Vintage Ale (2008)
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: UnibroueBelgian Style - Dubbel Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.21
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Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, shared @ jbrus’s place. Yeasty, slightly vinous aroma with toffee, butter and citrus. Caramelly, almost vinous flavor, slightly alcoholic and yeasty. Malty beer with marzipan.Absolutely not bad.
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared by the always generous Hannont. Pours a murky brown color with a large white head. A big toffee and spicy nose. Sweet, oxidation, dark caramel and toffee, berries, bready paper. Solid. Still very good.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From the February 2014 3R6P tasting +++ Sampled from a 750 ml corked brown bottle this beer poured a hazy caramel-brown color with a large fluffy tan head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was cola, wood, dark fruits, yeast and the typical Unibroue house character. The flavor was cola, fig, cherry, yeast and Unibroue house notes. Medium length cola, cherry and wood finish. Moderately full bodied. Solid.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Caramel, dark fruit, grains and yeast. Clear amber with a medium head. Brown sugar, dark fruit and a light sourness. Like a Belgian strong in taste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
mcberko (47456) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750mL bottle, pours a hazy dark amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma is quite subtle, with some light spices, mild dark fruits, and some Belgian candied sugar. Flavour is very, very similar to the 2007, with dark fruits upfront, some brown sugar, caramel, and more dark fruits. If I tasted this is a blind tasting, I'd likely not be able to tell the difference from the 2007. Fairly restrained carbonation, as the 2007 vintage, with the fruitier tones upfront and quite complex. Stronger flavour than the 2006, and like the 2006 and 2007, this has not suffered at all from age. Excellent stuff.
maniac (11822) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle on 01/15/2011 at the 13th Richmond Gathering. Clear dark brown body with a small tan head. Sweet spice flavor with some fruity notes. Sweet malt flavor with belgian spice. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Drake (22934) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750 mL bottle shared at Richmond Gathering 13 by maniac. Thanks! Pours a hazy copper color with fine floating particles. Thin head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of yeast, toffee, faint chocolate, faint berries. The taste is toffee, caramel, peppery yeast notes, faint smoke, berries. Medium bodied.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Courtesy of kiefdog. Pours clear copper with tall off white head. The aroma has spicy yeast, apples, coriander like spices and sweet sugariness. The taste is really sweet with honey drenched ripe red apples then moving quickly into coriander and spicy yeastiness. It’s smooth with growing brightness into the finish leaning toward spiciness and apples.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy deep brown color ale with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of typical Unibroue Belgian ester with deep rich malt with hints of candi sugar. Taste is also a nice mix between some rich Belgian malt with notes of candi sugar and that typical Unibroue ester. Body is quite full with great carbonation and no signs of alcohol. Very well done though quite similar to prior year vintage.
GRM (7524) reviewed Vintage Ale (2008) from Trader Joe's 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 750 ml, best before 09-09-2011, via Philippe Boutin, savoured on May 3 2009; eye: brown with caramel and reddish reflections, hazy, nice effervescence, voluminous tan head made up of rather small bubbles, no lacing, average; nose: spices (including clove), yeast, malt, slight orange, caramel, slight lime; mouth: a bit thin, spices (including clove), malt, slight yeast, slight fruity, mix of tropical fruits, finale in spices with presence of malt, medium body, rather carbonated, slightly bitter and sweet, creamy texture, rich; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, meilleure avant 09-09-2011, via Philippe Boutin, savourée le 3 mai 2009; œil : brune avec des reflets caramel et rougeâtre, voilée, belle effervescence, mousse fauve abondante formée de petites bulles, pas de dentelle; nez : épices (dont clou de girofle), levure, malt, levure, très léger orange, caramel, très léger lime; bouche : un peu mince, épices (dont clou de girofle; on dirait presque une bière de Noël), malt, très légère levure, très léger fruité, mélange de fruits tropical, finale en épices avec présence de malt, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, très légèrement amère et sucrée, texture crémeuse, riche; en résumé : bien