La Terrible - Unibroue

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1,393 Ratings

rAvg: 4.18
pDev: 11.96%
Reviews: 855
Hads: 538

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Brewed by:
Unibroue

Quebec, Canada

Style | ABV
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 10.50% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (811), on-tap (42), nitro-tap (1), growler (1).

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Reviews by jsapunor:

jsapunor

California

4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Very dark, almost black with a nice tan head. Good retention and lacing.

Smells sweet and kind of musty. This is a big beer with lots of carbonation

The taste is big too. It's dominated by sweet oak, dark fruits, figs, raisins, yeast and a little bit of funk. Some hints of dessert wine. The alcohol is hiding somewhere. There is a lot going on here and the result is very flavorful.

The high ABV limits the drinkability but the taste keeps you coming back for more. Unibroue has another winner.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2009 05:33:37 | More by jsapunor

More User Reviews:

CATVDK

Maine

5/5 rDev +19.6%

05-23-2013 00:21:08 | More by CATVDK

dcloeren

Texas

4.25/5 rDev +1.7%

05-22-2013 20:03:25 | More by dcloeren

GinsuDave

Michigan

4/5 rDev -4.3%

05-21-2013 23:18:43 | More by GinsuDave

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4.25/5 rDev +1.7%

05-21-2013 20:27:51 | More by InspectorBob

BeerForMuscle

New Jersey

4.5/5 rDev +7.7%

05-20-2013 19:04:44 | More by BeerForMuscle

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.5/5 rDev +7.7%

05-20-2013 04:52:10 | More by Kmat10

craftbrew502

Kentucky

4/5 rDev -4.3%

05-20-2013 01:12:12 | More by craftbrew502

NJB145

Michigan

4.25/5 rDev +1.7%

05-20-2013 00:58:38 | More by NJB145

tom10101

Quebec (Canada)

3.75/5 rDev -10.3%

05-19-2013 17:12:28 | More by tom10101

Zaphog

Michigan

3.75/5 rDev -10.3%

05-17-2013 16:58:00 | More by Zaphog

ElizabethEleanor

Texas

4.5/5 rDev +7.7%

05-17-2013 03:16:48 | More by ElizabethEleanor

Hopinista

Nevada

4.61/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

750 ml bottle poured into Delirium snifter.

A: Poured a serious brown with 2 fingers of tan head. This is about as brown as you can get without being black.

S: I'm immediately hit with huge dark fruit notes. Figs, dates, prunes, cherries assault me right away, but then there's a subtle clove/cinnamon backbone. Just the faintest hint of yeast and alcohol creep through, but this is predominately a mulled dark fruit aroma.

T: The dark fruit comes through here as well. I get a nice malt flavor I didn't pick up at all in the nose. This reminds me a lot of chocolate covered dried figs, very delicious. Getting a slight espresso flavor as it warms a bit. I see that other people detect the ABV in this, I do not personally. I would never guess this was at 10.5% (But I would assume it's strong.) this one packs a punch so I'm sipping slower than I want to.

M: Velvety smooth. Moderate carbonation (even a bit toned down for Unibroue.) Feels surprisingly light given the complex flavor and ABV.

O: I'm just going to come out and say that I am absolutely in love with everything Unibroue makes (Except one beer in particular, which I won't name names[Maudite]) But this is actually pretty different from any of their other offerings I've had. Very complex and enjoyable. I love the depth of flavor which comes with no cost to the drinkability. If this beer wasn't 10.5% I could drink it all night. Another reason Unibroue has my vote for top 3 breweries on the continent.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 04:50:30 | More by Hopinista