Unibroue Don de Dieu

Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Chambly, Canada

Botella. Pours a murky golden colour with a medium head. Sweet aroma with ripe fruits and coriander. Good mouthfeel. Sweet fruity and spiced flavour with yeast and some alcohol. Tasty brew. Thanks yespr.

Bottle. [Courtesy of yespr, thanks buddy] Average egg-white head that mostly lasted. Light cloudy golden colour. Fair display of lacework. Aroma of coriander, spice, grain, yeast, fruit, caramel. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and mild alcoholic texture. Moderated sweet flavour mild acidic. Spicy fruity finish.

Frothy head good on a yellow beer with good carbonation.Aroma,wheat,clove,orange,cinnamon,cori and lemon,grain sweetness.Flavour,right at you,lemon,clove,orange,cinnamon,banana,sweetness of wheat and barley.Great drink for a veal or lamb roast dinner.Finish is full flavours dry and sweet.

Hazy gold/orange, excellent lacing and a well sustained head compliment the attractive gold body. Fresh aroma with pineapples, strong spice (cloves, coriander, allspice) and remniscent of a light white wine (reisling, chardonnay.) In the taste, the chardonnay suggestions are even more apparent, presenting fresh picked apples, hay, and a buttery, rounded finish. The alcohol is very well hidden in this well-balanced "triple-wheat" ale.

pours like cloudy lemonade .... 1st wiff off the bottle is like a breakfast cereal ... 2nd is yeast and spiced malt ... flavor of spiced apples, cinnamon cloves ... fruity flavor with a waxy leave behind ... interesting, complex ... last half of the pour color turns a grayish yellow (yeast) ... no alcohol taste at all ... picking up more apples than anything else ... definitely enjoyable

I’m on a huge Unibroue kick right now. It took me a while to be brave enough to try their offerings, for a few reasons: 1) It’s Canadian. How many fine Canadian craft brews do YOU know of? (Moosehead? What?) 2) It’s FRENCH Canadian – the intimidation factor is high. Sure, I’ve stumbled upon French bière de garde, but that ALSO had a huge intimidation factor. 3) All of their offerings are styled, “Ale on Lees,” which is intimidating until your wine friends tell you that just means "yeast is present in the bottle." 4) My first experience with them was largely forgettable. I had a Blanche de Chambly at a billiard bar in Martinsville, VA (Sandy Whitesides’ wedding eve) and just didn’t know what to do with it. I was expecting a Hoegaarden clone, I think, and it wasn’t that. I rediscovered this brewery at the 2006 Durham Beer Festival, and gave La Fin du Monde a 2nd-place, and Blanche de Chambly a 3rd-place. Again, like the Flemish Red, these beers don’t do well at festivals because they’re so damn different from everything else. The way to sample beers like these is either a) try them first, or b) try them first right after lunch. Subsequent outings with La Fin du Monde have skyrocketed it in my book. So, Don de Dieu. Remarkable. The closest thing to a Belgian Triple Ale that I’ve found that’s not actually a Belgian. The Quebeçois have managed somehow to retain a bit more old-worldness to their brews than have the USA craft-brewers. Don de Dieu has a slight roasted-nut quality blending in with that great fruit-malt-yeast quality that I love about farmhouse-style brews. This beer would be fantastic with anything grilled (especially game), even more fantastic with spicy Latin or Asian dishes, and remarkable with artisan cheese. It’s 9%, so watch yourself.

Pour was golden/orange with a lot of sediment. Very strong fruit and belgian spice aromas. Taste is again fruity with more spice. Alcohol is hidden from the taste completely but you can feel it go down in the back of your throat. Really liked this brew. It was more like a champagne but dang good. Would buy again.

A hazy golden beer with a large fluffy white head. I got some clumpy yeast sediment from the pour, which is unfortunate. The aroma is quite tart, with light fruit notes (apple, citrus). The taste is citrus as well, and bready, a little yeasty, with some belgian-y spice. Tastes quite like a strong wheat beer, reminds of champagne, as previous tasters have noted. The mouthfeel is very effervescent, and the alcohol is well-hidden. Not my favorite unibroue, but well worth a taste.