Subsidiaries
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pour is a nice looking golden with a average white head. Aroma is syrupy malts and some bread. Flavor is again bready and biscuit. A decent lager for a decent price and deffinatly better than any macro swill.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2008
at 18:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a dissipating tan head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/chocolate, dark fruit, some acidic. Taste is dark malt-charcoal/roasty/chocolate/molasses, dark fruit, secondary biting hops/acidic. Coffee finish, not my style. 180916-shared by my Dad now too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2008
at 20:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A very good dubbel. The Unibroue house character is certainly there, but not as much as some of their beers. Standard dubbel qualities, lots of malt and fruit, and just a little dry. No perceivable hops. Very well balanced, and the alcohol is well hidden. Sweet and smooth. Quite the bargain at $5. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vintage Ale (2007) on 30 Mar 2019 at 19:03 - Score: 7. Original review text: Aged since 2007. Still has a lot of carbonation. Palate has thinned a little. Still good for 12 years old.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2008
at 12:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
very interesting beer. maybe mine needed to age longer...smelled and started out great then had a odd taste...still dont know what to call it. I gave it decent marks but not sure still what i thought of it.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2008
at 17:03
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Had the pleasure of sampling this at the 1/27/2008 Pittsburgh ratebeer.com gathering upstairs, Sharp Edge Creekhouse. It will be a long time, if ever, I see a spread of bottles like I did there - ever again. I am not good enough for the beers that were that we sampled! For example, how about this beer, courtesy of NIck! A trader Joe’s 2005 retired! COOL! Barely any aroma, but what it present is mildly roasty to the nose. Looks lighter than regular iced tea. Good carbonation, surprisingly good carbonation. Mild yet not too much of the character that would put it over the top. Very good but could not stand up to a Leute Bokbier. Probably more on par with Unibroue Maudite !
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2008
at 16:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aromas of yeast, mild dark fruits, vanillan, and a hint of funky earth. Dark brown in color with a tan head that was respectable, hung around and laced a little. Medium to full bodied with creamy, almost chewy, carbonation. The flavor starts with spice, floral notes, and moves on to chocolate and lightly roasted malts. Also some treacle. The finish is balanced with sweet malt and bitter. It is not so smooth as the 2005, but give it a couple of years. Really good value. Excellent ale.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2008
at 22:07
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Brown bottle from Trader Joes. Strong aroma of somewhat roasted caramel malt. Mahogany color with a beige/tan head that quickly ringed. Thin to medium body with creamy carbonation. The flavor is roasted malt, so a bit sweet, seems to have some nut. Not getting much hop except perhaps a bit of grassiness. The finish is mildly sweet with some veg/hop to sort of balance. It’s not a bad dark lager, especially considering the price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2008
at 20:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a murky looking brown with a large fizzy white head. Aroma dark fruit with candi sugar and Unibroue yeast. Flavor is some dark fruit sprinkled with brown sugar and some molasses. The flavor is not pronounced as some other Unibroue beers, but i have had worse examples of this style. And like most say, getting this beer for 5 bucks is a helluva deal.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2008
at 18:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Ruby brown beer with a nice light tan head. Malty, caramel, raisin, earthy aroma. Light malty, yeasty, light raisin/plum flavor. Medium body. Light yeasty, malt, earthiness lingers. Could use a bit more depth, but I liked it more and more as I drank it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2008
at 22:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle from Trader Joes; Nose is roasty malt with a very light coffee note; clear dark brown with a big beige head; flavor of lightly burnt caramel, brazilnuts, and coffee deep in the background. Beats the hell out of the Trader Jose Premium Lager!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2008
at 20:38