Don De Dieu - Unibroue

lordofthewiens

Maine

3.38/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I just wasn't too excited about this beer. It was clear yellow color with a thick white head that quickly dissipated. It had a grainy, fresh aroma with a little bit of spiciness. It tasted sweet and spicy, light on the hops. An OK beer, but not very inspiring. I've enjoyed othe Unibroue products more.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2006 15:37:42 | More by lordofthewiens

andythejerk

Utah

3.38/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Smells sweet--like a Riesling or a very citrusy sauvignon blanc. I'm salivating. Beautiful, beerish orange with slight head. It foamed up big upon pouring, but soon receded to thin, spotty bubbles on the beer surface. I may have let it warm up a bit too much before drinking, bit it's pretty straight-forward. I think the notion of orange in the flavor must me mostly due to my perceptions being swayed by the color. It's sweet and has slight remembrances of banana as well. Good, but far from my favorite Unibroue offering.

Serving type: bottle

07-27-2006 02:03:09 | More by andythejerk

bucko

Minnesota

3.38/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Don pours a light golden color with a small rocky head that slowly slips away to something closer to a quarter of an inch. The aroma is that of apple, lemon and other fruit with hints of alcohol hidden behind the esters. The flavor is dry and cidery with hints of apple (duh) and subtle spice. Mouthfeel is smooth with just a tiny bit of alcohol bite. For a 9% abv beer, this is quite drinkable, though one is probably enough for me.

Serving type: bottle

01-03-2007 00:53:11 | More by bucko

philbe311

Pennsylvania

3.38/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A - A very lively pour... Cloudy gold color with slight orange hue... Head quickly disipates but there is still very vibrant carbonation... Sediment floats...

S - Powerful... Sweet fruit (apricot, peach, and cranberry) and malt... Wheat is present... Perhaps a bit smoky in nature... Faint trace of alcolhol...

T - Fruit and malt up front... Quite the pepper quick at the end... Definately has a quick...

M - Medium bodied and dry from the get go... Lively carbonation... Tart on the finish...

D - A little too harsh for my liking... Too much going on for my liking... I like complexity, but this is a little too chaotic...

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2008 02:55:13 | More by philbe311

yesyouam

New York

3.38/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Don de Dieu is a crystal clear coppery gold ale that is very sparkling. Its white head diminishes quickly and becomes turbulent. The aroma is light and of peach, white wine, black pepper, and something herbal. It is light-to-medium bodied and very dry. The carbonation is soft and fizzy. The flavor is surprisingly stronger than the light aroma. It is acidic, starts a little bitter and ens a little acetic. It has a lot of Pinot Blanc qualities. Not incredibly exciting, but a good sipper.
(rated Jul 17, 2007)

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2008 06:18:50 | More by yesyouam

4000qtrap

Missouri

3.38/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

750mL bottle with expiration 3/27/2012

Smell: Green apple/pear cider, coriander. Nice toasted honey/toffee note. Light banana and pepper.

Taste: Very fruity and ripe, with overwhelming apple cider notes. Both slightly sweet and tart. Full, thick body, smooth malt flavor with some wheat and yeast notes. Dark and ripe, some honey. Malts are really complex. Alcohol is not noticeable and I'm not getting the spice that others mention.

Notes: Complex malts and very drinkable and refreshing. Slightly above average, but not one of my favorite Unibrou beers.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2009 05:07:45 | More by 4000qtrap

SaunaKing

Ontario (Canada)

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Another Unibroue from my sampler pack. This poured a pale gold with a tiny head. Smelled slightly like applesauce. The taste is ok, but again - like apples and thats not exaclty what i am looking for in beer. There is too much sweetness in this beer for my taste. It lingers in the mouthfeel. Pretty good drinkablilty, hard to tell its a high abv and still goes down quite well.

Serving type: bottle

02-06-2005 19:33:25 | More by SaunaKing

AzAleC

Arizona

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: A golden, honey like color with loads of white frothy head. Good retention, slight lacing.

S: Bright floral aroma. Champagne like with hints of citrus and pear.

T: Light fruity (pear, apple) taste, very crisp. Buttery and chardonnay like.

M: Extremely carbonated, light crisp and smooth. Like a slightly heavier champagne.

D: Very easy and pleasant to drink, at times I nearly forgot I was drinking a beer. Someone call highlife and tell them that the true champagne of beers has been found.

Serving type: bottle

10-27-2006 14:59:04 | More by AzAleC

clickpush

Pennsylvania

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pour: 750ml bottle to tulip glass. Big 3.5 finger white head foams quickly over pale apricot beer. Tons and tons of bubbles in the body of the beer, though the head recedes quickly, a cotton mass with infrequent craters appearing then refilling. Healthy halo and lace cap remain.

Nose: Rich fruity aroma, full of Belgian yeast and caramel, lemons, cherries, bananas, spices, and candi sugar.

Mouth: As rich as it smells, accented by a slight touch of alcohol (it's 9% after all). Not tons of complexity: fruity esters are all over the place, a touch of walnut dryness, but for the most part sweeter finish. Mostly malt and yeast, no hop character at all. Too much alcohol present for my taste. Lingering sweet flavor. Mouthfeel is crisp and well carbonated.

An underwhelming example of the style. Easy to finish the bottle, but not something I'll be buying again.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2007 08:30:18 | More by clickpush

BeerBelcher

Ohio

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This beer had been languishing in my fridge for a bit, and i regret that I'd overlooked it. It is spicey, full-bodied, tripel-like, and pretty good, despite the unknown age of this particular example.

Appearance wasn't great. There was a lot of Sprite/7-Up looking head initially, which quickly faded to a scummy coating. Aroma is quite spicey, like clove and coriander. Flavor is a bit over-sweet, but offers nice spiciness and some zesty citrusness. Mouthfeel is a bit sticky. Pretty good.

I would recommend this beer. I believe I bought this bottle on New Year's Day at Koppa's Food on Farwell Ave in Milwaukee (across from Comet Cafe).

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2008 02:41:06 | More by BeerBelcher

popery

California

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Strong spiced wheat beer from Unibroue. I'm running out of ways to describe these Unibroue beers with their similar yeast flavor. They're all certainly good beers, but the signature flavor comes through better in some versions than others. Don de Dieu is not Unibroue's best beer but it's an interesting spin on their style nonetheless.

The beer is gold-colored with a fizzy head that disappears quickly and entirely. There was just about no lacing. All of the Unibroue beers seem to pour better out of the 750ml bottles than the small bottles. This was a small bottle from the sampler pack, so I'll try to pick it up again later and revisit the appearance, particularly. Anyway, the aroma was the high point of the beer. There's plenty of spicy wheat notes in the aroma with alcohol, fruit and bread coming along as well. Unfortunately, these flavors don't all come through in the flavor. The wheat flavor should be amped up because the Unibroue yeast tends to dominate over much. The feel is nice and sparkly with lots of good carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2008 23:34:37 | More by popery

Onenote81

North Carolina

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a mild orange with a popping fizzy white head that leaves quickly. No lacing or webbing present on the glass edge. Smells of pineapple, banana, and spices.

Carbonation level is high in this one. Very crisp and fizzy in the mouth. I'd prefer it a tad smoother. Flavor is of pineapple, banana, vanilla, with a slight hop kick in the end. Finishes bready and leaves a tart aftertaste. Not bad. Drinkability is alright on this one, but there's a few things they could improve on for sure.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2009 21:38:41 | More by Onenote81

brewbasterd

North Carolina

3.4/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a cloudy golden color with a white foamy head the dissappears quite swiftly leaving almost no lacing. Belgian yeast is definately present on the nose giving off a sweet fruity aroma. Sweet malts give a backbone to more fruity notes upfront, a touch of hop bitterness is present and candied sugars play a roleas well as tastes of alcohol. Medium bodied and a little thick, it will coat your palate. Over all a decent beer, not a favorite.

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2010 04:54:08 | More by brewbasterd

srandycarter

California

3.43/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured into a tulip

A - Murky gold, small white head. Some lacing.

S - Apples and yeast, mostly. Unusual for the beers I normally drink. Definitely define the Belgian aspect from the sweet smell.

T - Familiar Belgian malt flavor, hops very subdued. Would have like more balance at the finish - almost a little cloying.

M - Medium body with LOTS of carbonation. Alcohol warmth evident.

D - A fine beer, just not by favorite style or presentation. A little too sweet and carbonated for me.

Serving type: bottle

10-10-2007 03:46:16 | More by srandycarter

mat5175

Texas

3.43/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

NIce cloudy appearance. Lots of small bubbles that seems to translate into a very lively carbonation and light and crisp mouthfeel.

A nice clean and yeasty nose. Again comes across very crisp.

A nice head when poured. A good deal of that head seems to last most of the glass. As strong as it seems, it leaves a clean, slick glass with no lacing.

A nice light flavor, very true to the type. The high alcohol is as well disguised as any i have tried. Even as it approaches room temperature, this beer beer continues to be a well balanced and civilized belgian, with little to none of its 9% coming through in the flavor.

Even given the high alcohol content, this is a very friendly offering from Unibroue. Great beer!

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2007 19:32:30 | More by mat5175

katan

Colorado

3.43/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Undated 12 oz bottle, trade from DLD 08.

A - Pours a light golden color. An extreme amount of carbonation is present, evidenced by the large 3/4" head that dissipated very slowly. A hair of haze which is mainly yeast.

S - A combination of malt and yeast. I'd say mainly the yeast owns this one.

T - Starts with the yeast - which owns the flavor through the mid-finish of this beer. The alcohol warming is certainly present. Finishes with an interesting creamy and sweet flavor. Seems like its a combination of some barley and wheat malts.

M - Extreme carbonation leads towards a sharpness in the mouthfeel. Although, it is surprisingly creamy once you get past those strong bubbles. I'd say this is one of the high points of this beer.

D - The beer is easy drinking enough that I wouldn't know what 9% had done to me before a few were down. The carbonation is a downside as it tends to be more filling however.

A solid offering from north of the border. Would not probably seek out on my own.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2008 03:58:32 | More by katan

Bookseeb

Washington

3.43/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance is a misty gold in color with with a thick crisp head. Smell has a wheaty, fruity nuttiness. Taste has an upfront wheat that ends in a fruity, but lightly bitter/sour. Mouthfeel is full, creamy with a good bite of carbonation. A good balanced ale, maybe not my alltime favorite, but one to savor.

Serving type: bottle

02-27-2009 02:15:43 | More by Bookseeb

justintcoons

Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A: Pours a cloudy gold with blonde highlights. 1 finger of loose, bubbly head quickly dissipates to nothing. Weak lacing.

N: Golden delicious apple, banana, some orange citrus, light clove spice and mild funk.

T: Golden delicious apple, pear and light lemon citrus upfront. This is followed by wheat, orange citrus, light candy sugar, coriander and mild funk. Finishes with banana, coriander and clove.

M: Light bodied, sudsy, prickly with carbonation and semi-dry with a hind of stickiness.

O: Another solid offering from Unibroue but this wouldn't be my first pick among their excellent beer portfolio. Tastes like a citrusy Tripel. Flavorful, packed with banana, wheat, citrus and spices. No alcohol presence.

Serving type: bottle

09-21-2011 20:29:30 | More by justintcoons

BeefyMee

Connecticut

3.45/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Appearance: Extremely pale, yet very cloudy so that you can't see through it. I love that.

Smell: Fruity and spicey. I can't smell any alcohol, but my roommate walked in the room and said he smelled alcohol.

Taste: Big spice and some fruitiness, maybe a little banana. Much like the smell, but a little rough around the edges. I can't taste any alcohol.

Mouthfeel: This part didn't quite agree with me. It seemed overcarbonated and slightly acidic.

Drinkability: Fairly drinkable. It felt a little heavy in my stomach but the alcohol could not be detected.

Beef Notes: Not a bad beer from Unibroue, but I probably will not buy it again simply because I would rather have three or four of their other beers instead.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2004 01:24:46 | More by BeefyMee

oakbluff

Manitoba (Canada)

3.45/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Apple juice on the noste- appearance is of apple juice color. Carbonation is more subdued than other Unibroue offerings like La Fin du Monde. Taste- apple, spicy with the classic unibroue yeast flavour. A solid offering from Unibroue, just not quite up there with there flag ships like La Fin Du Monde.

Serving type: bottle

02-04-2007 03:14:36 | More by oakbluff

GreenCard

Oregon

3.45/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance: light gold, very slight haze, thin layer of white foam that quickly dissipates to nothing

Aroma: canned pineapple, honey, malt, alcohol

Flavor: lagery malt profile with a mellow sweetness; hints of pineapple, sultanas, nutmeg, and mead; finishes semisweet with a papery aftertaste

Mouthfeel: medium-full body, zesty carbonation, lots of alcohol warmth

Other comments: I haven't had a Unibroue beer in a long time (since I left the US in 2003). Really liked this brewery then, still do, but this beer was somewhat disappointed in that it didn't blow my socks off.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2008 21:18:58 | More by GreenCard

froghop

Washington

3.45/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

pour is cloudy, golden (looks like a wheat beer), fizzy, large bubbly white head that dissipates quickly.

smell is yeast, ripe banana, wheat, sweet fruit, citrus, and some spice.

taste is tangy on the tongue, yeast, some wheat, very carbonated, lemon, pineapple, apple, no alcohol taste, and some spice, leaves the mouth a little dry and a touch on the bitter side.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2009 02:49:00 | More by froghop

WeezyBoPeep

Florida

3.45/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Bottle poured into a tulip glass. Best before 7/9/2012.

A: Very cloudy pale orange with visible sediment floating down by the bottom. A full two and a half fingers of soda-like head. Appears to be highly carbonated.

S: Apples, pears, mangoes, wine and alcohol are all present in the nose. Slight hint of bananas or some tropical fruit.

T: Tangy and sharp at first, followed by a fruity, alcoholic wave of crispy wetness. Finishes sort of dry and bitter with a definite alcohol presence. Mouthfeel is carbonation; think Sprite.

Drinkability: Doubt I could do more than 2 of these.

Value: As with other Unibroue brews, it's pricey. This is one I could not see paying ten bucks for a 4 pack.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2009 00:19:22 | More by WeezyBoPeep

bgraney

California

3.48/5  rDev -15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Golden & sparkly like ginger ale with a huge fast dissolving head. The head took up about 3/4 of the glass and was completely gone in about two seconds. It looked like a chemistry experiment.
Strong alcohol aroma; raisins and holiday spices.
Smooth, not much of a flavor expansion and an alcohol follow through. Surprisingly unimpressive.
Thin, flat mouthfeel, not much after taste. Dies out after the initial flavor.
Not bad, but not great, expecially considering who makes it. You cold probably keep drinking this but I don't know why you'd want to.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2006 15:39:50 | More by bgraney

Gaisgeil

Michigan

3.48/5  rDev -15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a very attractive and sparkling bright gold in color with very noticable carbination. Posesses a fizzy white head with only a couple minutes of retention. Nose is quite nice, reminds me of a dry hard cider, wafts of apples and white wine. Taste is at first tart, again like a cider but with many layers of complexity, slight cherry flavor, a hint of cinnamon and a quite dry white wine type of finish. Mouthfeel is slightly oily, full but not overly so. This reminds me very much of some sort of wine and liquor mutation, fairly alcoholic and rich for a pale style Belgian. I quite liked it overall, but it was a bit challenging to partake of, the different elements combine for a quite powerful brew, I wouldn't want more than one of these in a sitting.

Slàinte!

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2007 06:09:06 | More by Gaisgeil