Unibroue Éphémère Cassis

Frit and candy nose with a touch of soap on a rope. Phenolic initially but dissipates rapidly. Slightly acidic and lactic but much better than its apple cousin.

Somewhat odd pink/orange color with a lasting, creamy white head. Grape, cherry and apple aroma, slightly sweet. Mouthfeel is initially creamy followed by intense carbonation. Sour grapes, some more green apple. Somewhat tart, a bit of bubblegum and wheat/yeast. Honestly, it’s all over the place but it’s pretty good, regardless.

Beautifully soft and chill hazed glowing rosey grapefruit color. Just under an inch tall capping of crunchy, light peachy skin colored foam. Resides slowly to a dull skim and collar. Unfortunately the lacing is nearly nil as a few spots try desparately to hold their place on the glass but slide back in. Aroma is slightly tangy and soured in citrus juices of a mild orange peachy thing with the evident currant nuance and grapefruit tug creating a nice mix as well as a moderate undertow of mustyness. Mildly welcoming and pleasant. Mild flavors carry a simple, yet delicate palate of juicy citrus encompassing a peachy fluffyness and dull orange juice. Tangy by a nudge, soured by a nudge more, dried evenly throughout the finish. Currants take their place within the tangy peachy flavors. Feel is lighter/medium with a fluffy, mild carbonation, tangy for sure, but in a citrusy, almost wine-like essense of peachy/white grape dryness. The dryness, however, is very palatable and easy going with a very simple sanction of placement on the tongue. A very light, easy going simple and subtle brew of wine-like fruityness, tangyness, and dryness. Mild to the buds and easy on the palate. A drenching quencher of a dessert brew if there ever was one.

Absolutely delicious. Great foamy head, delicate nose revealing what it is, a wonderful fruit beer.

like red pink color with very fruity scent of berries. intensly carbonated, very sweet taste, too much so for me. but decent

sampled from 750. hazy. orange with a large off white head. Aroma is currants and yeast. Taste is light malt and yeast with currants and light fruit, apples.

Sweet dark fruit aroma. Looks and smells like a peach jolly rancher. Cloudy peach color with a white, mostly lasting head. Initial mouthfeel is not as sweet as I expected or hoped. Some faint evervescence. Without knowledge that this was a Unibroue beer, I would have likely rated it lower. Fairly average. Just not flavorful enough.

Pours reddish(pinkish) orange, very opaque, with large white head (that does not last). Aroma isn’t very strong - some citrus, pears, some yeast and hops in the aroma, and definitely currants (cassis). Flavor is a little sweet and bready with a mild taste of currant. The finish is strangely dry with hints of tartness from currants. Mouthfeel isn’t very thick, strangely dry finish (did I mention that already?). The cassis lends a peculiar flavor to the beer - not my favorite. I think the dryness and peculiarity in the flavor are attributable to brettanomyces.