Unibroue Édition 2005

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

750mL bottle. Poured a deep burgundy-tinted brown with lots of rising carbonation and a healthy initial head that fizzled down rather quickly. The aroma carries a lovely plum and other dark fruit bouquet paired with chocolate, some raisins, and some alcohol and mild oxidation accents.

Flavor was certainly on the sweet side, primarily of darker fruits and grainy, semi-sweet chocolate.. back-end picked up prickly spiked raisins, dried floral bitterness, and again a mild oxidation presence. High carbonation with a dry feel on the palate.. left a sticky, rather boozy finish. Solid brew.

Poured a dark brown with a small red tint. Great hop smell with a sweetness. First taste provided me with a sweet start with the expected tart finish. My only regret was only having one botltle stored.

Cloudy mahogany body with a short lived almost white head. The beer looks funny with its almost white head over a very dark body, like a naked Mikael Jackson. This one is aging more gracefully than the 2004. If anything it’s even better now than when it came out 2 years ago. The beer is now very very fruity with the usual assortment of dark fruits (plums, dates, etc.). Also very yeasty with Unibroue signature yeast. A little floral hops towards the end is not enough to balance it off. Alcohol is fairly well hidden. Somewhat of a dubbel on steroids. Pretty good but this territory is already covered by far superior beers, including Unibroue’s own Trois-Pistoles.

rbesg06gt, bottled. dark shade of brown with a lingering beige head. aroma of rolling tobacco and apple skins. rich with plenty of vanilla alcohol showing, caramel biscuits, rum’n’raisin and some yeast bite. tasty stuff

Cinnamon and some lighter solventy but pleasant alcohols in aroma, along w/ ginger; appearance is lighter, creamier brown / gold, hazy and cloudy; flavor is sweet, with residual sugar and cinammon / gingerbread;

Pours a deep crimson color, topped by a very thick head of cream solored foam. Long lasting head and a decent amount of thick lacing. Aroma of spicy caramel and slightly over-ripe stone fruit. Full flavored with heavy caramel, dried plum, brown sugar, and spiced rum. A bit drier going into the finish with flavors of tart cherry, oak, vanilla, and more rum. Pie spice, toasted malt, and cherry linger in the aftertaste. Nice complexity. Nearly full bodied, softly carbonated, with quite the smooth mouthfeel. Good stuff, especially when the alcohol warmth kicks in.

Poured a hazy brown amber color with a beige head. the aroma was sweet and malty with notes of caramel, cola and yeast. Fruity malty flavor was semi-sweet with a tartness to it. notes of chocolate and cola.

Pours a Dark, Dark, Dark Red with a tan head. Aroma of Dark fruits and raisons. Tastes of bread dough, raisons, some spices, and some alcohol. Smooth full finish.