UPDATED: FEB 14, 2021 Bottle from East 1st Grocery in Austin, TX. Aroma is apples, bread, fruit bread. Taste is malty, bready, undertones of raisin, sweetness. Not getting much of the smoke. Overall a mild sweet bread beer and a little understated for Unibroue.

UPDATED: NOV 11, 2020 Bouteille 341ml. Robe cuivrée, moyennement foncée, peu scintillante, effervescence minimale. Modeste mousse blanche éphémère. Arômes: généreux, levure, céréale, pain, agrumes, fumée, soupçon épicé. Saveurs: levure, agrumes, pomme, fumée. Texture: mince, effervescence négligeable, légère.

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2019 Restaurant Poutinistes Strasbourg. Jaune trouble, forte mousse. Nez malté fruité jaune, très légère note fumée. Gout malté, fruité jaune un peu confit et légère note malt fumé (parce qu'ecrit sur l'étiquette)... mais sans plus sur le coté fumé. Pas désagréable

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2019 The aroma is spices and smoke. Taste is cereal, apple, yeast, a touch of citrus and more peppery smoke. I liked it more than I thought I would. Well done.

UPDATED: JAN 22, 2019 Saturday, January 19, 2019. Bottle, 341mL. 5.5%. Purchase (La Cervoiserie', Poitiers (86), FR). Home. A sparkling orange clear beer with a medium white foamy head ; medium retention ; ok lacing. Light cereal, caramel note, light sugar, minimal smoky character (hard to recognize), herb. Light to medium sweet, light dry refreshing, bitter note. Light to medium body, thin silky texture, average to soft gaseous, dry sweet refreshing finish. Overall, average. Smoked beer ? L17171216 on the beer. 17/12/16 ?? Bottling date ? No bestbefore date on the bottle. If you want me to respect you beer, come on brewer, let me help you !!

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2018 Definitely has a strong aroma of apple and cider- this beer tastes like autumn. Warming and luxurious. I like it.

Robe ambré clair, léger voile, très belle mousse bien tenace, texture blanc en neige, blanc cassé. Nez délicat, pas vraiment fumé, plutôt fleuri et malté. En bouche, on a un mariage subtil entre le fumé (très léger) et des notes fleuries, belle présence de la levure. C'est léger, agréable, mais je m'attendais à plus de fumé.

Bouteille. Au nez on a étonnemment beaucoup de fruits, mûre et canneberge. En bouche le fruit rencontre le bois, aussi un peu de fleurs. La levure belge est moins présente que dans les autres Unibroue, elle est remplacée par le bouquet d'arômes variés qui reste sur la langue. Malheureusement pas de fumée comme c'est annoncé, mais tout de même un des plus beaux bouquets dans une Unibroue.

Where Purchased: 347ml bottle from LCBO #310 part the brewers holiday mixer pack 2017. Consumed: from a tulip glass. Aroma: Smells pretty boozy at the intake with some maltyness. Appearance : unfiltered medium copper colour with decent head that lasts to the end and very sticky lacing. Taste: Pretty well balanced with a good bit of sweetness and malts followed up by some booze. Finishes pretty sweet. No sign of hops or ant "smoke" flavour". Palate : medium body. Bittersweet aftertaste. Low carbonation. Overall: Not what I was expecting. I was hoping for something closer to a Rauchbier. This was more like a Doubble. Heavier beer then I would expect for 5.5% ABV. I was glad to try another quality beer from this brewer, and will probably buy again. MB. The Beer "Bear"on.

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2018 Nice beer. Smells of grass and cereals and apple. Taste of apple, cinamon, citrus and cereals. The smoked pepper taste comes later and is light. Nice taste, but not so smoked.