Série Signature IPA
Les Trois Mousquetaires

 

 

750ml bottle poured into tulip.

Pours a hazy medium orange with two plump fingers of dirty white head that leaves some jagged volcanic rock lace as it recedes.

Smells of lime zest, lemon peel, mango and pineapple slices, fresh bread, some dank pine and flowery hops.

Tastes of blood orange, candied citrus peel, more muddled tropical fruit, honeyed bread crust and more sappy pine.

Feels soft and round. Hefty medium body with frothy carbonation. Finishes dry.

Verdict: Vigorously recommended. A nice punchy IPA that is still pleasantly fruity.

 

750ml bottle poured into a snifter. About 2 months old at time of consumption.

A: Sunny golden color with a soft haze. Two fingers of fine-bubbled, bone-white head retains well and leave behind a thick collar of lacing.

S: A good, if not a bit demure, nose. Very tropical. Candied lemon peel, clementine, ripe mango. Melon rind and kiwi. Ever so slight leafy/earthy whiff. Dry and crackers malt.

T: Lemon juice, orange, mango, ruby red grapefruit in a big way. Bitterness is modestly bracing. Nice acidity. Bit of an earthy/leafy hop dimension too. Touch of soft spruce tip. Bit of papery oxidation is beginning. Cracker and toasty grain on the malt end of things. Long hop finish showcases some brighter tropical notes along with a bitter citrusy pull.

M: Filling, with a medium weight. Soft and fluffy. Ample but gentle carbonation. Easy mouthfeel.

O: Sort of an east-meets-west approach. It seems in the vein of the famous Vermont IPAs. Soft and easy multigrain body with a mild haze, the hops are a blend of the sprightly tropical side of the spectrum with the big citrus notes and bitterness that the west coast IPAs are known for. Pretty solid stuff, actually. Cork and cage bottles are not doing this beer favors though, and oxidation is already starting to set in.

Hazy yellow pour with 2+ finger foamy/puffy head.
Aroma grapefruit, tropical fruit, and pine on pine - Christmas tree effect dominates - slightly dank.
Taste starts crisp and almost crackery - hoppy yeast - pineapple, tropical fruit, mango but then the piney notes hit - hoppy and resinous.
Bubbly carbonation with a medium mouthfeel - bitterness lingers. Superb.

 

 

At Bier Market Montreal. Winning me over as #2 in a flight. 7 Oz. Must visit.
A) Light golden yellow with a white head that lasts and laces tidal rings.
S) Aroma is citric, dank with fruit & mystery. (Which is good)
T) Unusual profile, the malt comes in force with caramel wood shop/ pine shellac finish. ‘
F) Medium carb and weight, but pleasant tickly peppery feel and finish. Unusual.
O) Quebecoise IPAs win by being different and more northern european.

 

 

Straw and slightly hazy with a little carbonation and 4 fingers of rocky, off white head.

Smells very fruity of pineapple, jackfruit, soursop and other tropical fruits.

The taste follows the nose and is even more complex, including more tropical fruits, and apples, pears, and oranges.

Medium body, with light carbonation.

I got this at Brou HaHa in Gatineau, Quebec and am drinking it in Muskoka, Ontario, Feb 18th, 2018. Excellent taste and great nose on this one.

 

750 cl bottle from Depanneur - pours slightly misty golden yellow - with lightcreamy head that dissipates quickly to leave a thinish film and light lacing. Aroma: honey, citrus, some pine. Flavour: piney resiney, citrusy grapefruit hops - honeyish tropical fruit - distinct carbonic bite.

Hazy pale yellow. Fluffy cloud that leaves nice lacing. Tropical nose, mango shines through. Tropical up front with a nice pine bitterness coming through in the end. Clean finish with a smooth all be it a touch soapy mouth feel.

It's a nice take on an IPA but not necessarily a memorable one.

A-Clear golden yellow with a white head that lingers for a while.
S-Aroma is dank with some fruit in the background.
M- carbonation is medium high, mouthfeel is medium with a nice resinputs feel as well
T- very smooth the front with a Caramel honey sweetness that is nicely balanced with the bitterness of the selected hops
O-This is a wonderful West Coast type IPA, for those who love the dank character in their beers

 

 

8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square - once upon a time, we would get the big bottles from this brewery out here first, but no longer is that the case.

This beer appears a hazy, pale golden yellow colour, with a very thin cap of wispy and faintly bubbly bone-white head, which leaves a few instances of ocean plume lace around the glass as things slowly recede.

It smells of juicy tropical fruit (pineapple, guava, kiwi, and passion fruit), grainy and crackery pale malt, and some understated leafy, weedy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is slightly dank pine resin, muddled exotic fruit, further domestic citrus rind, bready and grainy pale malt, a lesser biscuity caramel sweetness, and more burgeoning leafy, herbal, and gently perfumed verdant hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly meek in its hard to discern frothiness, the body a solid medium weight, and mostly smooth, with the various hoppy esters making a small dent in the proceedings here. It finishes trending dry, even with the lingering tropical hops and malt persisting.

Overall, this comes across as a pleasantly earnest attempt at one of the current New World IPA incarnations - antipodean hops the vector chosen, apparently. Fruity and quite easy to drink, it's always nice to re-establish my connection with this Quebecois operation.