4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2012-02-20. Nice black body with a frothy foamy head. Aroma of Belgian yeast and modest spices carries into the flavour, the overall impression of both is of a spiced take on Trois Pistoles, similar malt and yeast character. Smooth average plus to medium bodied palate is quite effervescent. Quite nice. Bottle from Trader Joes, Michigan
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours dark brown/black with medium, frothy tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is Belgian yeast spicy phenols with dark fruity esters, raisins and figs, brown sugar, and light alcohol. Flavor is Belgian yeast phenols and esters, caramel malt, light bitterness, sweet with a dry finish. Full body, high warmth, and medium carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black with a big foamy tan head. Musty aroma of chocolate, cola nut, allspice with tastes of chocolate, caramel, cola nut, and sweet spice with a thick almost syrupy palate.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
shared 750ml. pours a light black with a 1+ finger tan bubbly head. solid carbonation throughout. deep dark fruit nose with caramel malts and light cocoa. med body with sweet dark fruit tones, caramel, light chocolate and cola. very sweet fruit filled finish with light smoke and roasted malt. always a great deal at $5 for a Unibroue beer! this will improve with age.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hello Unibroue! Very dark brown, late autumnal looking with a very frothy aerated (not creamy) big stable head. Spicy aroma! Sweet and spicy. Mincemeat and pecan pie, lots of caramelized nuts with crystallized dark sugars on the outside. Dessert. Dense dates. Highly carbonated with big soft bursty foamy mouthfeel. Balanced, with spice and sugars. Nutmeg and cinnamon throughout, anise occasionally, and tons of dates and dark date sugar. Total dessert beer, coming dangerously close to being too sweet but with enough drying. spice in the finish to prevent it from getting cloying. Yum, happy!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very nice. Pours a deep blackish-brown with a thin white head. Strong aroma, mostly of Belgian yeast. Very nice flavor, well-balanced between the malts and yeast, with a bit of grassy hops. Complex, yet quite drinkable.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
These Trader Joes Ales never disappoint. We have been Enjoying them for the last 3 years, and this one is the best batch. Fruity sweet smell, and a dark carbonated pour. Taste is very smooth, with a malty flavor, but not as sweet as last year. Lots of complexity. We will be letting a bottle sit for a few years.
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 c&c from Trader Joes in Davis, CA. Cork came out with a decent pop. Pours very dark brown with a foamy/fizzy light tan head. Aroma is mostly spice with a touch of banana. Deep inhalation is fun, but doesn’t help with the definition. Nice aroma. Med plus body. It’s very spicey, but I think I still get some grassiness. For the rest it’s dark fruit and dark malt. Maybe a touch of kandi, though it seems balanced.. It’s just a bit harsh, but maybe that’s the spice level. Overall it’s just wonderful.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This kind of thing is the reason why Trader Joe’s is the best thing to have happened to upward-aspiring but cheap gourmands. To get food and drink that is repackaged from great suppliers, and get it at a great cost...I don’t know if it’s any more ethical than what Walmart does, but it makes for a great experience. Here, Unibroue has given them a Belgian that comes out with a big head, but settles into a warming yet rounding fruitiness, with more backbone than a Sylvester Stallone. Excellent, enjoyable beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very dark color but a thinnish head. A bit of anise, this is pretty light in flavor, but quite candy sugary sweet.
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