Eau Benite
Unibroue

Pours lightly hazed gold with a diminutive, shortlived head. The aroma is of fresh bread and herbal hop notes with some alcohol heat. The taste is malty with white pepper and clove yeast notes in abundance. Lemony, floral hops in the back. The mouthfeel is full bodied with loads of carbonation. Light bitterness in the estery, fruity finish.

A fantastic Tripel from the Canadian OG masters.

 

At my lady Pamela's house; canned and slightly chilled, 473mL in a weizen glass. From their World's Best Mix boxset at The Roundhouse Centre LCBO on Howard Ave. in nearby Windsor. Canned September/25. My 9th beer from the Chambly, Quebec brewery, and 2nd for 2026. With Sundae the cat's strict permission...

 

473 ml tall boy can bought at the Marché de Noël in Toulouse, France. Pacjed in May, 2025. Poured into a ‘can glass’.
Fully foamed topper on gold brew. Nose is herby, malty, yeasty.
Taste is quite common for the style; there is no outstandingly different sensation to set it apart from smy other slightly fruity Belgian ale. Notes of lemon, spice and honey emerge b4 getting bombed by the yeast. Yet, it’s a good brew.
Mouth leans full, medium to high carbonation.
Overall, can’t fault it. Same old.

Gold body with copper undertones, left a touch unfiltered, forming a generous bubbly head with decent retention.
Aromas of yeast spice, soft lemon, cider vinegar.
The taste brings to life sophisticated fatty yeast notes and ripe banana bread, vanilla cake, stewed pear, mellow spice, honey on the finish; medium body and carbonation, with a noticeable dash of alcohol heat that plays a nice balance to the sweet cakey malt notes. Finish is semi-dry and long, a touch of cloying sweetness remains.

Luxurious yeast character is a treat, if only there was less residual sweetness.

 

 

 

 

Le caaaalice, l’hostie, et le tabarrrrnak tout ensemble. L’eau bénite est la vérité.

Bought in a tall can in a convenience store in Vieux montreal. Enjoyed in Oklahoma.

Hazy golden liquid with a white head.

Enchanting floral aroma

Rich full flavor with interestint herbs, honey, moderate hops, mire spices.

Full honey like mouthfeel.

Delightful recommended. Je aime!

Minor haze to the golden color. Modest head but it leaves no lace at all. Other than that, it looks acurate to the style.

The smell is true to Belgian Tripel--mostly pale malt with a strong presence of alcohol and some Belgian yeast. It's clean and refreshing.

The taste mimics the smell in nearly every way. Perhaps the alcohol tastes stronger/warmer than I expected. The pale malt briefly starts the taste with the Belgian yeast kicking in quickly and dominating the overall flavor. Rich bodied as expected but with very little sweetness. The carbonation is a bit elevated which cuts the thickness. The finish is warming but fades rapidly in the aftertaste.

 

Jan 25 2024

Appearance: Poured with two fingers of head that did stick around but did not lace at all. The body is a cloudy dirty blonde with carbonation that is a bit mild for the style.

Smell: Predominantly pear with mild cloves and allspice notes with some grain and honey in the background. I usually expect a bit more potency from a Tripel and while it didn't need warming to come out, a little bit more oomph would have been welcome.

Taste: It's fruity, but I can't quite place all the fruits. There are pear notes, as well as apricot, tangerine and I want to say very mild passionfruit (mild as that bitter touch isn't there) as some clove and allspice take over with a bit of a doughy and then dry bread ending with a mild bitter kick.

Mouthfeel: The carbonation does kind of disappear half way through the beer which is disappointing, and I think would have offered the beer some needed levity. The transitioning also doesn't quite hit the mark, as I'm getting panettone made without sugar kind of vibe due to the odd spice and weird end. It does offer a wonderful mixed fruit, spice and bread aftertaste mostly devoid of the odd bitter note.

Drinkability: Refreshing yes, and the dry bitter end doesn't get out of control and lends itself to keep drinking to quench. Medium bodied, but it's an odd dichotomy. The beer comes across as lighter taste then a regular Tripel, but the viscosity doesn't quite match up. Conceals it's ABV very well.

Final Thoughts: So Unibroue's La Fin du Monde has been at the top of my rating list for a good long time, so while I knew this wasn't going to compare, I did get excited to get another Tripel from these guys. This offering is still quite good, but it pales in comparison to "The End of the World". Honestly, this strike me as someone tried to make a Light Tripel and that while it didn't quite work out ideally, I'd be blessed if my failures turned out like this. It's an odd one for sure, as I guess if I wanted to drink something high class, during the summer in the heat, this would work...but that's such a niche time. Anyways, upon re-reading this, my commentary seems a bit negative for what is still a fundamentally good beer and worth your time. Just not worth your time if you have other Unibroue offerings to try ahead of this one.

Poured a 355ml can into a chalice. A big two finger fluffy white head on a hazy deep gold. Good head retention. Lots of lacing.
Spice and yeast in the nose.
Malt flavours emerge as it warms. Slightly prickly finish.
A very smooth and creamy mouthfeel.
A fine triple. Very drinkable. True to the style and well worth a try.

330 ml bottle, sampled August 2011, from Ølkonsortiet, Aalborg. BB date 31.12.2012. ABV is 7.7%. Golden colour, slightly hazy, huge white head. Strong sweetish stale malty and "unfresh" aroma, also some spicy notes. The flavour has some unfresh malts and acidic notes, hints of spices. Clearly past its prime.

Hazy light orange with.a moderate head. Yeasty malt nose. Medium malt body, quite fruity. Effervescent feel, not quite up to other Unibroue beers.