La Terrible - Unibroue

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1,394 Ratings

rAvg: 4.18
pDev: 11.96%
Reviews: 855
Hads: 539

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Unibroue

Quebec, Canada

Style | ABV
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 10.50% ABV

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

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Reviews by spinrsx:

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

4.03/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml Bottle from Marche Omni QC for 8$ - 2012 vintage

Appearance – Brown colour with a massive average size fizzy dark beige coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation and there is some great lacing. The head lasted for over 10 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Malts, grains, raisins, bananas, clove

Taste & Mouth - The beer has an above average amount of carbonation and I can taste malts, banana, and raisins. There is also caramel mixed with some yeast and clove and a hint of cherries. It ends with a somewhat sweet and spicy aftertaste.

Overall – The booze was well hidden and it's quite drinkable given the ABV. For my money trois pistoles (which is also available in a smaller format) is just as good if not better. Still another fantastic beer from this brewer and I'm looking forward to seeing how a bit of age affects the rest of my bottles.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2012 23:10:16 | More by spinrsx

More User Reviews:

jonathaniler

Florida

5/5 rDev +19.6%

05-25-2013 00:35:22 | More by jonathaniler

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