Vintage Spiced Ale (2019)
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: UnibroueBelgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.40
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Our Vintage Spiced Ale is a rich, dark and full-bodied ale with a fine and generous coffee-colored, beige foam. It's ready to enjoy right away and you may also wish to cellar a few bottles. It will evolve interestingly well developing more complex flavors as the years go by. Keep the bottle upright in storage.
Brewed with a delicate balance of noble hops, roasted malts and spices. This is a remarkably smooth ale with a wonderfully complex finish. It is best served slightly chilled, around 53 degrees fahrenheit and pairs exceptionally well with grilled salmon steaks, curried lamb, beef, or tuna au poivre.
Brewed with a delicate balance of noble hops, roasted malts and spices. This is a remarkably smooth ale with a wonderfully complex finish. It is best served slightly chilled, around 53 degrees fahrenheit and pairs exceptionally well with grilled salmon steaks, curried lamb, beef, or tuna au poivre.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Drank May 2nd, 2020. Nice beige head, chalky brown-black body. Big, bold, well done. Vibrant champagne carbonation, fluffy mouthfeel. Sweet, but well attenuated. Everything seems pretty balanced and nice this year. Excellent Belgian Christmas Ale style beer. Gingerbread, chocolate, orange, caramel, nutmeg. Lots of depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2020
at 03:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
C&C 750 mL bottle thanks to hershiser2! The last beer from our last trade. :( Dark brown with a large frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of spice, roast, nuts, candi sugar, plum, yeast, lime. Taste is dates, plum, bread, brown sugar, rye, cherry, yeast. Medium-full bodied, mild booze but not too present, spicy, prickly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2020
at 01:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the December Ratebeer DC Tasting. Poured a dark cola color with a small tan head. Aroma was strong dark brown sugar notes, nutty notes and herbal spices. Flavor was dark fruits, light raisin and toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2020
at 07:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This beer is highly carbonated this year with a tall, khaki colored head. It remains sweet as the other vintages are, lots of malt and sugar, some dried fruit, and characteristic Unibroue yeast. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vintage Spiced Ale (2019) on 31 Dec 2019 at 21:49 - Score: 7
Tried
on 01 Jan 2020
at 03:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a big dark tan head. Caramel and light toffee aroma with light yeast and light dark fruit. Caramel and banana flavor with yeast and light spice. Medium bodied. Caramel and banana linger with dark fruit, yeast, and light spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2019
at 00:05