Unibroue Éphémère Cassis

Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Fruit Beer
Chambly, Canada

Light, almost peach colored head. The body is dark orange with copious amounts of bubbles. The aroma is rich with blueberries and raspberries. Honestly, I have never smelled a currant by itself. There is also a hint of rich bread. The taste is drier than I expected. It has a hint of champagne with some grape juice. There is also some light toasted bread crust. This is light and dry, a good aperitif. Not my thing, but if you enjoy dry sparkling white wines, you might enjoy it.

Full aroma of grapes, raspberries, black cherries - cloudy golden with a slight purple-ish tint - very dry and tart - soft carbonation - a bit wheaty, with very faint grape/cherry flavors - a good try but it’s mostly uninteresting.

Fruity, black currant/rasberry aroma...Not too sweet, not too dry. The flavor is not sweet at all, in fact, its mostly tart, with the "essence" of fruit. Its not very well-balanced, and there’s a very bitter, aspartame-like taste in the finish. This beer is just not for me.

Bottle, at a bar. This is one of the best smelling beers I’ve ever had. Pours yellow with a nice, white head. I though the fruit flavor was a little bit lost in the overall hop and grainyness of the beer. Not a beer I’d be willing to pay $11 for again.

Pours with an orange body topped by a thick head with some lacing. It’s sweet and fruity with wonderful berry notes and a slight sourness. Light to medium bodied and dry.

Bottle. Golden-red with bubbly head. Berries and some acidity, blackcurrant, again a refreshing ephemere though not that exciting.

Big bottle. Fresh currant aroma works. Great fizz. Fresh fruit flavor (no syrup), some nuttiness. Great substitute for a lawnmower beer.

Bottled. I had a hard time getting a handle on this. It was a fizzy light pink in color with a champagne head. The aroma and flavor was all currants but the mouth feel was thick with CO2 and the beer seemed to melt in my mouth.