La Fringante
Unibroue in Chambly, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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Josh’s translation of the French description: La Fringante is a deluxe, triple-fermented beer born of a unique strain of yeast which gives it an unexpected finesse. A champagne-like effervescence, its vigourous presence in the mouth underlines its markedly strong personality of balanced flavours of spices, malt and hops.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden colour, medium head. Aroma: peaches and cream, alcoholic. Flavours are spicy and fruity with a moderate carbonation. Alcohol well present.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2007
at 12:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy yellow color, short white head. Aroma of whipped cream, flowery, hoppy, dryish between a saison and a triple, typical Unibroue yeast, quite spicy, fruity as well. Usually triple styles are or spicy or fruity, but this one has both actually. Creamy taste, fruity of oranges and some apple, very spicy as well. Quite alcoholic though, but not in a bad way, it fits the beer. I like this very much!
Tried
on 29 Jul 2007
at 04:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
CBF07 sample from 22 oz bottle. Pours golden hazy yellow with a good head. Aroma is slight citric and malty, yeasty and peach. Flavour is sweet malty, slight hoppy and spicy (yeast). Finish is sweet into dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2007
at 05:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden coloured ale with floaties and a thin white head. Sweet malt with corky notes, and signs of oxidation. In mouth, a sweet honey brew with definite notes of oxidation (bottle is 2 yrs old). Light coriander and orange peels in mouth. Warming alcohol in finale. Still in good shape.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2006
at 20:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Hazy yellow colour with a white head. Aroma of fruits and citrus. Flavour of fruits, dried fruits, citrus and spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2006
at 11:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 75 cl) Slightly hazy pilsener golden with a small, white head. Very distinct yeasty aroma. Quite full and potent body with lots of alcohol. Flavour is sweetish malty with a yeasty note and - again - a pronounced alcohol feel. Solid if not exactly overly sophisticated. Typical Unibroue. 181105
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2005
at 13:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at London Gathering Nov 2005. Bit disappointed with this. Pale gold colour, cloudy with no head. Some lemon. Not a lot of anything else though. Bit of syrup. Bit yeasty and sweet and not that exciting
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2005
at 10:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2004 bottle, generous donation from Tiggmtl, sampled on 8/27/2005 with Eyedrinkale and Egajdzis. Pours a lucid, hazy white-gold and light hay yellow, much like a witbier, perhaps a little darker with, the signature fluffy white head, tons of lacing and great retention. Aroma of wild flowers, honey, vanilla, light coriander and other herbs, and a dry, almost nutty yeast, quite clean. Flavor is plenty of honey-almond, coriander adding dryness, with a warming sensation on the end, and a very apparent, but still well-done yeastiness. Touch of that Unibroue corn-sourness on the end, with light phenols and plenty of spicy dryness. But the alcohol is still well-hidden. The body is thick and malty, but yet the blissful carbonation breaks it apart, giving it a zesty if somewhat chewy feel. Really seems like these guys unexpectedly made one of the first Double-witbiers. Granted it’s a little lacking on some characteristics of the double wit, but it’s remarkably similar for such an old recipe (old relative to how new double wits are). Thanks again Stephen!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2005
at 10:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle
Hazy yellow, low head. Melon and minerally ash aroma. Super sweet (candy sirup), spicy later on. Sticky mouthfeel and generally cloying. Minerally and estery (mango) aftertaste. Too sweet for my taste.
Hazy yellow, low head. Melon and minerally ash aroma. Super sweet (candy sirup), spicy later on. Sticky mouthfeel and generally cloying. Minerally and estery (mango) aftertaste. Too sweet for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2005
at 15:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The aroma is sweet containing notes of flowers, yeast, and elderflower. The color is hazy orange and it has a fine but disappearing head. The flavor is very sweet with dominating notes of honey, but also yeast, flowers, citrus, and corriander. It has a dry end from hops and corriander. The palate is quite good. Thanks to Alex (fiulijn) for trading me this one.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2004
at 08:14