Golden coloured. Very hazy. Fruity, lively & complex. ...................

Cloudy light beige; lemony aroma with some pale malts; has a wit-like malt profile full of biscuits and quenching wheatiness, along with lemony notes and a fluffy, whipped cream texture. A tasty, complex ale. Just be thankful you don't have to go to the deplorable St-Hubert Chicken restaurants to get it.

Pale tan, hazy, good head; slightly orangey, wheaty, yeasty, almost peachy nose; creamy body; sweet bready malts, mandarin oranges, yeast in the palate; finish is yeasty, slightly alcoholic and lightly peppery. Similar to a few of their other pale beers, but very tasty.

2019 re-rate. Medium brown, with a head that falls quickly. But the cork popped really nicely. Has a nice plummy aroma with coriander, dark sugars and the Unibroue signature yeast. The palate is sweet, with light tartness, a lot of really nice fruitiness and dark sugars. Plums, raisins. Coriander and house yeast. Well-balanced. Drinks very nicely for its strength. Not much bitterness but nor is it cloying, something that speaks to fermenting all the way. Just a touch of alcohol in the finish, but really, not that much. All told, this is still an excellent beer. I think my previous rating (4.4) was probably a bit high, but I'd still say this is the class of the Unibroue lineup, and a beer I really should drink more regularly. 2004 re-rate: Cloudy burgundy-chestnut colour. Rich plummy, raisiny, port-like depths in both the palate and the aroma. Notes of apricot, tangerine and Special B also noted. A little fizzy (common problem with Unibroue these days) but with spectacular, unfolding fruits and dark malts. Sleek and sumptuous, these raisins, plums and malts wash over the palate. I remember why I love this beer. 4.4

Exceptional beer. Dark fruit, vanilla, chocolate and caramel notes. And yet with all this complexity, its remarkable quaffable. Update with no change in rating: One of the new and fresh bottles arriving locally wasn't at all the same as my earlier sampling. This one came out exceptionally attenuated. Sweet and fruitier flavors are masked by a definite and unwanted alcohol presence. The body was surprisingly thin. The sample would barely warrant a 3 rating, but I'm leaving my original until I can verify what's what.

Rerate. My previous notes I argued for this as a weizenbock. I'm still not sure what to call it, other than that Belgian Strong Ale is generically sufficient. In any case, this is a wonderful and lively, entertaining fun beer. Maybe not the most attractive, but still appropriate appearance, a heavily cloudy milky-gold, with a firm meringue of white foam. Aroma is quite lively and curious - even lambic like. There's a possible but unlikely hint of brett., some cherry, some wheaty malt, and raspberry notes. Surprisingly the flavor bears little resemblence to the nose, with a moderately tart, lightly sweet body leading to a balanced mildly fruity finish. Sufficient carbonation prevents any hint at cloying. Outstanding, fun.