Unibroue La Terrible

Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Chambly, Canada

Rated 5/13/06: This is a great beer to get cozy with anytime of the year. The pour is an immense dark ruby red with a thin head and little lacing. Due to the high alcohol content this is to be expected. The aroma is unlike any other, awesome is an understatement. I drank from a red wine glass and an intense aroma of dark sweet fruits filled the air. I inhale and its as if I am drinking port, It is hard to explain how delicious the scent truly is. The beer is slightly thin on the palate but it works. The flavor is bursting with fruit flavors and sweet malts. Plums, cherries, figs, raisins, who knows what is all involved in this wonderful beer. Overall this is a must try. Not your typical brew, but exactly what I would expect from Unibroue. Absolutely Fabulous.

Black with a brown head that disapears quickly. Rather fruity aroma. Fruity raisony taste that is creamy and not too strong. Smooth. Taste is on the sides of the tongue and lasts just long enough. Fun to drink.

2004 bottle - Pours almost black with a moderate sized head of large carbonation bubbles that quickly fade away. The aroma is mainly of yeast and dark fruit. The flavor is sweet malts with plenty of dark fruit. High carbonation lends a lively mouthfeel to this medium to full bodied brew. The 10.5% abv is buried and at 3 years on, the beer is still doing very well. I expect it could hold up well for quite some time to come.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2007. Black - offwhite head. Licorice, yeasty, berries, sweetness, dirt, brown sugar, smooth, roasted. Alcho-burn. Typical belgian style !!

Bottle. @ Copenhagen Øl Festival. Large beige creamy head that mostly diminished. Dark mahogany color. Yeast, dry fruit, liquorish, apricot, hint of chocolate with some woodish like notes as well. Notes of brown sugar and chocolate. Full bodied with a soft carbonation and light alcoholic texture. Well balanced moderated sweet with some bitter alcoholic flavor. Nice linger sweet finish.

Dark Red/Brown colour. Too much bubbles and meduim head. A few seconds later the head dissapears. Fresh and fruity aroma. Spicy. Taste is fresh as well with spices notes but yeast is predominant. Great beer but too much carbonatation for be the perfect beer. The sensation in mouth is like soda or coke (bubbles). The finish is OK, hume and wood. Great beer.

(750 ml bottle) Dark deep red color, fluffy tan head. Almonds and marzipan alcohol scent, also fruity and Belgian ale yeast. A bit spicy as well, but lots of alcohol that is dominating. Spicy, yeasty and bitter taste, warming alcohol as well. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Alcohol, yeast and spicy aftertaste.

2004 bottle. Pours a dark brown with a ruby highlight and a big white head which fades fairly quickly to a ring. Aroma is quite fruity with notes of apple, pear, caramel maltiness, typical Unibroue yeastiness, cookie dough. Flavor is quite different from the aroma with some cherry, chocolate, a little bubblegum/banana esters, raisins. Medium-full body with quite a bit of carbonation.