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This page is dedicated to my love of beer. I don’t mean just any beer either, but quality craft beer. My love of craft beer started many many moons ago. I discovered that there was beer out there that wasn’t your typical, always a commercial for during a sports game, or sponsor of something on that Sports channel the Centers around showing highlights. After my introduction to craft beer I started to want to learn more about it (I am still learning) and try as many different types of beer as possible.

So I will tell you what beer I am drinking, what the flavors are, and more if you are interested.


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Trader Joes (Unibroue) - 2013 Vintage Ale




Trader Joe's (Unibroue Brewery)

Vintage Ale - A dark Belgian style ale with spice

The color of this brew is an awesome deep brown, almost a coffee color with a light foamy head that has a slight brown to it.  The brew is almost opaque but the slightest bit of light can get through the beer.  As the head of the beer goes down the glass it leaves no trace behind.

The aroma of the beer is nice and full, but not overbearing.  There are notes of toffee and caramel that first paper on the nose.  There is a slight roasted malt, with hint of dark fruit and alcohol that finish the smell off.  It's a pleasant and balanced aroma, that gets better as the beer warms slightly.

On the palate this beer has a mild carbonation that gently tickles the tongue as you take your sip.  The beer is lighter than it looks and goes down very easily.  The flavors you notice first are the toffee and roasted malt.  The fruitiness from what seems to be raisins is mild and combines nicely with alcohol flavor that is mild but noticeable.  The flavors of this beer combine nicely for a very easy to drink brew.

Overall this is a very good beer.  It has nice color, a decent aroma, and good overall flavor.  It's extremely drinkable and light despite what the color would lend you to think.  Unibroue is one of my favorite breweries and they continue to make good beer and selling it through Trader Joe's is pretty awesome.  Definitely worth trying if you can find it.

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