La Terrible - Unibroue

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rAvg: 4.18
pDev: 11.96%
Reviews: 858
Hads: 563

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Unibroue

Quebec, Canada

Style | ABV
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 10.50% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (814), on-tap (42), nitro-tap (1), growler (1).

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Reviews by lazjuarez:

lazjuarez

Florida

4.43/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a caged and corked 750ml bottle into a goblet. Once opened, gave a crisp POP! Bottle stamped: K26101458Q

A: Pours a muddy brown, almost like Coca-Cola in color with instances of ruby red around the bottom and edges around the top. Head is about 2 fingers worth of tightly packed bubbles, khaki in color and receding rather quickly to a ring and small patches. Almost no lacing, but some noticeable alcohol legs. Almost no light coming through, but carbonation is visible right under the head.

S: Nose is amazing! Dark fruits like figs, rum soaked raisins, big earthy yeast esters, and sweet candied sugars. After the dark fruit notes, the yeast really takes over and finishes with a touch of alcohol.

T: Taste is nothing less than amazing. Big Belgian yeast esters, dark fruit notes, candied sugar, and almost a bit of funk. Nice alcohol note as well, but not too overwhelming.

M: Medium bodied; Biscuity mouth feel, great carbonation, and a nice touch of alcohol really helps to move the beer along as well as keep the palate refreshed. A bit of a warminmg effect, but at 10.5% ABV not harsh at all. Great brew, if cellared even better.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2012 05:42:50 | More by lazjuarez

More User Reviews:

BurgeoningBrewhead

Pennsylvania

4.5/5 rDev +7.7%

06-18-2013 00:54:48 | More by BurgeoningBrewhead

GMUPatriot_inKansas

Kansas

3.5/5 rDev -16.3%

06-17-2013 00:48:28 | More by GMUPatriot_inKansas

TheBeeraholic

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5 rDev +7.7%

06-16-2013 17:16:43 | More by TheBeeraholic

TwelveOunces

Kentucky

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

750 dated

Pours very black with little of an off tan head. Dark fruits and very pungent cherries. This beer has a massive sweet cherry note. Almost like koolaid. A syrupy beer. Thick in flavor and texture. A lot of the Belgian yeast comes though ads a good bit of spiciness. A bit of caramel and bit of breddyness. A sweeter beer. High carbonation. Smooth in feel and not a lot of sting. Overall, pretty darn good stuff, a strong beer with dark cherry notes and other dark fruits.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2013 00:41:53 | More by TwelveOunces

jnolan

New Jersey

4.5/5 rDev +7.7%

06-15-2013 01:49:37 | More by jnolan

gleemonger

California

4.13/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Dark reddish brown, almost black, with a massive, frothy off white head that sticks around for a while, shrinking down to a nice creamy head with some spotty lacing.

Plenty dark fruit and yeasty aromas, with just a hint of roastiness. Smells like it'll be pretty sweet. Not super complex, pretty basic for the style, but nice.

Woah, even more sweet than I thought it was going to be, phew. Sweet dark fruits, banana, a touch of chocolate, just a hint of roast. Okay, after the initial smack of sweetness, it mellowed out a tad and is fairly well balanced. Slight bitterness and a little booze on the backend too.

Pretty heavy body with a lightish carbonation, but a nice bite.

Not my favorite of the style, but pretty damn good for sure. I'd definitely get it again, especially considering the always great price point of Unibroue brews which are always satisfying and well done.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2013 20:41:46 | More by gleemonger