Unibroue La Fin Du Monde

Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Chambly, Canada

Hazy yellow color with a rather big ivory-colored head that stays on for a while and leaves a nice lid of lacings. A fine-tuned smell, complex with every piece at its place. Some gentle clove-like spices mix with pleasant fruit aromas of mostly tangerines and lemon peel. The wheat and fragile malts provide a nice clean background. Quite a lot of phenols and some alcohol. When tripels showcase smells like this, they are really great. Clean, refreshing and complex. Well balanced. (As a note, you could almost feel the gas in the nose from the carbonation in this one). In the mouth, gentle spices (mostly cloves) and fruit esters of tangerine, pear and lemon peel lead the way to a nice semi-sharp malt and wheat character. It’s a kind of sweet taste, but the spices act as a good counterweight. Bread crumbs, grass and a mild taste of earthy yeast. The wheat gets a little more pronounced towards the end, resulting in that semi-tart taste sometimes noticeable in wheaty beers. The finish holds some notes of herbal alcohol, phenols, a gentle spicy hop bite and bitterness and lingering fruity notes. In general, a complex and well balanced taste. Moderate body, nice slick mouthfeel with a generous amount of lively carbonation. Tripels are probably my least favorite style of the high ABV Belgian styles, but I think I can go as far as saying that this is one of the best tripels I’ve ever had. Complex and balanced, yet with plenty of that Belgian edginess. This one is really easy to drink, but deserves to be sipped and savored at a gentle pace. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

Best Before 04-24-11 Pours a slightly hazy, golden orange color. One-finger head of loose white foam. Leaves a light frothy covering. Lacing is spotty and somewhat slick. Nice banana and citrus notes come on strong. Pears, apples, oranges and peaches. Nice spiced presence, also. Corriander and hints of clove. Very inviting belgian yeast profile. Slight presence of phenols. Light barnyard funk. This is the nose of an excellent Belgian Tripel. Sweet fruitiness opens this one. Apples, bananas and citrus flavors. This is quickly balanced by a nice smooth spiciness. Light pepper and cloves. Nice medium malt profile. Great belgian yeast presence. Very nicely balanced. As a Tripel should be, this is one smooth and creamy brew. Highly carbonated, with lots of tiny little bubbles. It feels so good in your mouth, you almost don’t want to swallow it. Just let it sit there, for a while, and enjoy it. Very tasty, smooth, and quite drinkable. It hides the 9%abv so well. I can’t even tell that it’s there. I’m betting that it will sneak up on you, though. Be careful with this one.

Bottle/tulip glass. The beer has a transparent gold color with a fluffy white head with plenty of carbonation apparent from the bubbles. For being triple-fermented, the aroma was light on alcohol and heavy on yeast, spice, hand fruit, and banana. The taste is both sweet and sour with a fruity linger on the palate. Definitely worth a try.

(Bottle poured into Trappist glass) Poured a beautiful golden color with small creamy head that faded fast. Aroma provided a good deal of sweet notes, most notable a strong fruit and flowery hint. Full bodied, the drink was very smooth with a very average carbonation -- there was just enough here! Overall the flavor did not disappoint in the sweet department, but it was not overly sweet. A great compliment to the hearty stew I had it with! This is one to go back to over and over again!

Bottled poured into a tulip. ULFDM pours nice and light like grapefruit juice with a wonderful white head fluffy head. This is a beautiful beer. The nose contains hints of peaches, alcohol, canned cherries and a lager-like hint of mineral water. The body is light but viscous with a nice amount of carbonation. The taste is refreshing and reminds me of a watered down grapefruit juice concoction.

This beer is intimidating in its bottle. Triple fermentation! I’ve been eyeing this one for a while every time i was at the super market. Pours with plenty of carbonation in a cloudy brown haze. Aroma have hints of clove and banana. starts off bubbly and for a while i was thinking that i was drinking cider. slight hints of fresh wood and fruity tones. Complex and grainy as the wonderful laxer is swooshed around my mouth. The alcohol warms the throat making this beer a great slow sipping beer. This one will be purchase for special occasions.

Bottle. Pours slightly cloudy light gold with a thick white head that slowly dissipates. Aroma is full of fruit notes with banana, apple, peaches and sweet yeast notes as well. Flavor has similar notes, it begins a bet tart but sweetness quickly takes over. Nice and light on the tongue.

Pours a cloudy gold with a thick white head. Heavy carbonation. Aroma is musky. Tastes great. Very good beer.