Vintage Ale (2010)

Opened March 16, 2014. Some oxidation, but it works with this beer. Black, and still very well carbonated; the cork required a corkscrew to remove. Some raisin and sweet malt. Sugar, and the yeast is easily recognizable as Unibroue. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vintage Ale (2010) on 11 Apr 2020 at 16:42 - Score: 7. Original review text: Oxidized but still well carbonated.

Brown bottle, 750 ml, best before 09-10-2013, from Philippe Boutin, with Louise, Luc Bourbonnière and Philippe Boutin, savoured on September 13 2013; eye: mahogany, semi-opaque, no effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head, no lacing; nose: yeast, malt, fruity, candied sugar, alcohol, light liquorice; mouth: yeast, malt, plum, candied sugar, alcohol, alcohol warmth, light liquorice, tired, finale in spices with presence of plum, medium body, below-average carbonation, a bit thin; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, meilleure avant 09-10-2013, de Philippe Boutin, avec Louise, Luc Bourbonnière et Philippe Boutin, savourée le 13 septembre 2013; œil : acajou, semi-opaque, pas d’effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : levure, malt, fruité, sucre candi, alcool, léger réglisse; bouche : levure, malt, prune, sucre candi, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, léger réglisse, fatiguée, finale en épices avec présence de prune, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, un peu mince; en résumé : correct

Bottle: Poured a deep burgundy color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of dry fruits with residual candi sugar and your typical Unibroue yeast. Taste is a complex mix between some candi sugars with dry fruits with some caramelized malt notes, liquorice and the typical Unibroue yeast coming through at the end. Body is quite full with good carbonation with no apparent alcohol. Solid beer from Unibroue which is starting to show the damage of time.

A dark brown ale with a thick collapsing frothy brown head. In aroma, dark fruits, licorice, candy sugar, nice. In mouth, sweet caramel, dark fruits, orange peel, Unibroue yeast, licorice and alcohol warmth, a bit tired but decent. BB 09/10/2013. Shared with GRM and Boutip. Merci Phil.

Bottle shared by SpringsLicker at the RBWG grand tasting
Appearance: Clear dark mahogany with a small beige head
Aroma: Toasted malts and dark fruit
Taste: Toasted malts, raisins and plums
Nice

750 ml bottle into tulip, best before 9/10/2013. Pours almost opaque dark brown color with a nice 2 finger dense khaki head with great retention that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some nice bits of lacing cling to the glass as well. Aromas of big clove, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, dark candi sugar, ginger, dark fruit, molasses, and spicy yeast. Nice and interesting aromas; tons of spices going on here. Taste of caramel, molasses, dark fruit, clove, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, candi sugar, and big yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of dark fruit, molasses, candi sugar, and spices on the finish for a bit. Medium bodied with fairly high carbonation, but it doesn’t hurt the drinkability at all. Fairly creamy and smooth drinking; with a fairly prickly mouthfeel. Alcohol is well hidden with nothing but a slight warming noticeable. Overall a damn nice spiced Belgian dark ale. Unibroue rarely brews a bad beer.

Bottle @ home, courtesy of Armin. Thanks. Dark brown appearance with a light tan head. Very spicy, mint, nutmeg, light cinnamon, mild chocolate caramel aroma. Fairly spicy Christmas beer- mint, evergreen, cinnamon, nutmeg- chocolate, caramel flavor. Pretty nice holiday beer.

I guess this would have been about 9 months old. Dark brown. The aroma is rich and figgy, with a light spiciness. Earthy, raisiny with light fruits. Decent complexity, and clean, without too much of that Unibroue yeast.