Affligem Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Bottle, 33cl. Pours translucent reddish brown., with tan head. Aroma of sweet dark fruits and caramel, with roasted malt; taste similar, with liquorice notes. Not a bad commercial attempt at a dubbel, but lacking somewhat that certain je ne sais quoi.

Bottle. Rather light brown pour with thick frothy head. The color is a little too light for dubbel but the classical aromas are present, ripe fruit good dark malts and caramel and a hint of licorice. Taste is very much the same only a little watery. Overall welldone.

Reddish brown with big white head that thins quickly. Spicy dark fruit aroma. Bubbly, spicy, yeasty. Buttery caramel finish.

Appearance is reddish brown, with a thick foamy off-white head. Aroma of roasty malt, coffee and dark fruits. Slightly sweet, medium bitter flavour. Quite lively carbonation, full body. Lingering bittersweet finish.

355 mL bottle - pours a hazy red with a moderate creme head. Aroma is light and hoppy, with a bit of tart fruitiness. Flavour is rich and a bit tart - bitter spiciness at the finish. Heavy on carbonation. Overall pretty nic.

bottle: Pours a reddish brown ale in the goblet - tight, sticky 1 finger tan cap. Toffee-spice-earthy aroma, bready notes, some roastiness. A tad thin for the style but with a decent complexity of dark ripe fruits, caramel-rasty malts, some sugar sweetness and a dry finish with licorice aftertastes, A boiler plate commercial dubbel, far better than Leffe but still lacking in the defined character and body expected of the style.

Bottle. Great beer. Redish brown with frothy head. Yeasty nose with cinnamon. Creamy body, brown sugar with clean finish.

330 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a murky amber/copper with large creamy tan head. Nose of spice and dark fruit. Taste follows fairly closely. Slight alcoholic warmth and touch of bitterness in finish.