Unibroue Eau Bénite

Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Abbey Tripel
Chambly, Canada

Bottled at Delirium Café, Brussels, Belgium
Hazyn blond body. Good lace. Lightly sweet, moderately bitter flavour.

Poured a muddy bottle-conditioned gold colour, with a vanishing head. Light, fruity nose with some underlying spice. Lots of quenching sour-sweet fruit intiially and then a big alcoholic kick. Like Coopers Sparkling Ale on steroids. Decent but not one of the brewer’s best. (Bottle)

(on bottle) Must say that the commercial discribtion on my bottle fitted perfect; something like this:" Small fruity aroma and a slightly spicy finish". The usual vanilla-like yeasty taste in this brew too. A bit too sweet for a triple in my opinion.

Cloudy and dark gold in colour. Lots of carbonation. Aromas are of yeast, various spices, and banana. Flavors are fairly sweet, like a hefe, but dry up with a nice peppery finish. Solid but unspectacular.

Hazy yellow hue with a fading fizzy head and minimal lace. The aroma has notes of apricot and pear, heather and wildflower, light pepper and clove, candi sugar, and a dose of leathery esters. The taste starts sweet and mildly fruity but not to much. A light bitterness and spice add some depth of palate. The feel is not as heavy as many Tripels, lively and crisp with a dry finish. A touch of alcohol shows upon finishing the glass, kind of refreshing really. Overall, not a bad take of the genre and quite quaffable. I enjoyed this more than expected.

Cloudy yellow color with a puffy head that dissapears pretty quick. A quick sniff gives me yeast and lemon zest. The taste is the good part with cloves, banana and pepper. Medium bodied with a nice hop bite.

Bottle. golden color, with bubbles and light white head fully diminishing but fair lacing. yeast and fruity aroma. High carbonation, taste of yeast, alcohol (strong) and acidic on the finish, light citrus, quite refreshing, not bad. Bière de couleur jaune foncé, prsque pas trouble, pas mal de bulles, avec un petit collet blanc qui colle assez bien au verre mais, le collet disparait totalement. Odeur de levure et de fruits. Au goût, elle est élevé en co2, gout de levure, et fini alcool (fort) et acide et un petit gout leger d’agrumes (citrus). Elle est quand meme assez rafraichissante, pas mauvaise.

Bottled. Fruity, orangey and malty aroma. Malty, in a way that I found typical of North-American beers I have had so far. Fruity, spicy, orangey taste with some light herbal notes. But a somewhat sweet maltiness dominates, which sets is apart from the belgian triples I´ve had. Mediumbodied, good mouthfeel. I like it very much. Thanks to yogi_beera and pivo for this excellent beer.