Affligem Dubbel

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

Poured a dark amber with a dense head, off white. Notes of spice and fruit in the aroma. Not terribly complex but with a nice spiciness throughout. Malt detected in the aftertaste, which also was a bit bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. A decent belgian overall.

750 ml. bottle. Pours a reddish brown with decent sized lightly yellow-brown head. Aroma of fig, raisin, plum, black currant. Taste is very spicy throughout, medium to full bodied, with the taste of dark fruit. This is not bad, though it lacks the complexity of the affligem tripel. The finish is kind of bland, palate cleansing I suppose, though overall everything is pretty nicely done. Not a bad value, considering it was cheaper than all the other belgians at the store, and is a pretty good brew.

Pours a somewhat hazy red-brown with a very tall beige, chunky head that has great retention and leaves very nice lacing. Aroma is toasted wheat bread, apple skin, caramel, overripe banana, butter, sweet bread spice, light citrus and doughy yeast. Flavor is toasty grain, sweet wheat bread, heavy doughy yeast, apple skins, raw potato, sweet bread spice, light earthiness and overripe banana. Palate is medium bodied dry and chalky throughout with a heavy and somewhat sharp carbonation.

750 ml corked bottle. Poured hazy brown with ample sized tan head. Aroma was cherry, molasses, malt with yeast. Flavor washed out some of the aroma with light malt and roast rising to the senses. Carbonation was lively but the finish abrupt.

Grapefruit and citrus strong in the scent. Somewhat sweet nose as well. Hazy reddish pour with an extremely thick head. Head lingers and lingers. Complex taste as expected. Quite the mix of tastes. Perfectly blended, like a story with a good ending this finishes clean and makes you want more. Sweet, sticky, malty, herby. Caramel throughout. Really really nice.

Sampled from a 750 ml corked brown bottle this beer poured a murky dark brown color with a huge tan head that lingered and produced great lacing. The aroma was cherry, pear and caramel with mildly sweet mats and hints of molasses and yeastiness. The flavor was bitter and tart with strong notes of pear and cherry with a very yeasty base and notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and caramel. The finish was very long, malty, spicy and dry. Fairly full bodied. Well done.

Bottle. Pours a red-brownish beer with a big head. Fruity, spicy and sweet smell. Malty taste, caramel. A very nice Dubbel.

330 ml bottle a red brown colored beer with a beige head aroma malts dry fruits and caramel taste malts dry fruits caramel spices and some bitterness