Unibroue 15

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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750ml corked bottle pours a hazy golden orangeish color with a 3 finger white head which retains well and settles to some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is bready malts and yeast with some hints of fruit and spices. Taste is malty sweet with some fruitiness and a light hop bitterness and yeasty finish. Medium to heavy body and adequate carbonation with a slight alcohol burn leave a pleasant sensation in the mouth. A fine example of the style.

Pours golden orange hue with a small off white head and tons of sediment from the aging. The aroma is fruity with Belgian yeast notes. Tastes like the yeast has aged the beer well with sweet light syrupy notes and body. Very smooth for 10%, basically no alcohol at all.

Unibroue is a fitting name for this company as I think they only have one brew and just keep labeling it differently. Okay - maybe not, but their yeast went from great to mundane to just plain boring to me over the years. Murky maize with a large quickly dissipating white head. Aroma of yeast, toasted malt, spices, corn. Taste of toasted malt, yeast, fruit, sulfur and alcohol. Unibland.

750ml bottle. Rating #435. Hazy orangish/yellow pour with a thin white head. Light metallic aroma, also has a candy sweetness to it and an apple fruitiness. A little booze, apple juice and a little bit in the aftertaste, not bad. (1874)

Slightly hazy orange-yellow pour with a light tan head. Toasted malt aroma, nutty with notes of hay. Sweet flavor with light fruitiness. Slightly tart and a tone of alcohol on the finish.

750mL. From an old trade. Thanks to a generous ratebeerian! The pour is a hazy golden with a giant, off-white head erupting with Belgian yeast character: estery, pear, gold raisin, candi sugar, musty yeast. Smells similar actually to De Dolle Stille Nacht. Very rich, candy, golden fruit, and yeast dominant with a dose of spicy alcohol. Older, mustier, syrupy feeling. Taste is very sweet with maple, golden apples, Bosc pear, old cider, mild mealy red apple. Sticky, buttery, thick mouthfeel. Feels a little too buttery. Not bad for its age.

Bottle courtesy of GT2, thanks! Golden color, fizzy white head that settles quickly. Aroma of bread and caramel. Taste is malty, bur decent bittering hops, a bit of a sour finish.

Picked up several months ago at Holiday Wine Cellar when they had a cellar sale ($12.99...they charged a bit more because of the vintage). Pours into my Unibroue tulip a hazy golden straw color with two fingers of white head and lots of suspended particles. Aroma of musty Unibroue yeast, bready malts, some caramel, and some apple. Flavor of rich spicy caramel, honey, sticky fruit, and more yeast. Prickly carbonation and well-concealed ABV. This is now over four years old...I had hoped for more complexity but it’s still pretty good. (431, 566)

Bottle, generously brought out of the cellar by Vergil the beer guy at Radio Maria-- it wasn’t even listed on the bottle menu! Hazy orange gold. Fruity spicy aroma, marmalade, ginger, barley candy. Flavours of barley candy, chestnuts, marzipan, heaps of spices, cherries, golden raisins. Crazy! Thank you so much Vergil!

750 ml bottle, and I’m pretty sure I got it at Friar Tuck in Savoy. Bottle marked ’6 January 2006’. Pours a cloudy, dusty, orange-golden color with some sediment and a finger-thick but dense off-whtie head. Aroma of caramel malts, honey, apples, wood, Belgian yeast, brown sugar, and dry, musty grains. Flavor of sweet caramel malts, apples, Belgian yeast, wood, brown sugar, and grains. Mostly I’m getting caramel out of this. Medium-bodied, with a chewy mouthfeel and medium carbonation. This has held up pretty well for 5 full years, as no signs of oxidation are present. The alcohol is also completely hidden. More drinkable than a lot of Unibroue beers and pretty nice overall.