Unibroue Édition 2004

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

75cl bottl from Beer World (Largo, FL). Bottled in 2004. Pours a orange-golden color with a thin tan head that dissipates to nothing. Minimal lacing of glass but still very carbonated for its age. Aroma has notes of honey, caramel, sweet candy sugar, cherries and rhubarb. Taste has many of the same notes, but the flavors of strong ripe fruit transitions to strong caramel. Beer then flattens out toward the end with a slight tangy taste on finish. Interesting. Medium-bodied.

Bottle from Party Source. Poured hazy orange color with an average whte head that mostly lasted and produced good lacing. Good malt, fruit and spice aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Full complex fruit and malt sweet flavor with a long complex spice & citrus finish with a small alcohol tone. This is a good brew.

750 ml bottle from Plaza Liquors a year or so ago - Pours a hazy golden color with a 3/4 finger thick off white head. Spotty lacing. Aroma is fruity esters and light spice. Flavor is esters, spice, and lightly sweetened toasted malt. Medium body. Alcohol is noticeable. A good beer.

Hazy headless orange. Aroma is spiced apple cider with cinnamon and nutmeg. Taste is unusual... heavily pumpkin spiced and somewhat tart with fruits and odd jolly rancher flavors. Still retains some carbonation despite its age (4 yrs). $8/22oz

The body is rusty orange with no head. There is an appley aroma with a bit of a boozy smell. Lots of apple cider aroma and a lit bit of lemon. The flavor is very strange- not nearly as prominent as the aroma. Kind of an appley flavor as well.

Bottle. Pours a light orange with a small white head and a fair amount of yeast. Aroma of light fruits, some sourness. Flavor of bitter melon rind, some mint gumdrops, spices. It warmed the throat, but wasn’t boozy at all (definitely wouldn’t have guessed it was 10.5%). I think some of the light fruits disappeared with age, but this was alright.

Sample from a brown bottle, 750 ml, "vertical" tasting of Unibroue (from 10 to 17) at Philippe Wouters’ on April 4 2008; eye: golden, hazy, suspended matter; nose: rosemary, fruity, floral, spices, light alcohol; mouth: creamy, fruity, floral, caramelized malt, light hops, light alcohol, finale in caramelized malt, full body, light astringency, nice balance; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Échantillon d’une bouteille brune, 750 ml, dégustation « verticale » de Unibroue (de la 10 à la 17) chez Philippe Wouters, 4 avril 2008; oeil : dorée, voilée, matière en suspension; nez : romarin, fruitée, florale, épices, léger alcool; bouche : crémeuse, fruitée, florale, malt caramélisé, léger houblon, épices, léger alcool, finale en malt caramélisé, corsée, légère astringence, bel équilibre; en résumé : bien aimé

750 ml bottle...Got this from a friend. Poured a nice golden orange, similar to Orval, w/ a very slight off-white head. Aromas of spearmint, spice, sour grapes, and some yeast. Flavor was all over the place...mint, spice, herb, malt, tobacco, candied fruit, fresh bread...strange but in a good way. Very complex...Palate was medium bodied w/ some warming qualities from the alcohol. Unique and different, therefore, I give it a thumbs up !