 pootzboy (863), Calgary/ Kitchener, Alberta, Canada
Mar 30, 2004
This is my 5th sampling from Unibroue where a friend cracked a bottle that had been cellared more than 2 years and they seem consistant in offering great gourmet Belgium beers that bottle age well and improve.
Trois Pistoles weighs in at 9% alcohol and creates a very warming effect that is best appreciated on cold winter nights or wild game dinners. However the alcohol is much better hidden in aged samples. It pours a such a dark ebony color from the whacking big roasted malt. It’s rich, smooth with real texture, and the presence of the yeast used for in-bottle fermentation gives it a taste and aroma of spiced fruits and an after taste not unlike a sweet medeira. I love this stuff I can hardly wait till some of the bottles I put down are ready.
Poured a black color that refuses to let light through the glass with coffee colored head and medium carbonation. Delicious aromas of fruits and spices. Starts very thick and builds to a wondrous full body punctuated with fruit and nut and chocolate tastes then finishes with warmth and a lingering wine like taste
Grossecaisse (16), France
Sep 6, 2008 It seems like coconut taste...
A bit strong but not so heavy
A bit sugared
nbutler11 (164), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Sep 6, 2008 Pours like a Coke from the bottle, dark amber with an obnoxious tan fizzy head of foam. Smells of anise and malts with additional notes of caramel and milk cocoa in the flavor. Frothy mouthfeel, but definitely improves as it warms.
Floback (251), N-town, Florida, USA
Sep 4, 2008 12 oz. bottle from Total Wine. Pours an amber/black body with a large off-white head. Smells are dark and cloying with hints of chocolate malts and dark fruits. Flavors are nutty and wood chip-like, but also reminiscent of an Abbey Tripel or Quad with notes of banana, bubblegum, and clove. High carbonation and a full body seem out of balance here. This has a chewy mouthfeel and poorly masked ABV. Not bad, but definitely not my favorite from Unibroue.
JuStuka (143), , Mexico
Sep 2, 2008 Dark brown color, smells like caramel, chocolate, toffee and roasted malts, tastes of dark berries, caramel and a lot of alcohol.
BeerGestapo (322), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 1, 2008 (Canada) Pours a very dark brown wih a sm white head. The aroma is of caramel, toffee, roasted malts, and chocolate. Taste of caramel, malts, dark fruit, and a hint of vanilla. The mouthfeel is sticky sweet and robust. The 9% is hidden very well in this belgian strong ale. Do yourself a favor and buy some soon. :)
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