Unibroue 16

Formerly brewed at Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Chambly, Canada

Pours a dark reddish brown colur with and sticky tanhead. Aroma is malty, alcohol dark fruit and black licorice flavors. Taste is firm on the palate, Juicey fruits smoke and jerky aroma.

750 ML bottle: Pours an light amber w/ orange hues throughout and sits below a huge, pillowy, lasting, cream colored head. Initial aromas of unripe pears and perfumey alcohol, and a tad bit of dish soap. Caramel and toasty malt come through as it sits, seems as though the caramel comes from it’s age. The typical plum fruity yeast esters comes through, although lighter than usual, and the yeast character itself seems peppery, but there is also more of a spicy character whether it’s from yeast or acutal spice additions. The malt also becomes bready when warmed a bit. The flavor is well balanced between fruitiness, spice, and malt flavors, as well as the hop/malt balance. The finish is dry and spicy flavored with peppery yeast, and again, the other spice characters. The soapy character is also in the flavor, but not quite as strong. Toasty and bready malts, a bit of sugary sweetness up front, but fades quickly. Plum fruits typical of the yeast. The mouthfeel is a bit warming, and dry due to that, medium carbonation and body. I would like to have tried this a couple years ago to see how it was. Seems like it aged well, but I’m not sure what’s been lost with it’s age.

Pours cloudy amber with a thin head. The aroma is the real winner of this one. Yeasty, musty, fruity, and spicy. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, and the carbonation is heavy. There is an alcohol bite to this one as well... 10% and you can tell it. The flavor is dry, with just a bit of sweetness. A lot of the aroma blends in with the flavor- so you can duplicate my notes from that... could be because the aroma is so strong on this one. I think this would have been a lot higher rating if not for the overbearing carbonation...

Pours copper/brown with a thin white head. Smells of dry malt, grass, perfume. Tastes semi sweet with a spicy somewhat dry finish. Enjoyable.

750 ml bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a cloudy amber color with a large off white head. Nice lacing. Aroma and flavor is esters, yeast and spice. Medium body. Alcohol is fairly well masked. A good beer. My friends thought so too.

Thick yeasty pour from the get go. Deep orange in color with a billowy white head. A little spiced with surprisingly drinkable qualities for being 10%. To bad its a one timer, very nice summer relax beer.

bottle thanks to dyetube. murky brown pour with a nice thick off white head. belgian yeast and spices with a slight sour scent as well. very much a belgian brew with the spicy flavor and that yeast. easy on the palate with an easy carbonated finish.

The color was golden/orange. The head was creamy, off-white, and thin. The aroma was distinctly belgian yeast, dry, alcohol, and malty. The flavor was sweet/dry, alcohol, crisp, spice, and belgian yeast. The palate was thick-bodied and well-carbonated. The finish was warm.