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Unibroue La Terrible

Unibroue La Terrible - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Unibroue (Sapporo)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Chambly, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10213.91/5.03.9/5.010.5%96.9Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
La Terrible is a dark brown beer on lees and is part of a collection of exotic and refined Unibroue beers brewed using 100% natural raw materials. It may be drunk as an aperitif or as an after dinner digestive. It is equally a perfect accompaniment to the above-mentioned dishes or a pleasant alternative to coffee.
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 JohnnyJ (1282), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 26, 2007  
Pour is a dark brown with some red and a nice head. Some floaters. Aroma of spice, yeast, and dark fruit. Flavor of many complex dark fruits, caramel, yeast, spices, and some roasted malt. An excellent dark belgian style ale.


 ScoWRee (275), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 25, 2007  
Pours deep dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and caramel. Tastes are sweet, coffee, caramel and prunes. Very smooth. Light carbination. Alcohol weel hidden. Very Nice.


 thewolf (5623), Kolding, Denmark
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/59/104/519/20
Mar 23, 2007  
Bottle. Pours dark brown, lightly hazy. Head is quite fizzy and bubbly - not imrpressive looks. Aroma, though, is quite stunning. Roasted malts, some caramel. But especially, it has a lot of complex spices... it is difficult to discern them, but they smell terrific. Flavour builds on this. A little smoky, some caramel and spices ’en masse’. Stuinning.


 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 10, 2007    Updated: Sep 15, 2007
Almost opaque brown-black with medium-sized khaki, lasting head. Aroma is Belgian yeast, bubblegum, spice and faint alcohol. Initial taste is similar but milder and less complex, with more bread flavor. Finish is strong and dry. Medium-light and smooth palate. Aftertaste is dry, vinous dark fruit and warms your insides. Alcohol is well hidden, yet something doesn’t seem quite right about the flavor - slight metallic note maybe. Or maybe just too wine-like for my tastes. Still though, a nice beer.


 VikingHammer (362), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 9, 2007  
Pours dark with a 2 finger fluffy almost tan head. Aroma is dominated by dark fruits. Dark and citrus fruits along with spices dance on the palate. A good amount of carbonation. Nicely coats the mouth and finishes dry. Great ale.


 alaskanwarren (286), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 7, 2007  
or a long time, just intrigued by the bottle. All in all, i found it fairly solid, and quite heavy, but not quite up to the internal hype that I had built for it. I wished it was more complex, and darker. I felt that it just wasn’t decidedly dark or not dark. It floated along in the middle not really deciding which way to go. I wanted something super roasty, chocolaty and maybe even burnt. Had it just said "strong ale" on there, I might have been a bit more understanding of what it was trying to be. Still though, worth enjoying, maybe with a friend, for this is a mighty ale.


 andyhite (290), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 2, 2007  
750ml bottle. deep ruby brown glimmer with a nice little above avg head. the first thing i want to say is..."best before 2011," damn!!!!! that’s a beer. this could easily outlast some of the bottles in my wine cellar. this brew has a nice thick aroma that is unusually high, even for a belgian (style) ale. the aromas almost all cover the 4 major (legit) food groups. major fruits all over, even tofu...and some herbs/light spice. there’s even ’a breath of fresh air’ in the aroma, that is, for the beer conessieur. taste? there’s an overall fluffiness in the mouthfeel, and a crazy kind of cheese going on in the flavor, as well as some off-shoot vegetables. this beer is crazy sweet. A+ here, definitely a repeat buy, when i can find it.


 rmussman (905), California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Mar 2, 2007  
The name scared me a little but I went with it and its very excellent as is expected from Unibroue. A pleasureful when you pour it. It has such a rich color and great head. Goes down amazingly smooth with a nice aftertaste. A truly great brew.



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