Raftman
Unibroue in Chambly, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.50
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This singular amber ale, brewed with a touch of smoked malt whisky, offers the delicate taste of fine Belgian yeast and caramelized apples.
It celebrates the courage and festive spirit of the log drivers of yesteryear.
It celebrates the courage and festive spirit of the log drivers of yesteryear.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden color, stormy perlage, big head. Malty and spicy aroma; carbonic gas. In the front, it's very simple, but it reveals an original character later: very light smokey, light maltiness, very light liquorice. Quite dry; it has a low profile yeast as often for Unibroue.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2004
at 02:42
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Hazy dark amber, light brown coloured body with a thin off-white head which dissipates quickly. Aroma of strong apples, cider, brown sugar, nutmeg and some malt. Medium-bodied; Odd taste of salmon, malt, metal, apples, pears, yeast and some wheat. Aftertaste shows a bad slightly offensive characteristic...definately not enjoyable. Overall, this beer is pretty bad, and is understandable that I kept from drinking it for so long! I bought this twelve ounce bottle from Beers of the World in Rochester, New York and sampled it on 14-December-2003.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2003
at 01:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy orange color, short white head. Sweet yeasty aroma, spicy and fruity, banana. Soft sweet malty taste, spicy sparkling on the tongue. More like a hefeweizen, but more dry palate instead of refreshing. Quite heavy on the stomach.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2003
at 05:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Original review 2004: It is supposed to be a smoked brew but I believe the smoke taste could be more present. I would qualify this more as a smoke brew for beginners. Still, very good beer with the disctinct yeast flavor from Unibroue but I frankly seen better brew from Unibroue. Re-rate 2005: Smoke taste is still shy but maybe a bit more present in this fresher bottle. Malt and Unibroue yeast mix well together. Not bad buit had some better one from Unibroue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2003
at 05:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Orange, initially fizzy. Yeasty nose with a hint of smokiness. Overly yeasty and heavily smoked flavor with no noticeable alcohol
Tried
on 14 Jan 2003
at 12:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark orange. Light bodied. Discretely smokey and complex. .................
Tried
on 25 Feb 2002
at 08:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The comments here would verify my findings that the smokiness of this beer is rather variable. In any case, it's not a rauchbier. A soft, underlying smokiness combines with abundant yeastiness and cakey malts to make a decent, if unspectacular brew.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2002
at 00:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
An interesting beer style, and Raftman provides a good example. Beer is cloudy and brown, with a weak whiskey aroma. It tastes alot like whiskey, albeit without the high alcohol burn - and since I'm not much of a whiskey drinker, this is better for me. A curious beer.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2001
at 16:13