Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Porter Baltique Édition Spéciale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle (2011 version): Poured a deep black color porter with a large brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma if a complex mix of dark chocolate notes with light traces of vanilla and some clear notes of Citra which brings out some notes of dill that that work that well. Taste is also a weird mix between some black chocolate and light dry roasted malt notes with some very subtle trace of vanilla which clash with green hoppy notes of Citra with underwhelming notes of dill. Body is full with somewhat of an oily texture and good carbonation with no apparent alcohol. I ma probably going against the grain on this one but way too much Citra for my taste which kind of doesn’t hold well against the black chocolate and bourbon notes. Also the second use of the bourbon barrel leaves very subtle notes of bourbon which could be more pronounced.

Aroma:bourbon whysky aroma,chocolate and rosted malt..... Appearance:dark,light tan head.. Flavor:alcool,rosted malt,whisky and light sour flavor....

Bouteille 750ml (2011 - 321/700). De couleur noire-brune et opaque. Nez boisé (fût de bourbon), de malt rôti, moyen de fruits (raisins, notes de cerises noires), léger de chocolat noir, de vanille, de houblon herbeux et d’alcool liquoreux ainsi que des notes de caramel toffee et de café. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement doux ainsi qu’une texture liquoreuse. Moyen goût fruité (raisins, notes de cerises noires, traces de prunes) accompagné d’un moyen goût boisé (fût de bourbon), d’un léger goût de vanille et des traces de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de malt rôti, un moyen goût de chocolat noir ainsi que des notes de caramel toffee et traces de mélasse terreuses. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool liquoreux réchauffant accompagné d’une légère amertume de houblon herbeux jusqu’en finale. Post-goût long, léger-moyen amer de rôti, de chocolat noir, léger d’alcool, de houblon herbeux, de fruits (moût de raisins et de cerises) ainsi qu’avec un moyen-léger goût boisé (fût de bourbon).

Cask days 2011. Typical pour, big bourbon woody aroma. Loads of burnt malt, soy, and coffee, with that typical trois mousquetaire sweetness to the malt profile. Light fruit, and quite a bit more roasted malts. The finish is quite sweet, and woody with a little vanilla. The more is warms the boozier it gets and whoa does the bourbon really come through and overpower. Nice stuff but a little rough around the edges.

Glass, 5 ounces, during the 2011 Festibière de Québec, savoured on September 2 2011; eye: dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, tiny ring of brown head; nose: roasted malt, soy sauce, brown sugar, caramel, candied fruits, light tobacco, alcohol; mouth: roasted malt, soy sauce, brown sugar, caramel, candied fruits, light tobacco, alcohol, alcohol warmth, finale in roasted malt with presence of alcohol, full body, not much carbonation, rather sweet, liqueur-like texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, durant le Bières et saveurs de Chambly, savourée le 2 septembre 2011; œil : brune foncée, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse brune; nez : malt torréfié, sauce soya, cassonade, caramel, fruits confits, léger tabac, alcool; bouche : malt torréfié, sauce soya, cassonade, caramel, fruits confits, léger tabac, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, finale en malt torréfié avec présence d’alcool, corsée, peu carbonatée, plutôt sucrée, texture liquoreuse; en résumé : bien bon

hill farmstead bottle share, the barrel aging here did a great job, tons of vanilla and bourbon flavors, the porter holds up well.

Cask. Appearance: pitch black. Motor oil, tiny bubbly brown head. Aroma: wow, barrel ! Lots of wood, a little red wine, rich chocolate. Flavour: rich and berry like, thick mouthfeel, really rich, really wood/barrel like, long wood and liquor finish.

Bottled, 75 cl. Clear black with a small, almost non existent head. Roasted nose, licorice, oak, a whiff of smoke. Flavor is sweet deep roasted, very sugary, thick, leading to fruity hoppy, alcoholic, ashy finish.

UPDATED: DEC 9, 2012 750ml bottle shared by jsprime with me and joel. bottle number 594/700. black with a tan head. huge bourbon barrell and big black beer nose. endlessly complex flavour. the mouthfeel is full and the finishgoes on forever. this is the best bourbon barrelled beer ive ever had. stunning.

Bottle shared at the harvest festival and another strange one but in a pretty good way. The barrel characteristics were very light with small bourbon and vanilla notes. The dry hopping made this weird i think. Citrus and dank grass fight a bit with the roasty chocolate notes.