Unibroue Éphémère Cassis

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

Cloudy peach body, medium off-white head. Fruity aroma, tangy, with hints of hay. Flavor of currants, crisp and somewhat refreshing with a grassy finish. One of the better beers using a difficult fruit like this one. Compare to Dogfish Head Au Courant.

Poured from a 750ml corked bottle. Appearance is very murky, cloudy, brownish orange. Lots of yeast adding to the cloudiness. Nice white, inch-high head consisting of multi-sized bubbles. Good lacing throughout. Black currants dominate the smell, accompanied by aromatic hops. Lots of odor to this one! As far as taste goes. . . well its complex. Initially, I taste the currants (very sweet on the tip of my tongue), then there is a sour flavor of the yeast that evolves into a bitter rust flavor on the back of my tongue - could be caused by some of the hops. Champagne-like carbonation is not unpleasant. Liquid has little body to it and the aftertaste is dry. Overall, I don’t care for it.

Apricot-colored with pinkish hues, slightly hazy. Head is large and bright white. Black currant aroma is very prevalent, with red raspberries and a slightly sour cheesiness. Wheaty flavor with berry tartness, moderately sweet and moderately sour with a raspberry seed/tannin finish. Moderate-to-high carbonation. I really enjoyed this.

(750ml bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy pinkish ruby body with a moderate white head. Strong, vibrant black currant aroma. Carbonated, black currant flavor with some wheat. Palate reminded me of a wine cooler.

From bottle at State College 8th Annual Festival. Has a nice black currant fruity bouquet with just a bit of wheat underneath. Hazy golden amber in color with thin off-white head. Medium to light in body with medium carbonation. Predominantly, there is a nice fruity black currant taste to this beer, with mild tartness and juicy fruity flavor. But, just like the apple, it tends to be a bit watery in substance at the finish. After is mild fruity chalky taste.

Opaque orange color with a big foamy white head. Aroma of black currants and grapefruit. Flavor of grapes, wheat, yeast and some sourness.

750ml. bottle. Clear orange color with a large white head. Somewhat medicinal aroma of berries. Flavor reminded me of cherry cough syrup I used to take as a kid. I liked the apple Ephemere, but there was just something about this one I didn’t like at all.

after fighting with the cork for 5 minutes i finally busted out the old cork screw and got it out with a loud POP!this fruit beer poured a murky orange with a nice white head.aromas of wheat,apple,grape,and belgian yeast fill my nose.lots of wheat in the flavor.along with some hops,grapes,and yeast.not bad at all.