Chicagoist: Chicagoist's "Beer of the Week": Unibroue Éphémère

Louis

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:12:34 -0600

Yeah Chuck, I meant to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your éphémere review. I lived in Quebec City for a while as a student at Laval, and the Unibroue beers are pretty much the greatest things in the world. I liken them to wine because so many of them have that trappist sweetness to them. You already did a review of my favorite, La Fin Du Monde. You have to respect the weirdness of the names too, Maudite (the damned) is a reference to some Quebecois folk story. Also, it is not frowned upon to order Maudite and Sprite and mix them for a lighter beer. Best part about Quebec, universities have pubs in their unions.

Jim Javenkoski

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:50:10 -0600

Indeed, Fiddlehead Cafe is now pouring the last remaining keg of Ephemere Cranberry in Chicago. This flavor of Ephemere will go into "hibernation" for a couple of years as we refocus our effort on promoting the amazing Ephemere Apple. Many thanks to the Chicagoist for helping us in that regard. =)

TheIdeaOfProgress

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:11:46 -0600

They serve Ephemere Cranberry at Fiddlehead on Lincoln and Wilson. I've never seen it anywhere else, but it's awesome.