Immediately notice the noisy, bubbling, fizzy head that diminishes as quickly as it comes. Inviting, but no retention or lacing to speak of. The body is copper in colour with a thinly particulate, bottle-conditioned cloudiness. Aromawise, it is yeasty, mostly of bread, but with hints of spices, sweet malty fruits, and just a faint semblance of smoked peat. It tastes sweet up front, but not cloying, with a smoky sort of drying that apparently comes from the whisky malt. It is fairly full-bodied with thin, but substantive carbonation that makes for a tingly mouthfeel. It is very pleasantly drying, almost like a perrier (though tasting much different obviously) in its finish and is quite well balanced and thirst quenching, but it isn't as remarkable as I expected, even if there is nothing wrong with it at all!

Watery, weak tasting brew - definitely the low end of the Unibroue line. No wonder the Canadians add iced tea mix to the stuff... To get some flavor out of it.

1999