Unibroue Édition 2005

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

Bottle. Cloudy dark reddish brown, medium fluffy off-white head. Fruity malt aroma with clear notes of cherries and spices, and alcohol. Medium bodied with spritzy carbonation. A bit to sweet.

Very dark brown in colour with mild but spirtzy carbonation. Complex aromas of malt, caramel, herbs, red grapes, licorice, figs, and dark rum. Very mellow in the mouth with loads of malt and dried fruit character. There are some additional notes of orange, lemon, and caramel. There’s just a hint of sourness at the end. It’s aged very nicely. Many thanks to presario for the extra. I’m glad this one wasn’t flat!

From 75 cL bottle. Pours deep ambe with no head. Aroma is soft raisin sweet, caramel malt and alcohol presence. Flavour is the same in a very mild blend, surprisingly mild given the abv of this. Very enjoyable mellow beer.

Big, malty, delicious, and alcohol-y. 750. dark, light brown head. malty, belgian aroma. big, slightly boozy taste. very nice.

Time to put this puppy out of its misery. 0.75L caged corked bottle unleashed itself with a subdued “pop” of the cork. It seems the yeast cake at the bottom of the bottle aged without incident. It poured clear dark ruddy brown with dark tan head. The aroma is nice and fruity with initially lemon then Concord grape and boysenberry jelly. With a long draw on the nose I picked up vague spices, some yeast and then a hint of alcohol. With a bit of age on this beer the fruit notes tasted very well blended together. I taste grape jelly, sweet berry jelly and then some blunted lemon ‘used to be’ tartness. Just after the lemon-ness fades a yeasty somewhat funky flavor is revealed as well as a faint hint of alcohol. Very tasty indeed. Purchased at Lueken’s Liquors in Dunedin, FL for $7.99. May have to get more.

Last bottle from Knightly. Dark ruby brown color with very little head. A low level of carbonation for a Unibroue. Candied pit fruit and yeast aroma. Light palate for a 10%, and has a pretty low level of carbonation for a Unibroue beer. Sweet taste with a bit of spice stopping the beer short of cloying. Wish I had gotten this earlier, probably would’ve more carbonated. Sometimes I think Unibroue just riffs off one basic recipe, but this one was different and tasty. One of their best looking beers, too.

750 mi. bottle. Pours dark brown or black with tan head. Sweet aroma, molases and candied fruit. Flavors were very sweet with slight alcohol. Very nice.

750 ml bottle thanks to blankboy. Murky brown pour with a decent head. Aromas of dark, dried fruit, sugar, molasses. Flavors were similar with just a touch of alcohol warming. Very sweet finish. Very yummy