Unibroue Quelque Chose

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

Sample at Aarhus beerfestival. Small head with short duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich with cherry. Very cherry juice like. Virtually no carbonation.

Bottle. Clear reddish colour with a pinkings head. Sour sweet aroma. Sweetish taste of cherries. Nice beer.

Pours a brownish red with little to no head. Cherry with fruity nose. Flavor is all cherry at first, then hints of wood and cinnamon with other spices. Nice body, drank at just below room temp.

Clear red with no head. Sweet fruity aroma and flavor with intense cherry and cinnamon notes.

Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishng head. red colour. Nice cherry aroma. Heavy sweet and light bitter flavor. Strobng cherry notes. Average finish. Syryply nice palate.

The last beer poured at the Jungle Jim’s Unibroue tasting. The whole night I kept saying, "how cool would it be if they brought out some Quelque Chose?" When they did, I must more than just a little excited. I was at once surprised by the deep, penetrating blood red body, lack of head, and complete lack of carbonation. The aroma was very strong and spicy with nutmeg and an undeniable cherry medicine scent. At first sip I was blown away by the sherry/ dry aperitif cordial notes. Yet the beer was refreshing... in a Flemish Sour kind of way. I’m certain that I would have enjoyed this a bit more had it been served on the rocks, or even heated, like suggested on the bottle. Instead it was served slightly above room temperature and I simply don’t think it did the beer justice. We were also really drunk by this time, being the last beer of 11 or 12 to be sampled. Nonetheless, it was extremely interesting, and a great way to end an amazing beer tasting.

2002 vintage, thanks to hey_kevin for the sample. Notes from January ’07. Hazy caramel orange with a few bubbles for a head. Aroma was of some wintergreen, cloves, and caramel syrup. Flavor was the same with more caramel and some added cherry notes, and a dry finish. Only the tinest bit of carbonation was noted with a medium-full body. Pretty nice.

Thanks to ekstedt & friends. Reddish brown, no head. Cherries and glühwein. Sweet and sour taste. No carbonation.