UPDATED: APR 11, 2024 Backlog June 2010. Amber body under a fading off-white head. Aroma has malt, hint of dark chocolate and some cellar notes. Taste is sweet malt, caramel, brown sugar and spicy yeast. Fine body with same aftertaste. Quite straight forward, but well made.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2024 Bottle from Drinks Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Pours a very dark brown with a reddish hue (mahogany like) and a thinnish creamy beige head. Nice lacing on the glass. Aromas of dry dark fruits, plums, chocolate, liquorice and some toasty brown bread. Taste has more of the dry dark fruits, more plums and more chocolate and liquorice. A light tartness and also a light touch of sweetness. Quite well balanced. Thin to medium body with average carbonation and slightly oily mouthfeel. Decent slightly above average Dubbel.

UPDATED: DEC 12, 2022 Das St. Paul Double habe ich bei der Belgian Beer Factory gekauft. Es ist in eine Vichy Flasche abgefüllt. Im Glas fingerdicke, wenig standfeste und feinporige Krone auf dunkelbrauner, fast schwarzer Flüssigkeit. Der Geruch ist sehr stark röstmalzig, Trockenobst oder Pflaumen - Fehlanzeige. Für mich ist der Bierstil überhaupt nicht getroffen. Es ist eher ein Stout, das belgische Hefe bekommen hat. 05-2022

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2022 Copenhagen 14/3 2022. 33 cl bottle from Beerdealer web-shop. Red label with a drawing of a monk calmly preparing to indulge in a well served cup of beer. Pours opaque dark brown with a midsized off-white head. Stable. Settles as a thin, patchy layer of foam unable of covering the surface of the beer. Rim along the side of the glass. Moderate lacing. Aroma is moderately intense with a sweet, malty odor with a touch of spices mingling with a whiff of alcohol. Caramel and toffee. Peat and leather. Metallic alcohol. Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture. Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet and a bit thin. Lingers shortly. Finish is semi-dry. A bit on the thin and subdued side.

UPDATED: OCT 8, 2020 Taken after supper, while getting ready for the vice-presidential debate, got an ICC tour from our nephew while waiting for the debate, odd taste, a bit watered.

UPDATED: AUG 17, 2020 33cl bottle from Beers of Europe dated best before 13/03/2021. Served into a La Trappe Trappist glass having warmed from refrigeration for around 40 minutes. The beer pours a dark brown coca-cola colour in the glass. Some limited carbonation is visible. A compact honeycomb head develops, slowly dissipating to a thin wedge of layer. Some lacing. On the nose the beer is limited in its depth of aroma. Some dark fruit, some coffee bitterness. Predominantly, sweet sugar and Belgian yeast. And as strange musky aroma that I, at first, thought was my glass but now believe was the beer. Unfortunately, a similar story with the taste. Very limited fruitiness with limited yeast. Sweet with a little consistent hint of coffee bitter. All the notes expected of the style are present, but not as powerful as I wanted. In the mouth the feel is soft with a little lingering dark fruit. Nothing to write home about. Overall, a very average representation of the style. All of the right notes in the right places, just not the strength or depth of flavour you’d want considering that the leading dubbel (Westmalle) is available in supermarkets.

UPDATED: MAY 9, 2020 A belgian, dark brown Double Abbey Ale with tan head. Aroma is coffee, light caramel, light prune. Taste is bitter and light sweet. Pearly.

UPDATED: FEB 21, 2020 getrunken bereits vor einigen Jahren Es ist ein volles Dubbel, das besonders auffällt, durch seine fruchtigen Noten auffällt. Der Alkohol ist zwar nicht so stark, aber doch intensiver als bei anderen. Die Aromen sind durchaus gelungen. Kann man empfehlen.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2020 330 ml bottle, from Skjold Burne Skagen. ABV is 6.9%. Dark brown colour, small beige head. Aroma of malts and dust, a hint of caramel. Sweet, malty and sugary flavour, notes of brown kandij sugar and caramel, hints of dark dried fruits, some lightly roasted malts, moderate hops.

UPDATED: AUG 22, 2019 Sample@Ølfestival København 2018. A dark brown coloured beer with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, caramel, spice, yeast, dried fruit and sweetness.