Unibroue Don de Dieu

essa Belgian Strong Ale canadense tem grande impacto logo de cara, com sua pomposa garrafa de 600ml, com rolha e rótulo garboso. Na hora do ’vamos ver’, no entanto, ficou aquém das expectativas. A aparência inicial de sua espuma é media e cremosa, de coloração branca. Há moderada formação de colarinho, este de reduzida longevidade. Seu corpo é turvo, com partículas grossas e tonalidade âmbar (3/5). Ao nariz chegam notas cítricas de laranja, melado e álcool, derivadas de seu elevado teor alcoólico de 9%(7/10). Apresenta sabor inicial levemente amargo, sensação esta que se torna salgada no final, de duração média. Percebe-se ainda gosto de pão e um sabor apimentado, de especiarias. No paladar (4/5) surgem suas melhores qualidades: um corpo médio, ciceroneado por uma textura cremosa, carbonatação suave e final de sensação levemente alcoólica.

from 750ml bottle - need to find my notes from the Unibroue tasting at my local supermarket. Decent effort but not in the same league at Tres Pistoles or Maudite.

Pours cloudy straw with thick head settling away. Smells of that distinctive Unibroue yeast aroma, corriander. Taste is spicey, citrus and warming. The finish is slightly dry and alcoholic. Another great beer from Unibroue.

Huge head on pour, but lightly carbonated for the rest. Nice full mouthfeel. Lightly sweet fruitiness mixes well with a sour yeast flavor. Spices add even more complexity to the flavor. Perfectly balanced. Highly drinkable for a stronger beer.

While they are quite often scoffed at, laughed at, poked fun at, and usually downright not taken seriously at all, there is one small Canadian brewery that rebukes the stereotype and consistently brews damn good beer.
Like all of Unibroue’s beers, Don de Dieu is bottle fermented, so don’t be surprised or frightened to find a nice layer of delicious blessed yeast and lees on the bottom.
She pours a slightly hazy golden yellow into my Unibroue glass. I chose to leave the remnants of the yeast and lees in the bottle, though on occasion I have been known to pour the full works into my glass. Both ways are exquisite and it usually boils down to a simple matter of personal preference. A huge fluffy white head rises to the lip of my glass, and then settles into a puffy ring around my glass. In the nose I detect notes of citrus, sweet peaches, sour notes of yeast, and warm spices that remind me of winter. A rather thick viscous body, Don de Dieu wastes no time coating my mouth and tongue, sour yeasts bite and tingle along the top of my tongue, while the warm alcohol mingles with the spices and sweet peaches. Not as much citrus in the palate as in the nose. Not a heavy beer, though there is definitely more chewy fullness to the body. As I delve further into her depths, more of a citrus hop bite appears amidst the overall succulent palate which balances the sweet peaches with the sour yeast beautifully, acting to take any overpowering edge off the other.
A solid performer all-around, Don de Dieu carries me off along her sturdy deck safely to my destination, sad but sweet, as my glass sits empty beside me.

Pours a gold-orange color with a quick gone white head. Pour aroma of spice and citrus. Light pears, spices and citrus fruits taste. Not bad.

750 ml bottle. Pours a golden-orange color with a very quickly dissipating head. Aroma is sweet fruit and yeast. Flavor is fruity (peach, pear) with a bit of sour apple tartness. Mouthfeel is fizzy and dry. Respectable, but certainly nowhere near the best for this style.

pours clear straw color with quick fading white head. aroma is yeasty and spicy, somewhat floral (not ’hoppy’ floral, actual flower floral). smooth and flavorful, quite mild for 9%. fizzy.