 Rastacouere (5258), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 19, 2003 Updated: Nov 20, 2004
Nice 500 mL bottle.
Drank hot and warm in a coffee cup.
The appearance is a ruby brownish body, not necessarily that appealing, like it was soil. The head is reduced to a thin ring. The aromas are very intense and easy to smell even 30cm from the liquid. It smells red wine, sweet cherries, grapes, earl grey. Filling mouthfeel, it especially rolls on the tongue when heated. Big cherry flavors, but also fresh oranges, apples, woody peaks, cloves and cinnamon (very spicy beer overall). Nice and sharp acidity overwhelms the sweetness to ensure it’s refreshing character. Do I need to add it’s complex? Long cherry tea after taste.
The warm version reminded me more of ultra-complex Sangria with a little salty note while the hotter one had more of a complex cup of tea feeling, more intense.
Unique and well-done. Tremendous balance, original, worth its high price.
I wouldn’t drink this everyday, but it’s very contemplative and I’d love to have a try at liefmans gluhkrieks now. Gluhkrieks own. Period.
Had a 1996 bottle with omhper, martint, muzzlehatch, tiggmtl and dycsoccer in november 2004 and it was schocking. Even at the end of the tasting, the cinnamon flavors were explosive. Huge christsmas cake, gingerbread. Lovely full body. This was drunk fresh, we were too tired to mull it unfortunately, but the score was. 10/4/10/5/19=4.8
rampmaster (127), Alden, New York, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Presentation: It was poured from a corked and caged 750ml bottle into a pint glass. It has a hazy, reddish brown colored body with almost no head at all. There were just a few small, light tan bubbles around the sides of the glass. The aroma is light with a modest tea like herbal hops and chopped up fresh cherries in the nose. The flavor has a mix of sweet, sour and tangy fruits and spices that reminds me off mincemeat pie filling with a warming brandy flavor note. Hop flavor is mild and herbal. All these flavors mix and mingle nicely on the tongue within a smooth and slightly sticky full body. This beer has a very deep interesting flavor and a wonderful full body that made for a nice slow sipping after dinner treat.
yesyouam (345), Fairport, New York, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Unibroue Quelque Chose is a candy apple red ale; dense, very clear, not sparkling and no head. It looks viscous and not at all like beer. At cellar temperature, the aroma is complex: sour cherries, honey, old barrels, caramel, chocolate, earth and alcohol. The is no carbonation that I can detect. It has a full mouth feel, thick and syrupy. The finish actually seems crisp and acidic. It tastes sweet and sour: cherries, honey, chocolate and vanilla. The aftertaste is of clove, black pepper, cinnamon and alcohol. What a unique beverage! I can see how it could get cloying after a while. I had to split this one with my wife.
josarah (65), Hinesburg, Vermont, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Bottle at Silver Gulch, minimal pink head, rich ruby hue, light cherry aroma. Nice cherry beverage with just enough tartness to keep it drinkable. Highly recomended.
Chrism86 (40), Melbourne, Australia
Aug 11, 2008 Yummy!! Partnered this with backed cheesecake and berry compote, completely irrelevant but totally added to the experience!
Served heated, poured nice pink/cherry colour with thin fizzy collar of foam, that persists despite size. Aromas are dominated by morello cherries and fruit spice. Palate is malty sweet, with candied cherries in abundance, however sweetness never cloys, seems to be balanced by appley tartness. Back palate brings with it warming alcohol and truck loads of fruit spice.
FastEddie (150), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Aug 6, 2008 Nice red color, pinkish head. Looks just like it tastes. Candy sweet, which is just fine if you’re in a mood for that sort of thing.
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