Unibroue 17

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

Dark brown body with ruby tinges and a light tan head. Some cherry on the nose but notice it more in the taste, brown sugar making it a touch heavy, other spices and dried fruit. Drinks alright but didn’t really turn me on.

750 ml corked and caged bottle poured a cloudy copper brown with a lasting amber head and good lacing. Aromas of cherry, plum, carmel, brown sugar and spice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a lightly warming finish. Flavors of cherry, plum, carmel, brown sugar and light spice with a smooth lightly warming lightly sweet finish.

bottle, dark brown pour with strong tight foam, aroma of spicy fruit, flavors very belgian caramel and cloves, finish lingers

Bottle. Clean brown with lacing and a thick film of bubbles. Nose-banana, clove, Belgian yeast. Taste-candies banana, brown sugar, cigarette smoke aftertaste, alcohol burn, grape, sticky raisin. The yeast strain is very very Belgian. Overly sweet, brown sugar, fig, sweet dark fruit. Yeast really takes center stage with the candied banana. Decent, but a little too sweet.

Brown pour with red highlights and a foamy white head. Aroma contained brown sugar and cherries. The flavor was rich dark cherries and other fruit, some toasty brown sugar and a hint of chocolate. Another good offering from Unibroue.

Acheté au métro leblanc en format de 750 ml millésimé et embouteillé le 4 décembre 2007 et dégusté dans un verre de westmalle. Apparence brune foncé avec de léger dépôt et une mousse tenace et persistante. Cette bière offre des arômes délicats et explosif de complexité olfactives. Une touche de fruits mûres, d’épices multiples comme le poivre et la muscade. Il y a aussi une touche de caramel et de levures arômatiques accentué d’un touche de vanille bourbon. Merveilleux cette complexité gustative, une seul gorgée et déjà mes papilles en redemendent. Du clou de giroffe, du malt, du crémeux, des raisins sec, de l’alcool, du gingembre, des prunes et une sensation de vieillissement en fût de chêne. Il y a aussi un léger goût de canneberge séché et de canelle suivis d’une touche de réglisse. Déjà un an et cette bière dévoilent un long potentiel d’affinage en cave. Une pure merveille et je vous la suggère entre 12 et 14 degré celcius. À consommer lentement par petite gorgée, juste wow!

Reviewed 1/20/2009 (bottle dated December 2010): Pours a very dark brown reddish colored body with a foamy, off-white head, average size and lasting. Very fruity, dark fruit aroma. Some hops, and alcohol. Berries, and maybe some sweet honey too. Very flowery aroma. Flowery taste, somewhat fizzy, somewhat creamy palate. Dark fruit. Pretty clean aftertaste. Fig and some alcohol. Very floral on the breath, and the aftertaste. Some sweet spiciness in the taste too. Almost sickly sweet.

A delicious spicy beer only offset by the smell of oysters and not very inspiring brown color. Spices are very strong, coriander, thyme, none of the sweet stuff. I could imagine drinking this with a shrimp cocktail. $10 at Crown. I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t finish it. Not my cup of tea, or more likely, not my cup of fish oil.