Smokey nose which follows through on the palate along with a nice malty caramel sweetness. A really nice blend of flavours that truly does deliver like a fine scotch. The only small drawback being that it does leave a sense of wishing there was a little more weight behind it to hold and carry the robust flavours.

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