Hors Série Oud Bruin
Les Trois Mousquetaires

Bottle from The Situation, served at home in a tulip glass. Red colouor, almost no head and no lacing. Aroma is woody, bretts, vinegar, caramel, dark and red fruits, a bit of cocoa. Medium body, creamy texture, flat carbonation. Sour finish. Taste is sour, a bit of vanilla, dark and red fruits, vinegar, caramel, grapes. Very good.

Hors Serie Oud Bruin from Les Trios Mousquetaires. Purchased 12/11/20 for $ 14.80 (Including tax and discount) for 25.4 oz cork and cage bottle ($ 0.583 oz) from State Line Liquor, Elkton, MD. On shelf at store and stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 8/1/21.
Undated bottle. Served at 54.6 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 55.5 degrees. Opens with a distinct “POP”.
Appearance – 3.5.
First pour – Deep amber (SRM 15), clear.
Body – Ruby brown (SRM 24), opaque. When held to direct light, beautiful ruby/garnet and clear. The inside of the bottle appears etched or coated with growth. Layer of sediment in bottom.
Head – Large (Maximum 6.2 cm, aggressive center pour), buff, medium density but rapidly becoming less dense, short retention, leaving a 1.5 to two mm crown fed by effervescence, and a thin rocky partial cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4.5 – Initially sweet and malty, no hops, no yeast. Quickly yields to sourness and oak. Toward the end, a bit of brown sugar wafts by.
Flavor – 4.5 – Excellent sour oakiness, no hops, no yeast. No alcohol (7 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, watery, soft but lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.75 (After deduction 0.25 point for undated container). The rear label says “Aging Potential 3 -5 years” but without a bottling date … Still, this is a lovely brew, despite its average appearance and palate – the nose and flavors are near-perfect.

 

 

Bought in 2017 at a local beer store in Montreal, PQ for about 9$. Bottled 11-04-2017 (lot 701). Stored at room temp for 3 years and drank in mid-2020.

Appearance: Dark like the night. Some bubbles. Looks like a really dark root beer. Some head that dissipates rapidly.

Aroma: Doesn't smell like root beer although maybe very mildly reminiscent of it somewhere in there. Funky/barn animals. Very mildly of diaper/urine. Barley.

Taste: Sour hits you first. Lots of different flavors coming around and slapping you around. Some slight maltiness cutting through the sour in the middle. Coffee/Chocolate/Oats underneath it all on the finish. Like a light summer barleywine in some ways.

Palate: Tangy, medium. Like a light barleywine. Leaves a bitter taste at the end like black coffee.

Overall: Wow. This thing was a real ride. For me this was like a layered cake: a complex mix of a sour, ale, and a stout. It certainly was a real treat that I would recommend. It's purported to be "vinous" or "wine-like" In some ways yeah I do agree. Like a sour red wine. Being especially tart makes it a bit hard to drink fast (like sour green apple tart), but very drinkable nonetheless.

Pours mostly clear ruby red dark maroon brown with a creamy beige khaki colored foam head. Smells like acetic red wine, oak, balsamic vinegar, dark fruit, caramel malts, toffee, molasses, chocolate, with dusty herbal earthy floral hops. Tastes like acetic red wine, oak barrel, rich caramel malt, toffee, molasses, mild chocolate, dark dried fruits, dusty barnyard, with floral earthy herbal hops. Feels medium bodied, slick with smooth moderate carbonation. Overall a nice barrel-aged sour brown ale.

A - Pours the classic Cola colour with a head that dies quick, true to the style.
S - Very oaky aromas with vinegar tones with a subtle underlying maltiness
T – Very sour woody notes with a slight cherry and dark fruit aftertaste. This is sour
M – Light body and fullish carbonation
O – Well what a treat this is definitely up there with the best versions of this style and is perhaps more sour than the Rodenbach Grand Cru

Poured into a tall tulip, the appearance was a semi-dark rustic brown color in the glass. More of a ruddy burnt orange/dark copper color in the pour. Left a mild eggshell white foamy film of a head. Lace slid with the sips.
The aroma had an insane amount of variety of different apples ranging from the sweet side of Red Delicious to Cortland's to Granny Smith sour/tart characters and luscious Empires and Macouns. Then this beer takes a spectacular turn running into a beautiful toasty malt base with some oaky warm woody crisp barrel underlying tones.
The flavor blended extremely well rolling all of those sour, tart, sweet and malty brown hints into each other very nicely. Sticky sour to tart and a touch of sweet toasty note in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Good carbonation with some stickiness but not cloying. Fairly smooth on the finish with some acidity and a fair amount of dryness but mostly pretty nice!
Overall, boy oh boy, did I pick out a real gem for tonight! I'd definitely have again.

A: The beer is very dark reddish brown in color. It poured with a short off white color head that left a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of vinegar are present in the nose. Notes of oak become noticeable as the beer begins to warm up.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of vinegar along with notes of oak and hints of sour cherries.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is quite acidic but I liked the interplay between the sourness, cherries and oak.

Serving type: bottle

 

Les Trois Mousquetaires 'Hors Serie Oud Bruin' @ 7.0% , served from a corked/caged 750 ml bottle
A-pour is amber from the bottle to a dark dirty brown in the glass with a medium tan head with a fine spotty lace head leaving a minimal lace ring along the tulip
S-over ripe fruit , mostly cherries
T-tart & refreshing
MF-ok decent carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-thirst quenching beer , just no wow factor
prost LampertLand

 

 

Solid old world style from a new world brewery who seems to nail the history styles. Great maltiness and sour with just enough tannins fr the barrels to complete the full affect. Definitely ately worth the reasonable price of entry.

 

Pours reddish brown with thin parchment coloured head. Aroma sour cherry, barnyard. Flavour Sour cherry, vinager, barnyard, brown sugar, christmas spices. Medium body, great length, not much hop but nice carbonic bight.

 

750ml bottle poured into pint glass.

Pours a slightly hazy rich brown with one finger of hot chocolate head that leaves sheets of sticky lace as it recedes.

Smells of cherry juice, vinegar, brown sugar Christmas cookies, barrel wood, soft cheese and mild leafy hops.

Tastes of cold cherry pie, sour grapes, sour candy apples, lemon, red wine vinegar, chocolate covered raisins, wine barrel staves, gently cheesy funk and more dreamy hops.

Feels round and soft. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes dry.

Verdict: Vigorously recommended Very tasty and in a nice big bottle for good measure.

 

A hazy mahogany body (lovely sunset red) with a sand head that fizzles out rapidly.
Aroma is fruity and tart, of cherry and raspberry.
Aggressively sour, a real punch to the palate, like popping a warheads candy when you were a kid. Candy sugar sweetness, as opposed to fruity. Cherry, raspberry, currant flavours, with a touch of earthiness. Acidic and dry with a short finish.
Overall, it's ok for the style, but nothing exciting to drink, doesn't have depth. Have had better examples that were more balanced.

 

 

 

750ml, caged and corked bottle (@ 7.0% ABV) - these ones from LTM always seem to impress, to let's get a move on!

This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick brown colour, with two skinny fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and fizzy tan head, which leaves just a bit of spotty and blinking alien spaceship lace in places around the glass as things slowly abate.

It smells of tart cherry and apple vinegar, gritty and grainy caramel malt, some earthy funkiness, reduced brown sugar syrup, a sort of edgy barrel stave oakiness (more wet wood than anything), tanned leather, and some very tame earthy and dead leafy noble hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, balsamic vinegar, some cheese-forward funk, molasses, sour cherry and lemon flesh, a sort of musty barrel oakiness (some vanilla thankfully coming out to play), plain packaged nutty notes, and more understated leafy, weedy and gently perfumed floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly supportive via its stoic frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, the big sugary malt kind of batting away any and all funky and/or sour measures here, to great local acclaim. It finishes off-dry, the malt continuing its stranglehold on power, while the tart fruit, musty funk, and barrel astringencies check their watches for the last time today.

Overall, this is one heady and full-seeming version of the style, with the Brett character thankfully a background player, at 'best'. Just sour enough from the cherry-led fruitiness, and thus it comes across as balanced and appealing to yer typical agnostic - my thumbs aren't typing, as they're pointed back at me right now.

 

 

 

 

Pours a nice bubbly head, ring of retention shows a little lace.

Certainly some sourness in the aroma, a bit earthy, oak.

It is sour, but the tannins give it a real wine like character... Cherries, raisin, oak, treacle, hints of roasted nut. Definitely some vinegar character, but it adds depth rather than detracting from the rest.

Good body, well carbonated, with a slightly drying finish.

 

750ml corked and caged bottle poured into tulip 12/5/16 cheers mathieuc via CANBIF

A reddish brown that darkens towards the center, big beige head makes some noise as it falls leaving no lace

S heaps of brown sugar and balsamic vinegar, wet wood, has a little funk but I don't think the brett's taken charge in this fresh bottle but its hiding in the background, just a little sour cherry, a hint of leather, smells great

T thankfully the nose follows through, the sour cherry has some sour chocolate but its very faint and late, lots of brown sugar, vinegar, wet woods still there, tastes bang on for the style

M medium weight, tangy, stops short of sour, oil slick on the palate but a little sticky on the lips, vinegar at first and a hint of smokey cocoa well after the fact

O I'm impressed, this one has plenty going on and hits the style right on the money, maybe a little too easy drinking, sexy liquid

Can someone tell me when 3M started taking on tough Belgian styles and nailing them bang on? I think this is up there with some of the classics, I love this brewery!!

 

 

Appearance - This beer pours a beautiful brown almost black color but you can see brown light through it on the edges. The head was offwhite and faded very quick which I expected. and the carbonation still seems lively even though not long lasting.

Aroma - Vinegar, Some red grapes, light prune. and some oak.

Taste - Wow that kicks you in the palate lol, I get smacked with balsamic Vinegar up front followed by dark grapes, I get some chocolate notes underneath the sourness and then it finishes with a nice oak although the wods bitterness again is well concealed under the sourness

Feel - This has a light feel with almost silky carbonation. It suits it well.

Overall - This was my first Flanders oud bruin so I'm going with my style readings on judging this but I feel they did a great job. It has all your typical flavors found in the style and mixes them extremely well. This is an extremely delicious beer. Try it if you can!

Beautiful sweetness in the aroma and a nice tartness with a sweet woody note that is far too drinkable. Seems to nail all the requisite flavours. Great stuff.

 

Dark amber/light brown in color with a nice red hue and a small off-white head and lots of carbonation and bubbles. Very wild smell, you mostly smell the Bretts, a bit vinegary, some cherry aromas too. Nice fresh cherry taste in the beginning then it becomes more sour and you get balsamic vinegar taste with a small bitterness. Really fizzy on the tongue, I really like the feeling of this one.