Édition 2005
Unibroue in Chambly, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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octal (3685) ticked Édition 2005 from Unibroue 7 years ago
Bitterbill (4330) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From Feb 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks John!
It pours from 750ml caged and corked bottle a clear very deep amber/brown with reddish hues and a very small head of foam...but it has some good lacing. After a few minutes, the foam and lacing are gone.(except a broken ring around the glass)
The smell is of caramel malt, dark fruit, some spice, and some alcohol.
The taste on first sip has the dark fruit up front, plum raisin toffee, followed by sweet malt and some alcohol. This is definitely on the sweet side but not overly so yet I hesitate when I before I take my next sip. I just don't find it all that tasty or drinkable. It has a syrupy mouthfeel and the finish has a slight citrus kick to it but overall it's on the watery side. I'm glad I got to try it but I can't recommend it.
Viper666-Qc (10199) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille. Nez de levures fruitées (prunes, dates, léger d’agrumes, notes de pommes et de raisins), d’alcool vineux et liquoreux, de malt foncé du genre caramel toffee et de sucre brun puis assez épicé (clou de girofle, coriandre, notes de poivre). Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement plutôt élevé et une texture mi-liquoreuse et mi-vineuse. Goût de levures fruitées très légèrement acides (prunes, raisins vineux, léger d’agrumes et de pommes) et aux notes boisées et assez épicé (clou de girofle, coriandre et poivre) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût de malt rappelant le caramel toffee moyennement rôti et des notes de mélasse et de sucre brun puis finalement un goût d’alcool moyen et assez vineux vient se joindre au tout pour procurer une moyenne amertume avec les levures (notes de houblon floral et d’anis). Arrière-goût assez long et un peu sec, légèrement amer d’alcool vineux et de levures (notes de rôti) avec un goût fruité (moût de raisins vineux et de prunes avec des pelures de pommes). [notes 2006]
Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Édition 2005 from Unibroue 11 years ago
superspak (10160) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
750 ml bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 12/12/2011. Pours very hazy dark reddish brown color with a nice 2 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with plenty of carbonation streaming up retaining the head. Aromas of big raisin, prune, fig, apple, pear, molasses, brown sugar, toast, toffee, caramel, herbal, banana, pepper, clove, cinnamon, and yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with big complexity and great balance of malt and fruity esters. Taste of big raisin, prune, fig, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, toast, herbal, banana, pepper, clove, cinnamon, light oak, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of dark fruits, molasses, brown sugar, caramel, toast, toffee, herbal, banana, pepper, clove, cinnamon, oak, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic balance and complexity of dark malt, spice, and fruity esters; with zero cloying sweetness present after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy, slick, earthy, and lightly prickly mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with only a slight warming noticed well after the finish. Overall this is an incredible Belgian strong dark ale! Big complexity and balance of malt and fruity esters; and dangerously smooth to sip on. An absolutely top notch offering all around.
SpringsLicker (4048) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cellared until 9/2012 Clear dark brown with a minimal white head. The aroma is sweet caramel and toast. The flavor follows the aroma and adds a fruity spicy touch. Smooth and very easy drinking. Hides it’s alcohol well.
Drake (22934) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
C&C 750 courtesy of maniac at the Baltimore Irish Chanukah tasting, 3/17/12. Pours a clear copper brown color color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of berries, toffee and oxidation notes. The taste is toffee, berries, citrus, bready notes. Medium-full bodied. Decent. Tasty.
AndySnow (19631) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ Monks’s Sveavägen. Dark brown colour with slightly dark head. Rich aroma. Strong fruity taste.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750ml Bottle Thanks to ditmier. Pours out brown topped with a sand head. Aroma was pit fruit, caramel, belg yeast notes, and some spice. Taste was like the aroma with a good sweetness and spice balance. Overall pretty tasty.
Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed Édition 2005 from Unibroue 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Etwas hefiger, außerdem stechend malziger Antrunk. Im Mittelteil schleicht sich eine Wässrigkeit ein, die kurzzeitig den kompletten Geschmack an sich reißt. Danach säuerlich hefig, etwas trocken herb, unspektakulär. Die Malzigkeit lässt nach, das Bier bleibt minimal sauer und ist ab dem hinteren mittelteil übermäßig mild. Langweilig! 9/9/9/8/8/8