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Unibroue Maudite

Unibroue Maudite - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Chambly, Canada

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
16873.81/5.03.8/5.08%93.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
In November 1992 Maudite (the damned one), was the first strong beer to be distributed in Quebec grocery stores. Maudite is a mahogany-colored, rich-tasting premium beer that has a distinctive, complex taste. Because of the warmth it releases, this strong character beer must be served cool but not cold. Perfect with pasta, red meats, stews and spicy dishes, it also makes a good aperitif and after-dinner drink.
Maudite has a typically Quebecois name that is reminiscent of the legend of the Chasse-Galerie (the legend of the Flying Canoe). Legend has it that a group of lumberjacks struck a deal with the devil to fly home in their canoes, guided by Satan himself, to make it home in time for Christmas.
Gold medal winner in 1995 and 1996 and the Chicago Beverage Tasting Institute.
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kazooka (39), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 27, 2009  
Fruity, malty sweet aroma. Deep-reddish brown color with thick, off-white, creamy, lingering head. Flavored heavy sweet, light bitterness, medium sourness. Candy, caramel, smooth into spice and pepper.


 dutch23mp (160), Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 27, 2009  
a well crafted beer much in line with their other styles. A lot of flavor and I would call this strong on the ABV. Not my style but a very good brew.


 RHeastings (377), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Enjoyed via 12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Nose of dark fruits, but also some spices and perhaps a bit of banana. Notes of malt sweetness, raisons, and prunes come across on the palate, accentuated by a spritzy carbonation that allows the aromas and tastes to greet the palate with force. Finish is dry, but with just a bit of lingering sweetness. In the end, I would probably put this one somewhere between a strong dubbel and a lighter Belgian strong dark. In any case, a must-try.


jaghana (90), Strasbourg, France
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/514/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Bottle 33. Quite sweet beer in Belgian style, aroma well balanced as the we donnot taste so much the alcool. Deep amber colour with a very nice head and a medium carbonation. Citrus smell is present (from yest ?) less malt flavour. Good abey beer.


 danielyabu (265), União da Vitória, Brazil
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 25, 2009  
Too sweet for the style, not balancing so much with the bitterness. Good impression on the palate, medium-full bodied, lively carbonation, fairly alcoholic finish. Nice dark ambar color, large head, with good retention.


 OzarkElmo (117), Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/516/20
Apr 18, 2009  
BB 8/27/2011 Pours a deep orange-brown with moderate white head, which mostly diminishes. Aroma of alcohol, spice, pine, fig and cinnamon. The alcohol and spice hit the palate, but surprisingly it is a very well-balanced brew with a good finish. Pepper, fruits, spicey sugar and caramel malt. One of the few beers I’ve had that seems to warm up the belly - Cheers to my first Unibroue offering!


Merrill (74), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 15, 2009  
Pours orange-brown (or "mahogany" if you like!) with a white head that goes away. Lovely, lively aroma of pine needles and citrus with just a hint of candy and a very faint background of pepper. Does Unibroue make just one beer and then put it in different bottles? No. This is proof! Creamy, spicy, a rather luxurious palate with the carbonation mirroring the spice! Candy, light caramel, fruit, pepper. The finish is just shy of great.


 Dacrza (245), Great Meadows, New Jersey, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/517/20
Apr 10, 2009  
Strange to be rating this live on Good Friday, though Trappist monks may approve...pours a darkly sinister ruby body in THE Maudite glass, with a creamy, thick white head that steadily levels to a quarter-inch... the balance of sugary malt and bitter hops is noticeable in its dense bouquet--neither competes, but the heat is present... first sip in is Hades itself, warming and full-bodied with a swift kick to the throat. Little aftertaste and balanced flavors on the tongue are a plus, even as the throat feels the gentle heat that its name implies. Spices abound in the tastebuds, with a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg, and a few unidentifiable bits taking the flavor to a complexity most winter warmers would dream of--no syrupy drip or spruce tree pine corniness here... I could see this beer posessing a dinner-table versatility as well as being a desertif. Still nursing this case brother Jer fetched for me in October, I cannot help but wonder what I would drink if I lived in Montreal...what a treat, and what a brewery.



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