roasted malty, caramelly and milky flavor. Similar sweet flavor than in their doppelbock, which I had in the same session. Not really baltic porter.

Almost black, clear around the edges beer with a healthy tan head. A very strong, considerably attenuated dark beer which has a fair bit in common with their Porthos (doppelbock). Switch the toastiness to roastiness, add a pinch of alcohol and you’re quite there - the general relation between doppelbocks and baltic porter. By using the same yeast strain, we get similar alcohol connotations, although there may be a further vinous feel here. We’re dealing with both blackberry-like fruitiness and a couple of dark grapes. Not quite juicy though as the lager yeast has done a remarkable attenuating job. The carbonation is therefore quite lively for a beer of this type and the associated alcohol feels warming, but never serves as a focus point flavour-wise. Obviously, a fair bit of roastiness is constantly present. I can’t really box it into a coffee reminding or chocolate reminding mold, more like plain borderline burnt toast. Thankfully, the fruit notes are devoid of inherent acidity, thus avoiding any clash or astringency. Obviously spot on what they were aiming at. Solid all around. Light-medium body has obviously lost a fair bit of thickness through the yeast’s enthusiasm. Seriously, this is much drier than I’d have expected. Certainly not a typical vinous, slightly tart, fruity and rather sweet baltic porter with bold contrasting chocolate notes. More of a roasty doppelbock whose yeast went beyond the call of duty. Now to determine if I like it more than the Porthos... I’m afraid I might be alone in that camp, but I think not. Both are really worth trying, but afterwards, between the very good one, quite available, at a retail price 4.99$ and the very good one, very rare indeed, at 7.99$, I’ll stick with the Porthos.