Ubu Ale
Lake Placid Pub & Brewery in Lake Placid, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - English Regular|
Score
6.69
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Our flagship beer, this English Strong Ale is available throughout the Adirondacks and greater Northeast. Deep garnet red in color, Ubu weighs in at 7% alcohol by volume (ABV) but is known for its fantastic taste. It features dark fruit and roasted malt flavors, with a slightly bitter finish. 43 SRM.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Reddish dark brown pour from 12 oz bouteille, malty aroma, a little bit of caramel and chocolates, Mildly hopped.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Notes from July 2009 Bottles courtesy of Chris, aka The Big Sneeze. :) Poured into this year's Ommegang anniversary glass. Big head. Tan, marshmallow-y, & slow to recede. It really lingers. Body is a dark ruby brown. Smell is light on caramel & creamer. Touch of chocolate. A full showing of earthy & mildly rindy hops follow right behind. Taste is an earthy brown with light citrus & floral notes. Toasty & minerally. The hops pepper more then add straight bitters to the beer. Big earthy soil character, with just enough caramel. Barely a rindy linger. Carbonation is small & sturdy. Feel is dirty, but smooth alcohol & a decent balance make it work. :)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2024
at 17:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sit Ubu, sit. A 12 oz can obtained from my connection to the nice people at Halftime. My tastings started with a chilled mug this evening, no motivation to change. It appears as a cola-colored liquid finished by a parchment tan head of quite fine foam. I smell earth and wood and something roasty, what is going on here? I lift for a drink, plums, grain, cereal, again some woodiness, malt and a bit of raisin sweetness. Okay but certainly one and done.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2022
at 22:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can, courtesy of Ben. Pours very dark copper. Banana, toffee, strawberry, plum, orange zest, blackberry. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2022
at 04:28
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2019
at 22:40
5.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2016
at 15:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Top Hops. Dark brown with faint reddish tint, large foamy beige head, very faint malt aroma, high carbonation, dry, faint roasted malt taste, mellow body, abrupt finish with a little caramel aftertaste. Very smooth and mellow, quite nice.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2016
at 08:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled@SBWF2015. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, wooden and some sweet maltiness. Flavour is spices, some alcohol, mild fruity and ripe fruity notes as well as some plum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 05:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at SBWF2015. Amber color, small off-white head. Caramel, perfumic hops in the nose. Medium-bodied. Clean, simple mouthfeel. Malts, light piney bitterness. Easy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2015
at 11:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @sbwf15. Dark brown colored beer with a thin off white head. Raisins, plums, bread, malt. Quite sweet. Flavor has chocolate notes, plums, sweetness, molasses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2015
at 11:10