Chambly Noire

Rating: 3

Unibroue

Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Style: Black Ale

ABV: 6.2%

750 ml corked bottle

Chambly Noire is exactly that: it comes out of the bottle black, with an excellent foamy coffee-colored head; the head died back very fast, though. In the glass, the beer is completely opaque, like a dark stout. It has an extremely fruity aroma, with grape and prune especially noticeable. The flavor also has hints of grape, as well as a spicy maltiness. The beer had a vigorously carbonated feel in the mouth, and a slight but very pleasing sour quality.

We drank it as a dessert beer paired with some gingerbread, and the spiciness complemented the food well. At 6.2%, it's also considerably less potent than some other dessert choices (stouts aside) and as such extremely drinkable.