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Trois Mousquetaires Kellerbier

by Ashley Cotter-Cairns
(UNOB HQ)

Trois Mousquetaires Kellerbier (5.5% ABV)
Les Trois Mousquetaires, QC, Canada
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Part of the brewer's Signature Series, which includes some of my very favourite Quebec beers.

Deep orange-amber pour with a light head that sticks around. Very serious nose for a beer of average strength: tons of hops, a hint of citrus. Continues below
Quite gassy in the mouth. Immediate action from the hops, the lead cosh wrapped in the velvet of a silky smooth mouth feel. Aftertaste is even more extreme!

Described on the bottle as "an unfiltered pilsner marrying the richness of Quebec barley to the smoothness of German hops". I don't find the hops smooth, it's more like a smack in the chops with a bitter kettle of wort.

Really, really bitter. I am surprised at how harsh this tastes. Not IPA dry, simply mouth-puckering. It's not unpleasant, but certainly won't be displacing other members of the Signature and Extreme Series as my all-time greats from La Belle Province.