4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Deep dark brown beer with a creamy tan head and mahogany/garnet highlights. Aroma is quite nice. Rich plums and toasted wheat malt. A kiss of prunes and sweet dried cherries and pears. There is a pungent sort of phenolic smokiness. Lots of clove and allspice and also some bandaid as well. This is definitely one of the richest and fruitiest of the Unibroues and the yeast tastes quite different here than it did in any of the other anniversary beers. there is a definite wheaty/weizenbocky quality to this brew, especially as it starts to warm up. Smoky and wheaty with lots of molasses and fruity/rummy spiciness. Very vineous and rich tasting. As it warms you start to get a bit of cocoa and raisins. I’d like to try it again with a year or so on it, but it’s still pretty solid. Further warming really brings it together though, a light minty/herbal quality picks up and integrates very nicely with all of the other spicy/malty elements.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma with weak yeasty hints. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish with hints of caramel.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours hazy brown with creamy off-white head that gives way after a few minutes. Aroma is Belgian yeast, champagne, apple and alcohol. Smooth creamy mouthfeel. Excellent flavor with notes of Belgian yeast, spice and wood. Not a trace of its 10% ABV. Another winner from Unibroue.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tastes of figs and cheeries.... Smooth and easy to drink... Some chocolate notes.... Pretty tasty
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml bottle, shared by a Ratebeerian whose name I don’t remember at DLD 2013 (thank you, though). Hazy red / brown color. Minimal off-white head. Little loose lace. Some dark fruit, berry, belgian candy sugar, chocolate. Soft smooth carbonation, dry texture. Spicy hop. Solid belgian strong.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Ambrée d’apparence trouble, sa mousse volumineuse se résorbe lentement en tricotant une belle dentelle sur son passage. Les épices nous emplissent les narines de leurs arômes. La cannelle, le clou de girofle, l’anis et la coriandre entre autres, se signalent d’avantage. Le goût est mené par les mêmes épices, avec des bulles bien présentes, au travers des saveurs boisées. Une franche amertume et un apport sec en bouche, réussissent à tracer une finale longue et soutenue. (No 2012-53360) (578-190313)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
May 2012. Bottle. Spice and caramel aromas. Poured copper color with a white head. Caramel, yeast, spice and sweet malt flavors. Good balance throughout.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750ml Bottle that was bottled in 2011. Pours a dark reddy brown with a lot of head at first. Lots of caramel and spice. Alcohol is a little noticeable.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: APR 27, 2013 Nice drink. Lots of good unibroues out there, and this is a notch above the pack. Beautifully balanced soft yeast taste with some perfume aromas. Pours with good head and some lacing. Very soft feel on the palate with dangerously hidden alcohol. Finishes in well-balanced sweetness and a touch of bitterness. Can feel the French Oak here.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(bottle) Brown body with copper highlights, medium tan head. Peppery aroma, molasses, malt. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. Warming alcohol. Grape/wine, wood, spicey, malt, ginger, cardamom, sweet.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very sweet grapey raisin aroma, a bit of the characteristic unibroue yeast, caramel and vinous notes. Hazy brown color with big but thin head, sticks around for a while. Taste is very complex, starts of with a simple sweet malty flavor, turns to a raisiny, oaky, mellow caramel middle and a clean finish. Quite highly carbonated and medium bodied. Alcohol taste isn’t pronounced here, but definitely feel some heat. Great beer.
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