Raftman - Unibroue

Skidz

Wisconsin

4.68/5  rDev +20.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Best Before 10-02-02, making this about 2 years past due.

Pours out golden yellow and sits light, cloudy copper in the glass with a large white head.

Aroma pour into your nose and throat like you might imagine it would in a Garfield cartoon. Big floating waves of aroma. It is amazing how much this beer puts forth. Apples (cider-like), pears, caramel, peaches, apricots, you name it, it's there. Lightest hints of applewood in a sweet glaze. Delicious. It's like waking up on a cool fall morning and smelling the freshly fallen leaves as the morning sun begins to warm the forest floor.

Tastes delicately sweet up front, caramel, vanilla and sweet cream. Fruitiness extends with a very light apple flavor along with canned pears and faint sweet oranges. Hop bitterness present and accounted for, fading into the light finsh.

I believed I already used the word delicate, so lets call this...petite in the mouth. Ultra-fine carbonation bubble delight the mouth and ease gracefully down its path. Medium bodied, but feels like a newborn. Age has done this beer wonders.

I would drink this as much and as often as I could, were I able to get it anymore. Maybe two bottles left to purchase. Who knows how much longer they will be around for...?

***EDIT: After picking the fairly considerable amount of yeast, a flashlight could barely shine through the bottom of the bottle, up of the bottom and pouring the remnants into the remainder of the beer, I was treated to a much yeastier (duh) version of the beer. Far more dry, but clinging on to its better qualities. Aroma is muted by the fogginess of the yeast. I'd say it's best served w/o the yeast, that aroma was just top notch and made every dive into the beer that much more enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

10-13-2004 02:02:12 | More by Skidz

pin

Australia

3/5  rDev -22.5%

05-21-2013 22:59:55 | More by pin

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +3.4%

05-11-2013 23:51:16 | More by Molson2000

Whatup14

Quebec (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -28.9%

04-17-2013 15:06:30 | More by Whatup14

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

04-16-2013 09:50:55 | More by Kelp

TheDoctor

Quebec (Canada)

3.89/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A:
Pours a murky butterscotch color, if there isn't light behind it almost looks greenish. It has a light one-inch head that thins out to a thin layers of tiny bubbles.

S:
Smells really dank and earthy to me. It does have a sweet yeasty musk to it as well (as seems to be the case in most of their beers), but is mainly a smell of fresh cut grass with some citrus aromas.

T:
Comes onto the tongue pretty crisp and pilsenerey. There is definitely a smoky, whiskey presence to the taste, but nothing shocking by any means.

M:
Some nice grassy, smoky notes and a really nice level of carbonation. Short aftertaste. Well-balanced on the whole.

O:
This is one fine brew! I really enjoyed every aspect of drinking it. It was really well-balanced, neither too sweet nor too bitter. It also wasn't super yeasty (like some other beers they put out--not that yeast is bad or anything). Really refreshing, too. In this respect it also benefits from not having a super high alcohol content like some of their other beers. I would have it again. And again. I'd even tell my friends.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2013 22:32:35 | More by TheDoctor

Zachtheporter

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +3.4%

03-31-2013 04:45:17 | More by Zachtheporter

Reagan1984

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +9.8%

03-29-2013 21:03:49 | More by Reagan1984

BGsWo22

New York

2.75/5  rDev -28.9%

03-21-2013 00:15:56 | More by BGsWo22

guezarka

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +22.7%

02-22-2013 16:58:15 | More by guezarka

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.54/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

341ml bottle poured into tulip.

A - pours a dark orange/light brown colour. One finger head.
S - typical Unibroue Belgian smell, sweet, fruity, bit of spice, whiskey.
T - sweet, belgian spice, some orange, bittersweet smooth finish, some whisky hints, smoke lingers.
M - heavy carbonation, tingle stays on the palate long after.
O - I'm not a huge Belgian guy nor whisky guy, but this is interesting nonetheless. The whisky and smoke flavours are pretty subtle. Smell was't all that distinct from other Unibroue. Surprisingly, this is only 5.5%, making it near sessionable territory. I would drink this again, probably wouldn't pick it over some other Unibroue's though.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2013 02:23:16 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

DaPan

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

02-15-2013 02:26:42 | More by DaPan

DmanGTR

New York

4/5  rDev +3.4%

01-31-2013 22:11:33 | More by DmanGTR

uturn

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

01-17-2013 21:44:04 | More by uturn

Warwick

4.5/5  rDev +16.3%

01-07-2013 03:18:23 | More by Warwick

4ster

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev +3.4%

01-01-2013 19:24:48 | More by 4ster

Morpheus

Alberta (Canada)

4/5  rDev +3.4%

12-26-2012 06:07:54 | More by Morpheus

GoHabsGo

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

12-25-2012 23:21:34 | More by GoHabsGo

stereosforgeeks

Virginia

4/5  rDev +3.4%

12-17-2012 15:27:05 | More by stereosforgeeks

zachary80

Indiana

4.1/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into my Corsendonk glass (looks like image on back of bottle). From this seasons gift set / variety pack, not sure the date. Area after "Best Before" is blank.

Pours with a large white head, fades, some retention. Hazy light brown body with golden highlights. Low lacing.

Sweet, somewhat tart aroma. Soft.

Mild but interesting BPA. Fruity finish. Yeastiness lingers.

Good mouthfeel and carbonation.

Overall this is one of my favorite BPA. Nothing outstanding about it, I just really enjoy it.

Serving type: bottle

12-08-2012 04:17:14 | More by zachary80

KalanM

British Columbia (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

11-29-2012 01:50:03 | More by KalanM

brother_rat

New York

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

11-24-2012 22:43:43 | More by brother_rat

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -22.5%

10-12-2012 13:02:38 | More by ejimhof

intoxabroad

British Columbia (Canada)

4/5  rDev +3.4%

10-08-2012 17:04:52 | More by intoxabroad

ujin

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev +3.4%

09-22-2012 21:20:50 | More by ujin