Grande Cuvée Porter Baltique
Les Trois Mousquetaires

Grande Cuvée Porter BaltiqueGrande Cuvée Porter Baltique
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From:
Les Trois Mousquetaires
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
Baltic Porter
Ranked #14
ABV:
10%
Score:
94
Ranked #2,030
Avg:
4.25 | pDev: 9.18%
Reviews:
186
Ratings:
510
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 03, 2024
Added:
Dec 17, 2008
Wants:
  101
Gots:
  95
Robust dark lager inspired by Porters from around the Baltic Sea region. This beer is luxuriously round with a mild bitterness. The malts contribute flavors of coffee, chocolate, and vanilla. The use of cherry-wood smoked malt provides a subtle hint of smoke.
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Reviewed by Cwrw from Canada (AB)

4.25/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours out a fairly jet black, viscous and luscious. Large mocha coloured head. Looks beautiful.

First aroma is chocolate raisins, with some prunes/dates, honey and a slight hint of coffee and caramel. Big on raisins and chocolate. Sweet, but not cloying. Hits all the right notes.

Taste is more of the same, and the mouthfeel is very smooth, with almost no hints of alcohol in the finish. Doesn't taste like a 10 percenter at all. Plenty of chocolate, raisins, a bit of vanilla, maybe even a little cherry in there. Really, really nice blend of flavours. The body is a perhaps a little thinner than I would have expected, but it's a minor gripe for such a flavourful, smooth porter.

4.25 all round. Great beer.
Feb 03, 2024
 
Rated: 3.75 by gbiello from Massachusetts

Jan 20, 2024
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Reviewed by stortore from Illinois

4.24/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a snifter. 2022 edition. Had 10/3/23.

Pours a mostly opaque dark cola color, with a quarter inch foamy head and light foamy lacing. Aromas of malt, vanilla, coffee, some molasses, light chocolate. Smells herbal and a little smoky. Flavors of chocolate, coffee, malt, some molasses, light plum. Tastes somewhat herbal and there’s a light sweet note when warmed. Smooth, a very good fuller body, well carbonated.

Really enjoyed this. Big chocolate and coffee notes, with solid aromas and flavors overall. Well worth a purchase.
Nov 28, 2023
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.8/5  rDev -34.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
July 2016: RBESG 2016 in Barcelona. On tap at NaparBCN. Nearly black colour. Sweetish aroma of malts and molasses. The molasses flavour was WAY too sweet for me - at least in a setting like this, a multiple beers tasting.
Aug 29, 2023
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

4.49/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Undated bottle; drank 8/27/23 @ the Yarchives.

Black/brown appearance.

A rough pour yielded a nice, noisy tan head; decent lacing remained.

Fresh earth, dark chocolate & faintly tart plum notes in the nose.

Creamy medium thick mouthfeel.

Dark chocolate, burnt caramel. mild fresh earth & faint tart plum flavors. Kind of a stunner. Even better on draft.
Aug 28, 2023
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Reviewed by DanfromVan from Canada (BC)

4.01/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
750 ml caged bottle with a new label dated 06/10/22. Deep rich mahogany look, less than a fingers worth of head. A tad sweeter than I would like, but on point with rich flavour, Expands in flavour a bit when it warms up.
Feels perfect in the mouth, goes down easy. Slight bitterness see saws between ok and then being overpowered by sweetness. I'll probably try another bottle for scientific purposes. Pricey.
Apr 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.07 by CRObighit2 from Canada (ON)

Feb 14, 2023
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Reviewed by scott451 from Canada (ON)

4.14/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Production date 06/10/22. Poured a 750ml caged and corked bottle into a pint glass. A one finger tan head on black, The head diminished to a ring shortly.
Coffee and cocoa smells.
Very smooth. Sticky. Roasted malts. cocoa. ABV is well hidden. Molasses, smoke. Lots in there. A very mild hop finish.
Medium body and low carbonation.
Top quality. A rare and interesting style.
Feb 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.42 by Mr_Rocca from Canada (QC)

Jan 30, 2023
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Reviewed by HarlotBronte from District of Columbia

3.46/5  rDev -18.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
L: Almost black with a 2 finger brown head

S: Bourbon, chocolate, smoke, a bit of ethanol

T: Smoked malt, coffee, sweet bourbon. Ethanol a bit too much for my liking and masks the good flavors.

F: Round and smooth

O: This would probably be more enjoyable at 9% where the chocolate/coffee wouldn’t be masked by alcohol.
May 01, 2022
 
Rated: 3.73 by WynnO from Florida

Feb 15, 2022
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Rated by donzilake from Ohio

4.4/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Smooth, sweet, weak carbonation, medium plus body, well-hidden alcohol.
Jan 01, 2022
 
Rated: 4.05 by Daniellobo from District of Columbia

Dec 15, 2021
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

3.4/5  rDev -20%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Very dark brown with modest foam in the Orval chalice. Burnt sugar taste that does not quit. And licorice, molasses, brown sugar. Even a touch of maple syrup. You could add every other sweet thing from figs to fruitcake. It just doesn't quit even after you're ready for something else, like water would be my next drink.

Monstrous big and sweet malt monster. The aftertaste has a hint of sourish burnt malt but not much bitterness. A few sips are quite interesting, but I liked it better mixed with a "normal" stout. From the 750 ml bottle purchased at Elizabeth Station in Bellingham.
Sep 06, 2021
 
Rated: 4.42 by arzt from Germany

Aug 24, 2021
 
Rated: 3.52 by CisPiece88 from Nebraska

Jun 21, 2021
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Reviewed by backblast from Alaska

4.5/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured almost black in color with a thin tan head that dissipated quickly and no lacing.

Tastes of heavy charred malts mixed with dark fruit, tobacco and candied molasses. Not too sweet aftertaste and lingers wonderfully. Med body and low carbonation make this a top pick.
Apr 21, 2021
 
Rated: 3.83 by desint from Belgium

Jan 09, 2021
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Reviewed by Greywulfken from New York

4/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
It's a sweet one, and leaning into imperial stout territory with a big, rounded feel and sticky, full body... Rich with lotsa chocolate syrup, and enough bitter, drier espresso to pull the sweetness back and keep it from being cloying; a hint of smoke...
Dec 19, 2020
 
Rated: 4.28 by ElGallo from New Hampshire

Nov 09, 2020
Grande Cuvée Porter Baltique from Les Trois Mousquetaires
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 510 ratings