John Breese needs two attempts to review Trois Mousquetaire's Biere d'Hiver. Lightweight!
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Trois Mousquetaires Biere
d'Hiver review
Submitted
by John
Breese
You know when you start something new
and have this impression like it'll play
out exactly the way you saw it happening in your head?
Well, that pretty much summarizes my first foray into the glamorous world of beer reviewing.
I used to scoff at the wine connoisseur's insistence on spitting and not swallowing, shuddering at the thought of lovingly-crafted wines being discarded like tobacco juice. I consoled myself by considering them lesser men.
But seeing as how I got right lit on the beer I was meant to report on, blighting my memory of all the essential details, well, I guess I'm the one with egg on my face. What you are reading is actually Take 2 of the Trois Mousquetaires Biere d'Hiver review.
Now don't go hatin', people, just understand that savoring beer is about as foreign to me as consuming dog meat. Baby steps, baby steps...
When the light-blue label
of Les Trois Mousquetaires' weizenbock initially snagged my eye, I was
at once
focused on two details: It's a dark lager and is very, very potent, as
in 10% ABV potent.
It was only after I began sipping away at this sweet-flavored brew that I took another glance at the label and realized it was a 'winter beer'. What do you mean, winter beer?
With such a smooth, thick texture that drinks like a meal and a finely-honed aroma that masks the high alcohol content, I would throw this stuff back even on the most sweltering and sticky of summer days. Whether you would categorize such a deed as stupidity or devotion is beside the point.
What must be said however, is that this voluptuous beer would come strongly recommended if one of Canada's patented Baltic winters has you feeling like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
This Weizenbock gives you every reason to nurse it along, taking the time to relish (yes, savor) the surprisingly soft after-taste such a strong beer leaves. Its syrupy consistency fills the belly up warmly, without ever getting too sugary to the palette as you continue along.
This Biere d'Hiver is definitely some top-rank Tuesday-night-on-the-couch watching movies stuff, no matter what the season. I just hope Les Trois Mousquetaires doesn't take a pass at serving up this as the mercury rises.
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