Unibroue Quelque Chose

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

Probably one of the best fruit beers I have had, ever. Completely flat. I did not drink it hot, but at cellar temp. Strong cherry and clove flavors, sweet, not like much I have had before. Blows away more lambic style cherry brews, in my opinion. A special occasion beer that might be my new holiday fun time brew.

Sour cherry malt aroma. Clear red colour with no head or lacing. Sweet cherry flavour like cherry syrup. Flat palate.

had it once cold........coudlnt taste much really, it was like bad wine. had it once slightly warmer than room temperature, and wow! So many flavours come out! very spicy, notes of cinnamon, and cloves, and citrus, with a nice cherry punch and finish, very nice stuff.

Pours dark red with little to nothing of a head. This Cherry beer has a strong sweet cherry quality with a mild sour bite. But, to balance out the sweetness, there are strong qualities of allspice to make this a spectacular beer. From my experience, however, the 2002 edition had a stronger spice quality compared to the bottle I had most recently, so either the spice quality becomes less apparent, or the newer batches have a lessened spiced quality.

This really is something. Bottle dated 08/08/2002. I tried this on the rocks, and at room temperature. It also suggests to drink it mulled by putting the bottle in a double boiler but I decided to wait until next time for that. I’m sure it would have brought out the fruity aromas 100-fold. The cork from this bottle smells of cherries and cloves, and made me eager to get to drinking it. The beer itself smelled of cherries (obviously) and also of warm brown sugar mostly. The taste was a pleasant sour cherry, and very close to wine. It appeared a ruby-copper in the glass and had almost no carbonation, only a few bubbles clinging to the glass. Room temp out of a wine glass was much more enjoyable for a winter night (and mulled would be so much better, I’m sure) than having it on the rocks. In the summer though, that would be a preferable way I think. I would have this again with vanilla ice cream and fine chocolates.

2002 bottle, great cherry aroma even when it is cold. Awesome when warmed as recommended. Cherry aroma and flavor is very sweet/sour and authentic. Alcohol is well balanced with the dark ale and cherry content. A beautiful beer if served as recommended (hot).

Corked 500ml brown bottle. 2002 vintage. Poured into a wine glass. Reddish brown colour, no head, a few large bubbles clinging to the sides of the glass. Aroma of sweetish cherries, slight sour edge. Flavour is a bit sweet, noticable sugar, cherry fruit flavour, slight tartness. No carbonation, medium sticky body. Some woody notes in the finish.

NO head when poured, could smell it immediately. Lots going on in the aroma besides cherries... really pretty color. Tasted as I expected, not overpowerinly sweet, but definitley very little "beer" flavor to it.