Eau Benite - Unibroue

jayhawk73

Maryland

4.08/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Eau Benite pours a light orange color with a near perfect two finger off white head. Good lacing and carbonation on this beer. The appearance is very murky/hazy and impossible to see through despite it's relative light color. The nose is pleasant, and on the lighter side for the style. I get lemon peel, clove, malt, and pepper- as well as some light fruit. Maybe a little orange in there as well. The taste follows the nose profile. The pepper and spices come out slightly more than in the nose. The taste is also bigger and a little bolder than the nose. Not quite as complex/smooth as the best tripels, but still solid. Feel is medium w/ a nice citrus/hop bite on the back end. Good carbonation on the feel as well, with a fairly dry finish. Overall, this is a good solid tripel- I'd have this again. This is one of the better beers I've had from Unibroue. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than La Fin du Monde... Cheers.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2011 17:29:27 | More by jayhawk73

Evoforen

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -6.7%

06-15-2013 16:56:54 | More by Evoforen

elec

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

06-14-2013 01:51:41 | More by elec

PittBeerGirl

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

06-13-2013 03:32:40 | More by PittBeerGirl

leansean88

New York

4/5  rDev -0.5%

06-11-2013 23:38:56 | More by leansean88

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

4/5  rDev -0.5%

06-08-2013 14:32:42 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

jduprey007

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

06-07-2013 19:12:57 | More by jduprey007

dokupe

Maryland

4/5  rDev -0.5%

06-05-2013 05:36:45 | More by dokupe

GrindFatherBob

New York

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

06-03-2013 19:36:57 | More by GrindFatherBob

jmslade7

Florida

4/5  rDev -0.5%

06-02-2013 05:27:33 | More by jmslade7

DaveR514

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -0.5%

05-30-2013 16:54:03 | More by DaveR514

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

4.6/5  rDev +14.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Eau Benite
Unibroue
Style: Tripel
ABV: 7.70 %

LOOK: Pours a dark gold with a hint of peach. Soapy white froth forms and has good staying power. Active carbonation streams up the etched goblet and actually provides more foam as the drinking experience continues. Looks like a fine Belgian style ale.

SMELL: Peach, pear, grapeskin, and must are all upfront from the fruity yeast strain employed by Unibroue's talanted brewing team. Some sweet grain notes from the malts are apparent, and just a whiff of hop rounds out the nose.

TASTE: Fuzzy peach skin, pineapple, citrus, nectarine, pear, and apple are all upfront. Small leafy, tea like hop bitterness with mineral and medicinal notes. Pale malt sweetness is well pronounced, giving a clean, full body to the brew. Alcohol is virtually non-existent, but it indeed exists here.

FEEL: Medium bodied, full of flavor, with a Champagne like high carbonation giving the brew a drier feel. Has an effervescent body and dances nicely across the palate. Finishes with a tang of yeast and notes of lightly bitter herbal hop.

OVERALL: The elusive Eau Benite, it was well worth the wait, I will tell you that. Stands as a testament of the fine brewing activity going down at Unibroue brewery in Canada. This is a tasty Tripel that hits all the right notes, and then some.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2013 04:37:14 | More by Stinkypuss

4000qtrap

Missouri

4.05/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Source/Serving: 22 oz bottle, aged ~3 years

S: Rich honey, tropical fruit. Light pepper, blood oranges, lillies. A wiff of bright lemon. An overall impression of heaviness and sweetness.

T: Very fruit forward with a tropical fruit smorgasbord of pineapple, guava, lemon, organge. Slightly sweet, very juicy and very refreshing. Lots of honey coming through too. Carbonation is moderate (low for the style), which gives an impression of smoothness. Bitterness is mild, slightly grassy. Alcohol and wonderbread/straw have faint echoes. I'd swear this has some wheat in it but its not listed on the Unibroue site. Light herbal hoppines. Finish remains tropical fruit driven in flavor, but is semi-dry, with light pepper, a touch of alcohol and a dry herbal note.

Notes: Notable among trippels for its tropical fruit note and crispness.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 23:01:06 | More by 4000qtrap

ElizabethEleanor

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

05-17-2013 03:16:23 | More by ElizabethEleanor

HalfFull

California

3.55/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Corked and capped 750 ml bottle poured into a large snifter glass. This blessed beverage pours a lightly hazed golden orange with a fizzy cap of foam. Decent retention though a bit lighter than expected given the bottle conditioning. So so lacing.

Aroma is fruity of citrus and some spice, perhaps some wheat influence. Warming yields more wheat and some clove spice. Belgian yeast esters are present though subdued for a self proclaimed triple with regards to fruitiness anyway.

Flavors tend toward the lemony citric side of things vs. a more yeast driven beer. Finish is lightly coarse with pils malt and some hop spice. Belgian character is light. Noting 'best by' date of 8/14, I'm not sure of this bottles history. Warming does bring forth more of a firm witbier character as the aroma opens up a bit but surely not enough to capture. Think Vitus but not as robust. More wheat than yeast.

Feel is coarse and grainy. Touch of citric sweetness on the finish does mask the ABV well. Nose gets somewhat intriguing through the foam with warming yet this is hardly a Tripel in the classic sense.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 01:46:39 | More by HalfFull

ButtomsUp

Missouri

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

05-15-2013 02:36:22 | More by ButtomsUp

bigred89

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

05-11-2013 05:42:56 | More by bigred89

JeffreyJDavis

North Carolina

4/5  rDev -0.5%

05-02-2013 14:11:42 | More by JeffreyJDavis

JSkone09

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -6.7%

04-28-2013 20:43:51 | More by JSkone09

falloutsnow

Illinois

3.76/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

From: Binny's, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Best by 08/26/2013
Glass: Tulip

Note: I have had this aged for one and two years, and unlike La Fin Du Monde, I find that this is a tripel best kept unaged.

More malt and yeast-driven and less fruity than its tripel brethren, Eau Benite is still a version of the style that hits all the right notes, but manages to contain itself to the basics and a lower ethanol content. This is an excellent option when I want the basic tripel flavor, but would prefer a lower-gravity beer.

Like most tripels, Eau Benite pours a very tall head of roughly 4cm, though unlike many other tripels, the head retention is for roughly one minute. The foam, which consists of very small bubbles and is fairly clean white in color, diminishes to a thin ring around the glass with some lacing clinging to the sides, a few sizable peninsulas rising up from the ring of foam, as well as a few large dots scattered around as well. The body is a deep, cool golden orange color, with light bringing out pale orange-yellow hues throughout the body. Carbonation is visible through the semi-transparent (60-70% opaque) body, though it is not particularly vigorous or high in quantity.

Aroma is of substantial Belgian yeast and its phenols; sweet, lightly caramelized and bready malts; fruit esters like apricot, dried pear, and slight pineapple. Good, but not as bold or complex as La Fin Du Monde.

Opens with bright, sweet malts with spicy Belgian yeast phenols and some dried apple and pear esters. Mid-palate is of sweet, lightly caramelized and bready malts with moderate Belgian yeast and light phenols, hints of banana, dried pear and apple, with mild pineapple. Back of palate picks up light, sweet pale and bready malts without much caramel character, mild Continental hop bitterness, dried pear and apple esters. Aftertaste is of lightly caramelized and bready malts, with moderate Belgian yeast and banana flavors.

Beer is medium-bodied, with carbonation of medium to medium-high intensity, resulting in a mouthfeel that is somewhat fizzy at first, but quickly quiets to a foamy and smooth flow across the palate. Closes semi-dry, with slight ethanol warmth in the nostrils and back of the throat.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 06:49:23 | More by falloutsnow

Gagnonsux

Texas

4/5  rDev -0.5%

04-23-2013 02:07:12 | More by Gagnonsux

Kerrie

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

04-20-2013 03:40:25 | More by Kerrie

Grinky

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -12.9%

04-18-2013 02:00:20 | More by Grinky

prlykens

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%

04-16-2013 03:43:46 | More by prlykens

mcgrat07

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +11.9%

04-13-2013 21:56:40 | More by mcgrat07