Unibroue Éphémère Cassis

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

This is a good Fruit Beer. Not overlly sweet and fruity which I like fo a fruit beer. Currants, and fruity flavor. Finishes clean, crisp, and dry.

750 ml bottle: Light amberish hazy body w/ a lasting, large, pillowy whitish/pink head. Lightly sour w/ a definite black currant aroma. Toasty wheat aromas as well, and it seems a bit catty & slightly white peppery spice. Well balanced and lightly tart. Black currant flavor is there, but is well balanced w/ bready malt flavor, herbal hop in the dry finish, currant aftertaste. High carbonation, smooth m/f, lighter medium body. This is probably the most fruit flavored Ephemere I’ve had, but it’s still well balanced and not completely dominated by the currants. Not bad for a fruit beer!

Pours dark. Smells lightly of black currants. Tastes more like a Belgian strong ale than a typical fruit beer. Not bad.

This has a sort of a lambic touch to it as far as color and aroma but it falls far short in these categories when compared to comparable beers. Personally I find currants an odd choice as raisin beer does not sound that appetizing( considering the dried version is the most common form of this fruit in the US), but I can overlook that. Pours with a hazy orange tinged color with a large light head. Aroma of sour grapes. I am reminded of Cantillon’s St Lamvinus as a grape based Belgian beer that for me lacks any real characteristic. Not really sour, flavorful, or colorful but rather below average in all categories. A beer that was "lost in translation" for me otherwise I would not of bught it.

Yeasty Belgian style beer with light black current notes, lightly fruity, lightly hopped, long sour finish. I liked it, but somehow less remarkable than the apple Ephemere, less interesting than their other beers.

Eric-pours a peach hue with a big sudsy white head. cherries, dark berries, and estery components in the aroma. good wheaty, black berry flavors with a crisp palate. pretty good! Keith-Happy to find this one. Light grape color added to this yeasty wheat beer. Just a hint of sweetness in aroma and taste. This one gets better as you drink more. I might save another bottle for a summer day.

Bottle. Reddish orange in color with a bit of haze. Decent white head has a little purple/red tint to it. Aroma is of currant and hints of malt/yeast. Very carbonated as are most Unibroue’s. Sweet and somewhat tart flavors from the currants. Somewhat spicey. Decent. Didn’t appreciate the carbonation in this one.

Pours orangish with red tints. Tiny bubbles make up a huge white head. Strange yeasty aroma with some currant in the background. Flavor is very sour currant. Highly carbonated. Was a little dissapointed with this brew.