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Troubadour Magma
The Musketeers Brouwerijcafé
- From:
- The Musketeers Brouwerijcafé
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian IPA
Ranked #34 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #14,484 - Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 11.73%
- Reviews:
- 184
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2024
- Added:
- May 11, 2010
- Wants:
- 28
- Gots:
- 79
No description / notes.
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Ratings by OWSLEY069:
Reviewed by OWSLEY069 from Pennsylvania
3.58/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours a hazy orange-ish to amber color with a light tan head. In the aroma, dry pine and caramel like notes. In the taste, pine hops and a caramel like maltiness. A hop bite and medium bodied mouthfeel, with a semi dry hop and caramel like aftertaste. Nice hops, but the caramel is a bit much, nice but just OK.
Apr 05, 2011More User Ratings:
Reviewed by SlowPourInSlough
2.02/5 rDev -48.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
2.02/5 rDev -48.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
L: dark amber, hazy, thick head
S: not much. A touch biscuity maybe.
T: lots of malt and not much else. Sweet and slightly sickly.
F: full.
O: I'm not tasting what other people are in this beer. No orange, no marmalade, no complexity. Just a lot of malt and a lot of alcohol. Sorry, but I hated it. Also, despite having IPA in the name, it was nothing like an IPA.
Jan 21, 2024S: not much. A touch biscuity maybe.
T: lots of malt and not much else. Sweet and slightly sickly.
F: full.
O: I'm not tasting what other people are in this beer. No orange, no marmalade, no complexity. Just a lot of malt and a lot of alcohol. Sorry, but I hated it. Also, despite having IPA in the name, it was nothing like an IPA.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.04/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
4.04/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
The Musketeers Brouwerijcafé “Troubadour Magma”
€3,50/33ml brown glass bottle coded “09/06/2025 0304220609”.
@ La Trappisteria 2.0, Cordoba, ES on 30/11/23
Malty in the nose with soft fruit. Taste orange marmalade. Alcohol is clear.
Nov 30, 2023€3,50/33ml brown glass bottle coded “09/06/2025 0304220609”.
@ La Trappisteria 2.0, Cordoba, ES on 30/11/23
Malty in the nose with soft fruit. Taste orange marmalade. Alcohol is clear.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.74/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
March 2018: 330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet Kvadrat. ABV is 9%, 45 IBU. Cloudy orange colour, moderate white head. Aroma of citrus / orange marmalade and piney hops. Medium sweet flavour with notes of oranges, grapefruit and pine needles / resin. Medium bitter finish. Nice to drink.
Oct 11, 2023Reviewed by BillyNoonan from Ireland
4/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 330 ml bottle, ABV 9%. Beautiful pour, amber and hazy. Large soapy, white head. Instant heavy and sweet, pungent aroma of hops and herbals. Full bodied feel and notes of grapefruit and caramel to go with hops that are very IPA ish! I had been looking forward to this one and I'm not disappointed. Delicious and complex.
Oct 11, 2023Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.97/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.97/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- Mid amber, v slight haze (minor sediment left in bottle), poured with 2Cm almost white pillowy head. p.s Holds well and forms lacing all the way down...
S- I'm not sure what style this is but I'm wondering if I'm sensing fruit/citrus notes... hmmm
T- It is quite bright on the front, yep I get hints of grapefruit I think. Solid malts with it too and a hoppy (or is it also 'ABV-ey') lick into the finish.
F- Meaty, very solid feeling so a slow-sippin' beer for me. Good CO2 in the mouth. The level of hops make this a pungent yet zingy bright beer. Great balance.
O- This is the 2nd new beer I've had from this brewer this evening and I've found them both absolutely superb. Here the star aspect for me is how the pungent taste and feel are blended together so well. I really do not like overt citrus notes, here I noticed grapefruit early on but it swiftly got lost in the blend on my palate. To me this is very high quality brewing. I'd be very happy to drink this again.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! > 9% yep, makes sense. dry-hopped, bottle-refermented, yep all those aspects reconcile with my experience...
330ml bottle BB: 14/07/2023 Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Feb 13, 2021L- Mid amber, v slight haze (minor sediment left in bottle), poured with 2Cm almost white pillowy head. p.s Holds well and forms lacing all the way down...
S- I'm not sure what style this is but I'm wondering if I'm sensing fruit/citrus notes... hmmm
T- It is quite bright on the front, yep I get hints of grapefruit I think. Solid malts with it too and a hoppy (or is it also 'ABV-ey') lick into the finish.
F- Meaty, very solid feeling so a slow-sippin' beer for me. Good CO2 in the mouth. The level of hops make this a pungent yet zingy bright beer. Great balance.
O- This is the 2nd new beer I've had from this brewer this evening and I've found them both absolutely superb. Here the star aspect for me is how the pungent taste and feel are blended together so well. I really do not like overt citrus notes, here I noticed grapefruit early on but it swiftly got lost in the blend on my palate. To me this is very high quality brewing. I'd be very happy to drink this again.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! > 9% yep, makes sense. dry-hopped, bottle-refermented, yep all those aspects reconcile with my experience...
330ml bottle BB: 14/07/2023 Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
4.01/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe (£3.79):
Light amber & quite bright with a massive, foamy white head about 2 inches tall that looks quite thick & has excellent retention, particularly for an 9% beer. Pepper, light spice & faint floral touches initially, there's a little citrus & grapefruit too with caramel malts & a subtle sweetness further on; balanced but light on the nose. The taste is more floral with a strong sweetness backing it up, grapefruit, orange zest & some light tropical flavours, pineapple & apricot mainly then a bit of spice at the end. It's quite boozy & warming with full body with some sugars & a pretty nice balance too.
Dec 09, 2020Light amber & quite bright with a massive, foamy white head about 2 inches tall that looks quite thick & has excellent retention, particularly for an 9% beer. Pepper, light spice & faint floral touches initially, there's a little citrus & grapefruit too with caramel malts & a subtle sweetness further on; balanced but light on the nose. The taste is more floral with a strong sweetness backing it up, grapefruit, orange zest & some light tropical flavours, pineapple & apricot mainly then a bit of spice at the end. It's quite boozy & warming with full body with some sugars & a pretty nice balance too.
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
4.05/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
bottle: decants a clouded amber ale in the glass with a 1 finger white cap that lasts...aromas of succulent fruits, floral, spices over light malt sweetness and light mustiness....sharp effervescent mouth feel...flavor is fruity, earthy, spicy with balanced bitterness and Belgian yeast funk....finishes wet and peppery with light bittering above a honey-like malt dextrose ... very decent for a triple
Jan 05, 2020Reviewed by -steve- from Canada (ON)
3.93/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Looks gorgeous. A hazy, orange amber colour with copious fluffy head. Smell orange zest, tropical fruits and some caramel. Nice! Fruit tastes, muted hops with a drying alcohol finish that lingers. Sweet caramel malts present as well. Might have wanted a greater hop presence but with the dry, boozy finish maybe more hops would have been too much. Solid beer.
Nov 23, 2019Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid amber color with a huge thick mushroom head with great retention and leaving good laces.
Nice citrusy and tropical aroma with lots of passion fruit, grapefruit and caramels.
Original flavor with notes of grapefruit citrusy, Belgian yeast, candied sugar, white grapes, pears, caramels, pineapple, tangy and noble hops. Dry aftertaste with a decent bitterness.
Bordering medium body with appropriate carbonation. Alcohol of 9% is very well disguised.
This was a positive surprise. Nice marriage between a Belgian Tripel and a Double IPA with American citrusy hops. As they said a Belgian Tripel IPA.
Oct 06, 2019Nice citrusy and tropical aroma with lots of passion fruit, grapefruit and caramels.
Original flavor with notes of grapefruit citrusy, Belgian yeast, candied sugar, white grapes, pears, caramels, pineapple, tangy and noble hops. Dry aftertaste with a decent bitterness.
Bordering medium body with appropriate carbonation. Alcohol of 9% is very well disguised.
This was a positive surprise. Nice marriage between a Belgian Tripel and a Double IPA with American citrusy hops. As they said a Belgian Tripel IPA.
Troubadour Magma from The Musketeers Brouwerijcafé
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
561 ratings
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