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This beer started off as one of a series of seasonal fruit brews by Quebec's Unibroue. This apple infused beer has become the most popular and the only one to be sold year round. Some of the others in this series include blackcurrant, cranberry, peach and raspberry. Like most if not all of their beers this is bottle conditioned so there is a little sediment, just upend the bottle a few times and it should be all smooth.
A nice golen yellow colour, with a little cloudiness and a great white foamy head make you begin to thirst for it as you begin to pour it.
It smells of granny smith apples quite strongly, with some of the beer characteristics hiding in the background; yeastiness, maltiness and hoppiness.
The apple hides a little more in the taste, right from the get go you taste the yeastiness and maltiness with the apple and hops just being tasted on the tip of the tongue. The apple and hops both begin to take centre stage with the apple finally upstaging the hops to take a nice long bow at the finish.
It drinks very light and refreshing.
This was not quite what I was expecting, it's a much more complex and subtle fruit beer than I've tried in recent memory. It is greatly refreshing, with that hint of apple just lingering so nicely on the tip of the tongue to make you thirst for another sip. It is nice by itself or with meals, such as pork, chicken or lamb especially.
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