Unibroue Édition 2005

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

Bottle from thecheeseman thanks man! Pours a dark brown color. Aroma has prunes, molasses, vanilla(no coke rustyham), brown sugar, and some oaky notes. Flavor is full and very nice. Very malty and a bit sweet. Candi sugar, dates, vanilla and some light spices. The hops have some flavor profile, but no real bitterness.

Exactly like a Vanilla Coke aged on Prunes. I loved it. Bottle thanks to either JW77, Daknole, or Ryan.

Shared at a Phx tasting. Had the normal sweet candy belgian aroma. Mahagany body with thin dirty white head. Sugary sweet and spicey with the alcohol waring the body.

bottle from bockyhorsey.... dark woody mahogany brown with a thin whitish ring for a head. smells like red wine mixed with malt powder... add in some brown sugar, wood and a light sourness. a touch of that sourness carries over to the flavor and joins forces with chocolate, vanilla, spicy red wine, dust, minerals and some late hoppy notes which show up in the noble form. it is medium bodied and has a malty richness which is tamed by acidity and a drying finish. 7/4/8/4/15/3.8

Bottle generously shared by Bill at hellbilly’s 5th of July gathering. Pours a dark shade of amber with a tan head. Smells of sour cherries and oak. Tastes of both with added notes of lemon zest and granny smith apples. Dries on the finish.

Flaske: Sort gennemsigtig øl med meget lidt skum. Er til at begynde med bekymret for om den er gået over. Men istedet kommer der en fin duft af portvin, nødder og rosiner en i møde. Smagen er lag på lag af portvin en smule karamel, rosiner og den slutter med et velstemt alkohol der fuldender denne fantastisk lækre øl. Det er derfor øl bliver lagret, kompleks og meget drikbar.

***review from June 11, 2008***
Cellared from whenever this first came on sale. Poured a dark brown wit a small light brown head and, surprisingly, keeps a ring and gives out slippery lacing. Aroma early on is odd as it is not well defined: slight toast, weird swedish berries / fake grape, some spice, very sweet, er...i guess that’s it. Taste: very drinkable, slight taste malt is actually bigger than it appears soft yeast, a touch apple, a bit of nut... I like nuts... toasted malts, yea....this review has taken almost 2 hours. Pretty smooth, very drinkable, I’ve just noticed alcohol upfront but that dies and replaced by some slight spice. Pretty tasty and I guess that gives this some decent marks but overall I was bored. I guess it should get better than 3.3.... Pretty smooth. yaya....can’t stop typing.....PARADOX ISLAY BATCH 008 NEXT....

Bottle 2005. Thanks to gnoff. Brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma: desert wine, plums, spices, caramel, old cellar, some light sourness. Taste: vinous desert wine like, plums, sour cherries, raisins, dark sugar, caramel, spices, earth, alcohol, a bit sourish.