Unibroue Édition 2004

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

Cloudy orange colour with a small creamy white head. Malty, light buttery aroma with a fruity citric note and a vague spicyness. Malty, sweet flavor with fruit and caramel notes. Light yeasty finish.

Aroma: yeast (bread yeast), cardamom, Swedish skumtomtar, saffron, lingonberry(?), cloudberry, alcohol, cointreau, marzipan, malt, juniper berry, fantastic, very uniform, hartshorn.

Appearance: turbid orange, tepid color, very beautiful. Light yellow, glittering head that sets quickly.

Flavor: bittersweet, full-bodied, very special, bready, well balanced, peculiar afterbitterness, elderberryish harshness.

Palate: yeasty, slightly sticky, mealy.

Almost loathsome, really good, very strange. A minus was the elderberry and superfluous sweetness. They’ve used something sour I can’t place. Completely insane.

My 28th Belgian Strong Ale apropos awaisanen’s comment. :) Tells something about my drinking habits given that he’s rated 3 times more.

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Spicy coriander aroma. Sweet malty flavor with some spicy hints. Also hints of caramel and coriander. Sweet spicy finish.

750ml bottle at Bistro l’autre oeil in Aylmer (Gatineau). Pale golden colour with no head and very little carbonation. The aroma is spicy, with notes of honey, caramel, yeast and alcohol. Taste is pretty sweet, with once again, spices, honey, brown sugar, candy and yeast with a powerfull taste of alcohol. It has changed a lot since its release.

(05.13.06) Sampled at DiCarlo’s Spring beer tasting event. Bottle. Poured clear golden yellow with small white head. Soft carbonation. Fruity spicy aroma. Medium-bodied alet that starts with light malt sweetness and fruity (dried orange peel?) spicy (coriander?) flavors. Honey notes also detected. Finished dry with spicy mead-like flavor and minty note. Smooth, rich and well-balanced and having a complex flavor character. An exquisite ale and probably my favorite Unibroue beer.

Bottle. Orange colour with a small tan head. Yeasty, light sweet caramel malty, cookie aroma and a sweet caramel, spicy, fruity taste. Medium to full body with a sweet light dry, alcoholic finish.

(Bottle at home, Göteborg) The cork makes my livingroom-lamp swing! Pours hazy orange with a medium head. The smell is marzipan and cinnamon. Cardamom!!! Acetone. Soft gingerbread. A slight salty smell. Shellfish. Liqourise and eucalyptus. The taste is cardamom, cinnamom and salt. Pepper. Shellfish. Liqourice. Anise. Soft gingerbread. Marzipan. Alcohol. Exciting beer. I´m not really in to theese millenium-looking bottles, but this one really speaks to me. Unique.

A truly fine special edition beer from Unibroue. Poured a nice golden orange colour with a huge head which settles quickly. Had a good fruity/spice flavour. Good carbonation.