Unibroue Maudite

12 oz. bottle... Poured hazy dark caramel color with whitesh cream head. Spicy citrus aroma. The flavor is mildly sweet with a dry ripe banana aftertaste. Overall a damn fine brew, well crafted and warms the belly nicely.

I love this stuff. It’s like a get drunk beer when you’re slightly less of a dirtbag than ghetto dudes who drink OE. Even though I love OE. Anyway... Yeah there’s a lot of choice between the unibroue and they all tend to remain within the same realm of price, but I enjoy Maudite the most out of all of them. It’s DELICIOUS and INTERESTING without being ABRASIVE which some "good" beer tends to be on principle. You know what I mean? Like a good bear has to have something that’s a bit "TOO" much to be considered good? Horsefeathers! I’ve only tried pouring this out of the bottle once, and it looked like when you try to make your own iced tea out of tea you brew then refrigerate too quickly. It’s all cloudy and translucent, and call me crazy but it seemed to taste better out of the bottle anyway. Keep it in the bottle guys, it works! But I digress. I love this beer. It’s spicy and fruity and delicious. Better still, it’s GREAT beer at a GREAT price. Buy 3! Get drunk! Be classy!

Bouteille 750ml. De couleur ambré-brune et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (prunes, léger de pommes, notes de poires, d’agrumes, de raisins, de bananes et de dates), d’épices (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre), malté de sucre bonbon et léger de caramel sucré, notes d’alcool doux et de houblon herbeux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-fort et une texture plutôt crémeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (prunes, moyen de bananes, léger de raisins et de pommes rouges, notes de dates, de poires et d’agrumes) accompagné d’un goût épicé (clou de girofle, moyen de coriandre, traces de réglisse noire) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de sucre bonbon doux, léger de caramel sucré et avec des notes de pain puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût amer de houblon herbeux ainsi qu’un léger goût d’alcool doux (un peu réchauffant) et de levures épicées (poivre). Post-goût moyen-long aux notes sèches, fruité (pelures de prunes et de pommes, notes de moût de raisins), légèrement amer de houblon herbeux et avec des notes d’alcool.

750ml bottle from LCBO. Murky brown with a foamy light tan head. Very yeasty aroma and a powerful bubbly yeasty fruit taste that is standard for the Unibroues. For me, the Unibroues were an acquired taste. At first I had a hard time with the strong yeasty aroma and taste. Still have a bit of a hard time with it but have to admit that it’s growing on me and the Maudite is hard not to like.

Hazu orange with a dense head. Frutiy aroma with notes of plume and overripe fruits. Spicy flavours (dades and plumes), sweet and sligthly bitter with some warming alcohol.

Big, powerful and sporting one of the most warming alcohol scents I can remember, this is good attempt at a Belgian’s Belgian. Over the years I’ve enjoyed this beer quite a few times and always had favored sentiments about it. It remains a great beer: powerful yeasts, spicy and aromatic, large-bubbled delicious foam and an overall quality of a brew well crafted. Still, today part of the former glory seems to have somewhat evaporated. Maybe they changed the brewer? Either way, a grand old salut to the Belgian Canadians for continuing their hallowed craft.

An interesting orange and red color, creamy white head with a slow vocanic eruption of bubble and new foam forming in the middle of the glass, this must be how hawaii formed. Fruity plum bannana and pear aroma and an absence of hops. Rock candy and raisin flavor. A full malt flavor takes away the big alcohol sting associated with dubbels and trippels. A small mix of hops keeps this gem from being too sweet. Like many Belgiums, the palate is complex and full. Another top tier beer from Unibroue.

A muddy reddish-brown beer with a large off-white head that dissappears. Aroma of apples, very tart. Basically smells like Martinelli’s soft apple cider. Flavor of light fruit and spice, also tart. Not much of a finish, a little dry. The mouthfeel is very light and effervescent. Alchohol well-hidden. I like Unibroue’s other ales, but I think they missed here.