Of the four kinds of Unibroue that came in the craft-pack I bought recently [EDIT: a long, long time ago, since this text file sat on my Desktop since sometime in the Spring], the Maudite is easily my favourite. Even though it was that or two whites and a fruit-flavoured beer, it still manages to stand out among other beers, as well. The thing is, that in greener beer pastures (browner pastures?), I might think this beer almost… not generic, but, pleasantly normal, let's say… Here, it's a gloriously rich beer, full of balance in all possible dimensions of flavour, thickness, carbonation, colour, and downright enjoyability. You can taste the hops; you can taste the malt; but you aren't overwhelmed by either. You can feel the beer as a beverage not just some liquid to be swallowed to make you drunk; but it doesn't overwhelm you with a sticky, cloyingly sweet maltiness. You can feel, see, and even somehow taste the bubbles themselves, but the beer itself isn't made of gas. Somewhere in there, I stopped describing this beer, and started describing good beer. It means you should know it's inspirationally good, but also, that I should just stop rambling.
I also have two stories about this beer: [EDIT: Had a long time ago. Just posting old text files now...]
-Dad and Gill and Erica at BP's
-Emma and beer buying
