Trader Joe's Vintage Ale 2010
Trader Joe's Vintage Ale 2010
Rated 3.120 by BeerPals
Brewed by Unibroue
Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
9% Alcohol by Volume
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Unique and limited edition, this Belgian style ale is crafted once a year as a special treat for those of you who appreciate flavorful, bottle-conditioned ales with character. This year’s vintage: a rich, dark and full-bodied ale with a fine and generous coffee-colored, beige foam. It’s ready to enjoy right away and you may also wish to cellar a few bottles. It will evolve interestingly well, developing more complex flavors as the years go by. Keep bottle upright in storage. Best before 9-10-2013
ID: 41038 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 13 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 34195 |
| Overall Percentile | 38.4 |
| Style Rank | 987 of 1241 |
| Style Percentile | 20.5 |
| Lowest Score | 2.9 |
| Highest Score | 3.7 |
| Average Score | 3.300 |
| Weighted Score | 3.120 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4
Had this fresh when it came out & couldn't stand it. Spiced all to hell. Let's see what a few years in the dungeon have turned you into. Best before 9-10-13. Chilled for a few moons in the back of the fridge. Ommegang fluted tulip. Sweaty bottle. Frail inch of sandy head. Hazed, dark brown & amber over black body. I can hear some serious sizzling underneath it all. Lots of orange candy on the nose. Juicy Fruit bubblegum phenols. The yeast finally comes around once it warms. Just trying to get through that first sip. Even cold, even so aggressively carbonated, it's so incredibly starchy. Taste is anise & cola & a whole lot of yeast. Still boozy. A bit of black plum sort of character. Raisin. Big acid. The moderate to high oxidization is not quite a fair trade off. Passing on something time & time again doesn't really mean you're aging it.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
very yeasty (initially) on the aroma. thad eventually fades into a nice belnd of dark dark fruit and spices, which blends seemlessly into the flavor. ful flavored, prickly carbonation. as usual, pretty good stuff.
