Unibroue Édition 2004

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 !

Bottle, thx to thewolf. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is spices, alcohol, malt. Flavour is spices, alcohol, malt, sweet, hop, fruit. Nice beer.

Bottle. Aroma is very nice, bready, lightly boozy, with some florals. Flavor is still a bit hot, after all these years, with bakers yeast and dominant belgian esters. Quite fruity. Could stand to sit probably 3 or 4 more years.