The Troubadour beers from Brouwerij De Musketieres were the very first beers we officially imported in Australia, so Troubadour will always have a place in our hearts. Even better that they continue to make some delicious beers.
They started out brewing their beers at the famous De Proefbrouwerij in the town of Lochristi near Ghent. This enormous brewery would rent out brewing time and space (as they did with the Troubadour guys) or contract brew beers for a surprisingly large and we-known list of Belgian and international breweries.
In 2019 they found their own home and set up their brewery and café in an old brickworks in the Sint-Gillis-Waas which is about a half hour drive west of Antwerp, up near the Dutch border. When they moved to the new brewery, they reworked the Westkust recipe from the old 9.2% ABV to the current lower ABV. But I don’t think it tastes much different from what I remember.
It is a delicious blend of rich malt, bitterness and the subtle citrus and fruit notes from the hops. Early on you’ll taste roasted malts, dark chocolate and coffee. As it warms the malt body offers a softer sweetness with caramel and vanilla. Then there is the slightly herbal, citrus and pine flavour from the all-Belgian west coast hops. A beautifully balanced beer that offers a little something of everything.
A clean, crisp and sessional IPA from the team at Troubadour
Dedicated to the hero of Antwerp, a dry-hopped spicy blond ale
Fruity aroma and hoppy, spicy flavour make this an extremely drinkable beer.
Four malts, roasted barley and two hops create a beautiful Imperial Stout - with a Belgian twist.
The body of a Belgian triple style beer, hopped like an American Imperial IPA - the best of two brewing cultures in one beer.
Another riff of the Troubadour Magma, this one is a more sessionable, last of the summer sun type of beer
The 2015 variant of their flagship Magma, with the addition of Brettanomyces yeast at all three fermentation phases
The 2016 variation of Troubadour's flagship beer Magma features Maris Otter premium malt
The 2017 variant of Magma sees a change in malt and hop quantities, resulting in a fruity, earthy and dry IPA
The 2019 variant of Troubadour's Magma is a beer that has been made more sessional, with the addition of El Dorado and Nelson Sauvin hops
The 2022 Magma variant is finished with a wine yeast
A rich, smooth and complex dark ale - a perfectly balanced mild stout with a Belgian body.
Amber ale with a spicy and malty character, crisp and light with a dry, slightly bitter finish.
A Belgian west coast Imperial Black IPA, made using 100% Belgian hops
