More detail on each beer here but some thoughts below.
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Signature Series Kellerbier: a very cloudy unfiltered pilsner. Ashen and bitter, grainy, asparagus in there somewhere, lingering powdery nature. I enjoyed this though many others didn't. 7.0
Signature Series Americaine: pretty heavy, bit of sediment (late in the bottle?), opaque. Pale ale flavours, quite sweet on the whole. Caramel dominant .. hops are obscured. 4.0
Signature Series Maibock: Light and transparent for a winter beer. Venomous aroma on the head. Can smell every bit of the 8% booze. Foreboding. But it's actually hidden really well in taste; sticky down the throat, quite impressive on the whole but I don't love it. Let down by head / nose. 6.0
Signature Series Sticke Ale: Opaque as a heavy ale. Head frothy but dissipates. Aroma malts only. Nutty pepper on the taste, toast, sweet malt driver. Kind of a one-note beer, but at least it's a good note. 7.0
McAuslan Brewing
St-Ambroise Scotch Ale: swirly vanilla head, ruby red body, malty sweet aroma. 7.5% alcohol is warming. Delicious full mouth. Earthy organic peat whiskey flavours. To be consumed in front of a northern wintertime yuletide hearth. But maybe not in Aus summer. Well crafted and disguised alcohol. 7.5
Vintage Ale: 9.8% - wow. Heavy in the glass, opaque as you'd expect. Sweet malt dominated aroma. It's a punch in the mouth from the flavour fairy, christmas fruits cake, caramel, alcohol, cherries. Bloody well hidden though nevertheless, an excellent beer, possibly even to cellar? 8.5
Oatmeal Stout: Coffee headed, black body, nice lacing. Dark choc and alcohol head. Maybe it was just the first stout of the day but taste was superb. Oatmeal evident with coffee, dark choc developing. Smooth development through these flavours. 9.0
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel
Blanche du Paradis: Hazy, solid, orange bodied wheat bear. Orange peel aroma. Too sweet, like a sugary orange cupcake. Rounded but heavy. Low aeration, quite flat even. 4.0
Derniere Volonte: Frothy white head, solid body, inert. Floral and malty aroma. Someone called this 'rape' at the tasting to wider acclaim. I sort of vaguely see where he was coming from.. citrus dominant but it's wider trappist flavours .. that don't really mix. 2.5
Rescousse: Nice transparent amber, white head, but still malt driven aroma. Light taste, a relief. Bitterish.. toast is present again. Good enough I guess? But no real redeeming qualities. 5.5
Route des epices: Dark amber, inert, rye mash. Aroma in line with rye malts. Supposed to be peppery .. could taste traces there. Soft mouthfeel, light but full. Easy drinking. 7.0
Corne du Diable: Amber bodied, low white head. A little hops on the nose. Peppery hop taste, sweeter than I'd like, but nicely lingering. 6.5
Charbonniere: A rauchbier, this is dark amber with a nose of smoky bacon bits. Traditional ham flavour on it. Pretty drinkable actually in the end, not sure I'd drink more than 1 but this is fine. 7.0
Aphrodisiaque: Dark colour, coffee mocha head, scent of dark cocoa and subtle vanilla. Heavy milk choc taste, slight coffee, bitter enough to be highly drinkable. 8.0
Peche Mortal: Pitch black. No head. Solid and heavy. Chocolate, coffee, medium alcohol aromas. Chocolate dominated taste at first but this is surprisingly shortlived. Burns a little alongside the bitterness but then 9.5%'ll do that for you. Lovely developing coffee roasted flavours. 9.0
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