Unibroue 16

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

Excellent. Poured a dark brown with a great white head. Aroma was amazing caramel and tart fruit smell. Flavor was dark fruit and yeasty bread, finishing sweet roasted caramel.

Pours a hazy dark orange copper with a light bubbly off white head. Aroma is malty vanilla,spice clove, some alc. fruitiness. Flavour was sweet alc., strong malt profile, honey, molasses, some peppery spice and clove. Fruit profile increases as the brew warms with a nice alc. apricot flavour developing. Overall a very good beer, but still a standard Unibroue beer. Not a lot to suggest a special anniversary ale per say. Still a very well made brew.

Poured a cloudy golden amber with a large fizzy/creamy white head. Aroma of cinnamon, caramel, green apples and pears. Flavor is sweet with notes of pear juice, cinnamon, coriander, with just a bit of grassy hops. Alcohol is mildly present in the taste but more so in the distinct warming trail it leaves behind as it snakes its way down to the stomach. Moderately indicative of its alcohol content. Body is fizzy and refreshing. Long finish of green apple and peppery alcohol. Good, with the standard Unibroue flavor profile. I suppose I could take off points for predictability, but standard Unibroue is, in my opinion, still better than the most outrageous attempts of many other craft brewers.

From a 750mL Bottle. Pours a mostly transparent, deep golden amber color with shades of orange blossom honey and a tall pillow of sudsy off-white foam. Sweet candied oranges, pecan pie, and vanilla toffee waft from my tulip glass, backed by hints of ginger. A little bit of honeyed raisins and mace add some richness. Medium bodied, thick carbonation with a small bubbled chewy feel. Considerable residual sugars left over, presumably adding to the almost creamy texture of the carbonation. The flavors start out explosively sweet, revealing notes of honey, orange, and pear. This transitions to a phase of sizzling spice that brings out some white pepper and clove. Finishes sweet and bitter, with notes of coriander and herbal hops left clinging to the sugars. A bit thick and under attenuated, as well as overly spiced for my tastes.

Bottle... Cloudy, deep golden ale with orange highlights and a small, creamy, white head. Fruits smell of plums and dates and dark berries... slight hint of traopical fruits and pear. Sweet fruit palate with moderate bitterness and light spice. Medium to full-bodied with fizzy carbonation. Lengthy, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, barely sour finish.

Pours a clear copper color with a thin white head. Aroma is robustly spicy - clove, allspice, a little pepper, coriander, maybe anise, and of course, the Unibroue yeast. A good dose of alcohol on the nose. Well-carbonated. The taste begins with a sweet fruity yeastiness. The finish gives a fourish of the guild of spices encountered in the aroma. Really expected the alcohol to be more apparent in the taste due to the aroma. This isn’t beyond Unibroue’s typical offering, but the spice component here is a little different.

Beer pours a dark amber color, thin white head if poured correctly (one glass I poured had a huge head). Aroma is spicy, with a nice touch of what makes most Belgians good. Flavor was just about the same, with the high alcohol content pretty well masked for it being 10%.

Bottle. Medium sized semi-fizzy head that mostly diminished, fair amount of lacing, hazy, visible carbonation, and a chestnut brown hue. Nose was malty, spicy, some clove notes, alcohol, and dark fruit. Ditto for the flavor, but without any clove notes. Mouthfeel was smooth with a slight tinglyness and a warming sensation. Medium body. A sipping beer. Nothing too out of the norm for this one from Unibroue.