Eau Bénite
Unibroue in Chambly, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
6.81
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Midway between a Belgian blonde and a triple, its pale sweet malt notes never fail to charm the palate.
Brewed for the first time in the summer of 1996, its name was inspired by a nun who, after tasting a beer for the first time, said it tasted better than holy water (eau bénite in French). Amen.
Brewed for the first time in the summer of 1996, its name was inspired by a nun who, after tasting a beer for the first time, said it tasted better than holy water (eau bénite in French). Amen.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bit aged sample Orange-gold, very carbonated beer; medium whipped-cream head, slowly collapsing. Perfumey, strawberry, oxydized malts, biscuit as aromas. Cookie malt, sweet, sugar (yes, brewers, one CAN taste the thumbprint of candi sugar); sweet, sugarpreserved fruits, honey in the finish. A pinch of ginger. Medium bodied, a bit slick, not attenuated as usual for this kind of beer. Another proof that Unibroue beers simply can’t age. For such a reasonably strong beer, a few years more ought to be perfectly possible.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2007
at 14:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(bottle, traded with Edo, thanks!) Hazy, pale golden colour with loads of yeast floaties and a medium-sized blond foamy head. Slightly dusty, sweet malty, slightly grainy and bready aroma with a light fruity (citrus) note on a herbal hoppy background. Sweet and slightly bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a moderate carbonation (for a Tripel). Malty taste with honey and a moderate to light fruit-character; early arriving alcoholic notes; almost dry balanced malty and delicate hoppy finish. A bit uncommon but pretty drinkable Triple which lacks a bit complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2007
at 05:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I guess this means holy water and the beer lives up to the name. It pours a light cloudy amber colour, with a nice big head that leaves pretty fast. Smells all nice and spicy and fruity. Tastes of cloves and spice along with a cornucopia of fruits. Like every other Unibroue beer that I tasted, the high gravity was concealed behind the rich taste. Little dry aftertaste.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2007
at 14:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a fast dimihishing beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of fruit, both fresh and stored, but also yeast and some dusty hops. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of fruits, especially peaches, but also a touch of mango and figs, but the alcohol is also felt immediately and grows in intensity, so you taste it too. The end is smooth with notes of fruit lingering. Inspite of the 7.7% ABV and the noticable alcohol presence, the body seems thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2006
at 10:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Hazy nutbrown colour, small white head. Aroma is nuty, yeasty, caramellish, banana and spices. Flavour is fruit, spices, yeast, slight malts and hops. Alcohol gives a warming sting in the flavour also.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2006
at 11:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
While the ham is cooking, poured myself a good one, bought at Jovi this spring. Been a while I havent had an Eau Bénite. Pours a hazy golden ale with a thick white head. Aroma of banana, lemon, oranges, and the typical Unibroue yeast. In mouth, a nice sweet cnady malt with warming alcohol, coriander and oranges, some maple notes. A good round body. Always a good beer.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2006
at 17:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled(330ml). -yeasty and fruity aroma with nice spicy notes, alcohol is well hidden, very dry, there’s also a yeasty sediment at the bottom
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2006
at 06:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl from Auchan, Calais. Hazy green gold colour with minimal white head. Yeast, hop and golden syrup type aroma. Fruits are quite good on this one. Bit too overcarbonated. Good toffee flavours in mouth with drying tingly hop finish. Quite pleasant if not awe inspiring. Lacks a bit of depth and intensity to be a really good triple.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2006
at 13:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Creamy white fair mostly deminishing head. Week pearlike aroma. Very acetic flavor. Average finish and watery palate. This is a really bad trippel!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2006
at 01:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark orange colour with nearly no white head. Aroma is fruity with some elements of alcohol and malt. Flavour is Fruity with hints of alcohol, malt and yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2006
at 23:11