A hazy orange beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of yeast and coriander. The flavor is very sweet with notes of yeast, spices, alcohol, and peach. An OK Belgian Ale without being something special.

RBSG 750 ml bottle at Fourquet Fourchette Large frothy head that diminishes rather quickly. Moderate light malt aroma with the Classic funky Belgian earthy yeast aroma as well. Moderately sweet flavor with some honey and caramel notes. Has a very characteristic "Unibroue" flavor.

New version. Hazy amber with thin off-white head. Sweet spicey arooma with notes of coriander, bananas and berries. In mouth, sweet confectionnary sugars, with notes of maple and coriander. Lighter bodied than older version but still a great beer!

Vintage bottle, exact age unknown, though tiggmtl thought it was between 8-10 years old, while Rastacouere felt it couldn’t be that old. I tend to think it would be somewhere in the 6-8 year range. Anyhow, a big thanks to tiggmtl for getting this and sharing it with everyone at the 3/6/05 tasting.
Aroma shows some light, dry, yellow fruits (dried peaches, apricots), some sweet caramel and a restrained but noticeable Belgian yeast. The bottle still pours a fair amount of off-white head, perched atop a moderately bright orange body. The bottle was decanted well, leaving the yeast behind, so it did appear quite clear. Flavor begins with a touch of spicy yeast and light citrus, but the malt quickly comes on strong. I was extremely impressed with the heavy, thick, chewy malt that still dominated the beer after this long of a rest. Sweet and caramelly, quite chewy and just very substantive. I was surprised at how clean the yeast was in this bottle, imparting very little influence. I kept remarking how this beer had "lost much of its style indicators". Finish gets a bit rusty, with some earthy, aged hops and spice. Oxidation and light madeirization present; that good chewy yet somehow loose, lightly rusty aspect that I just adore. I find oxidized/madeirized beer to be one of the most unique and, to me, interesting things to sample. I’m gleefully waiting to try the Trippel and the Réserve. Thanks Stephen! 7/4/8/4/17

Fresh bottle opened at the 3/6/05 Montreal tasting. Aggressive spice and yeast in the aroma, with light fruit notes. To me, rather uncomplex, and it seems much too dry and faint, as if carried on the wind from afar. The color is a bubbly orange/brass body with plenty of foamy white head and sediment left in the bottle. Good lacing. Flavorwise, I didn’t expect much malt, based on the aroma, and it really didn’t deliver that much. Light, dry fruits as in the old version, but the spices are too dominant yet, with too much hops bitterness and apparency for my liking. While the body is by no means watery, after just having the old version, in a relative sense, the body is much less inspiring. No doubt the coriander and hops will die down and come together, as this one ages, but I’m very pessimistic as to the malt/body holding up to extended aging. It will certainly be fun to try, though. 6/4/6/3/13

Excellent dark reddish brown color with a fantastic fruity nose of apples, oranges, pears, allspice and cardamom. The mouth has nutmeg, apples, pears with caramel malt undertones, then finishing dry and spicy.

Original Boucherville sample Orangey-amber, rather flunky. Thick yellowish head. Nose is reigned by a multitude of aromatic malts, laced by noble hops. As in a freshly baked hopcake; should that exist. Something citrussy as well. Mixture of caramelmalts, hops, citrus and a bit of sugar in the taste. Very well-balanced, but not very characterfull. Medium bodied. Somehow a bit of alcoholburn. Lively mouthfeel. The beer is so well-balanced that it becomes rather neutral. Is this maybe the ultimate megabrew-interpretation of artisanal craftbeer? 2005 version by Unibroue Huge yellowish head, fast gone; fully hazy amber-orange beer 4/5 Perfumed-creamy nose, touch of diacetyl and coriander, and lots of citrus. 7/10 Rather fiery taste, caramel, even toffee, & citrus (predominantly orangepeel), ambrée malts. Faraway mouldy whiff. Retronasal alcohol very obvious, spicey as dried orange peel, Laosroot and no doubt coriander. 7/10 Well bodied, fiery, only moderatly dry 4/5 My Canadian friends, hark! This beer in its Chimay-type bottle has the thumbprint of Unibroue, very Belgian BTW, all over it. It doesn’t resemble the beer I drank from the American type bottle in August 2003 at all. These beers ought to have separate entries, one retired. 13/20

Orange coloured, Malty, spicy, bitter. Well balanced. .....................

Unibroue version: Hazy amber colour. Subtle spiciness with a hint of malt in the aroma. Flavour is a lot more forceful, with dry yeast, hints of spice, peppery notes and breadcrusty malts. A touch spritzy, but finish with fairly robust bread notes.

Original: A hazy amber Belgian-style ale with a nose of apple and berry, and complex, yeasty, malty character. 7 3 8 3 13