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Unibroue 16

 (RETIRED)
Unibroue 16 - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Formerly brewed at Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Chambly, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4773.78/5.03.77/5.0Special10%91.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Celebrating our sixteenth anniversary. Extra strong beer on lees, 750 ml.
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 stefanje (937), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/516/20
Sep 28, 2007  
750 ml bottle from Bevmo. Poured a cloudy copper color with a huge off-white head that faded very slowly and had plenty of lacing. One sniff and you know that this is a big Belgian style beer. The aroma was moderate in strength, and had notes of cloves, sweet citrus, walnuts, and alcohol. The flavor was complex and spicy, with allspice, cloves, cumin, bread dough, soap and yeast. Mouthfeel was full and satisfying with lots of prickly carbonation. Finish was long with a caramel sweetness taking hold and lingering. Overall this is a well crafted beer. Recommended.


 Veer (355), Landskrona, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/103/515/20
Sep 28, 2007  
Aroma: mm, dough, sweet, vaguely banana- & clove-like - like a hefe. Mint, bubblegum... spicy, orange zest, very exotic, delicious, sarsaparilla...liquorice. Some saffron.
Appearance: foggy, beautiful pinkish orange, white deep and rare. Brownish white, milky head leaving thick laces.
Flavour: sweet, complex, sourish... a symphony of divine flavours, a nice malty bitterness with spicy yeast in nice balance with some grassy hops. I love it. Lots of exotic fruit & spices, some astringent coriander i think. Lactic aftertaste.
Palate: smooth, fluffily carbonated.


 radiomgb (1923), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 28, 2007  
Bright copper in colour, large off-white coloured head, excellent retention and lacing. The aroma is citrusy, yeasty, some must, light spice, fruity - peaches. The flavour is characteristic of the other belgians that Unibroue has put out, the usual yeast and must. Full mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes long and spicy, very yeasty. This is too much the same from Unibroue. They really do have lots of golden Belgian Ales. I do happen to like them though. This one is no different. Its good to see Unibroue making good beer again.

750ml bottle from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/quebec/gatineau/la-trappe-a-fromage/2146.htm target=blank>La Trappe a Fromage in Gatineau, Quebec for $7.99.
Purchased on March 10, 2007 and opened on September 7, 2007.
Bottled on December 4, 2006.


 thebeertourist (2753), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 23, 2007  
Celebrating my 1200th rating with this 75 cl Canadian giant. Beautiful, glowing red amber colour with a thick tan head. Complex yeasty, bready and fruity aroma with some sweetness. Good fruity flavours mixing with dry yeastiness. Warming alcohol. Full-bodied. Complex and very nice.


Decanthas (18), Georgia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/516/20
Sep 21, 2007  
Hammered gold appearance; lacks clarity of cellared previous years’ bottles; complex yeasty aroma with hints of dark and light fruits; extremely complext aroma--stimulating; dry finish and cozy alcohols;


 SoLan (1369), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 20, 2007  
Gorgeous ruby/amber topped by 3cm of dense, small bubbled, tan foam. Zesty Unibroue yeast, candi sugar, light and dark fruits, dense bready malt. Like an amber tripel. Dry, yeasty finish. Full body makes up for too much carbonation. Overall pretty solid.


 Theis (3617), Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/513/20
Sep 14, 2007  
Bottle at Bager’s - Thanks to Jřrgen !! Cloudy glowing amber - white head. Licorice-yeasty, fruity, belgian-fruity, sparkling. High carbonation.


 Uglyradio (775), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Sep 13, 2007  
Cloudy amber color. Off white, small sized head. Big fruity aroma. Medium mouthfeel with high carbonation. Lots of deep fruit flavors, including apple and apricot. Yeasty finish.



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