Awesome Beer of the Week: Unibrou's Fin du Monde

Well, it's about as intense a time as it gets in this country. Forboding symbolism aside, when better to trot out a beer whose name means "End of the World"?

This week's Awesome Beer of the Week is La Fin du Monde by Unibrou of Chambly, Québec (right outside of Montréal). It's a Belgian Tripel at heart. That full, round, citrus/banana flavor is the first and strongest taste – but not the most surprising. Without giving ground, it's joined by a pronounced alcohol and refreshing orange-peel flavor before fading into, of all things, a peppery bite that continues into the aftertaste. Damn good stuff, and its rare to find a beer that hits so many traditional and non-traditional flavors with such triumph. But it is one that could seem a little strong to the uninitiated (both in taste and alcohol content).





Election Eve Bonus: Not sure how far outside of New York City you'll be able to find this, but Sixpoint of Brooklyn, NY released a beer over the summer called Hop Obama. While I'm normally extremely skeptical of beers with artificially popular names, this one turned out to be pretty good.