Unibroue 16

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

Poured a cloudy dark orange color with good head. Aroma was of oranges and coriander and yeast. Flavor was overwelmed by spices and their own yeast some pepper much of the flaovrs you could get cause of the spicing.

Bottle from Frugal McDugal in Nashville, TN. Pours a hazy copper with a nice dense frothy beige head. Wonderful aroma of honey, pear, flower petals, lemon, and belgian yeast. Medium bodied with soft texture and fine carbonation. Initial flavor is sweet, with flavors of banana, lemon, honey, and hard candy. Mid palate becomes more toasty with a hint of cinnamon. Moderate white pepper-like spicy finish, with the alcohol hidden remarkably well. This should age nicely. I think I need to pick up another. The favorite of the tasting with my Father-in-law.

This is just what they say it is, a high quality Belgian strong ale that is made in Canada, the best of their anniversary beers so far.

THOUGTHS: Just like most Unies, but a little more malty. One of the better Unies I think. This just got better and better as it warmed. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a medium to dark, clear amber with great looking carbonation and an average, slightly off-white head that mostly diminished but left fair lacing. The aroma was light malt, moderate yeast and alcohol, lots of spices and some fruitiness. The initial flavor was light sweetness, and bitternes and moderate acidity, while the finish was heavily sweet and lightly acidic and bitter with an average duration. The dominiate flavers were caramel, various spice and maybe some brown sugar. The medium body was slightly syrupy with very fizzy carbonation and an astringent finish.

Classic Belgian ale taste. Just the right caramel. Light. I love Unibroue’s stuff.

Pours a cloudy amber-orange-brown type color, rather generous off-white to tan colored initial head, that thins quickly to a thin covering, continually replenished with a swirl due to lots of forced carbonation? The aroma was coriander, orange peels, some caramel, some lemon zest, lots of the U yeast, witbier-like on the aroma in many ways, floral notes coming out at higher temperatures with some rousing. The flavor followed suit, but too much spicing going on, almost a cinnamon type extreme along with the coriander and light pepper, others likely from the highly phenolic yeast / fermentation temperatures. Mouthfeel is airy creamy, lots of carbonation, perhaps too much. Another ok Belgian production from the U, but nothing impressive. Too spicey, cloyingly spicey with higher temperatures, losing points as I drink.

(bottle) Hazy dark caramel body with a medium to big tan head that quickly recedes. Sweet, yeasty aroma with a lot going on - fruit (banana, dark fruit, among others), spices, vanilla, wine. The flavor is very sweet with lots of alcohol - a warming sensation on the tongue. Finish is a little acidic. Medium-to-full body with lots of carbonation and leaves a sticky mouthfeel. There are a lot of good things going on here - some subtler than others - but something seems a little unbalanced or unrealized; I can’t quite put my finger one it - maybe too sweet? Still very good.

750 ml. bottle- color of light honey, with a frothy tan head - nose of yeast, honey suckle, jasmine, and orange– taste of yeast, honey, cloves, and juicy red fruit - body is light/medium, silky, and with high carbonation – aftertaste of hops , jasmine, and yeast