Unibroue Édition 2004

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

Pours dark golden with a wispy white head. Aroma of apples, apricots, flowers, alcohol, and intense esters. Taste is sweet and yeasty, with a restrained note of alcohol. Mouthfeel is full bodied and sticky with lush carbonation. Tangy sweet acidic finish.

Pours a copper golden color with a thick white head. Thick smells of citrus fruits and yeast with mild malts. Malty flavor with a spicey hop kick to it. Finishes smooth and silky. The best Belgian Strong I’ve ever had.

Aroma is a mixture of alcohol along with a spearmint, gold apple, and yeast. The head was a thin fizz and disappeared immediately after being poured. Brass in its color with some sediment and dust flakes in equilibrium. Notice of apple and alcohol in the flavor with a strong presence of spearmint and foil. Somewhat spicey while having a boring mouthfeel. Not feeling this beer at all.

Unibroue Edition 2004 17 June 2005 Big beige head that drops to a half inch quickly, and then shortly disappears. The spices really stand out as soon as this is poured – pretty different for Unibroue. Cardamom leads the way, with ginger (and apple) trailing behind. Cotton candy’s in there, too. Between the spices, sweetness and evident alcohol, this is like a /really/ beefed up wit. I like this – it’s nuanced and warming. But it’s very different from Unibroue’s typical offerings.

Bottle poured a cloudy caramel with a thick white fizzy head. Aroma was sweet malt and spice with a malty spice and yeast flavor and a light alcohol bite on the palate.

When I fisrt put the nose in this beer got a blast pf spices. Body color was caramel just like the candy. Active white head that lasted thoughout the beer. Flavor had a spicey alcohol taste in the begining. On the finish the spices and alcohol settled down and left a somewhat candy aftertaste. Good beer glad the wife spotted it for me.

Bottle: Slightly hazed sunset hue with large fizzy head and good lace. The aroma is interesting blend of gingersnap, cardamom, corriander, flowery and minty hops, french apple pie, and a touch of funky yeast esters. The taste starts quite spicy and peppery with a big dose of pale and sweet malting. Lots of fruity notes add depth and finishes off with a strange yeasty character that is hard to define. The palate starts aggressive but settles down leaving a herbal and warming feeling in the end. It is quite good and unique but seemed to be missing something upon the finish that left me wanting more. Still I would try it again if giving the chance.

Bottled. Nice hazy orange with big off white head that was quite persistent. Very spiced nose with other lighter fruits, some apple maybe. Flavors included peppery alcohol, nice spices like ginger and corriander. Very smooth mouthfeel.