3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle
6.5% ABV
I tried this beer on October 30, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a deep reddish-brown with a 1/2" tan head. The aroma was roasted malt, caramel, and plums. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, slightly sweet, some fruit, and licorice in the finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Huge yeast aroma, very bready. Flavor is belgian yeast, some spice, fruit, brown sugar and a load of carbonation. Not as malty as I’d hoped.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
hazy red, with a head. alcohol, belgian yeast. wow, extremely vinuous, spicy, cumin even and coriander, nice feel. yeahhhh
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330 ml bottle from LCBO, served almost cold in a tulip glass.
App.: Deep ruby-copper with a fair light tan head.
Aroma: Some nice, slightly tangy and vinous dark dried fruits and other fruitiness, some spicy brown sugar, some sweet caramel/toffee, light minty herbals, pretty nice.
Palate: Medium body and moderate carbonation.
Flav.: Lots of rich, sweet malts, brown sugar, light molasses, slight nuttiness, fairly fruity, light nuttiness, very lightly vinous and bright; off-dry with a touch of bitterness.
Not awesome for the style, but still quite drinkable.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330mL bottle from the LCBO fall release. Cool label. Wasn’t sure if I’d had this before as I get Leffe and Affligem mixed up all the time. Bottle gushed like crazy. Pours a nice clearish burgundy with a large beige head. The aroma is straight up apple cinnamon cobbler, pear, plum, seems like a mild version of La Trappe Quad, which is awesome. Smells great. The flavour is quite sharp, spicy biting at the tongue followed by the nice Belgian caramalt malts, candi sugar and subtle hints of the esters in the aroma. Very drinkable. A pretty solid little Dubbel.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml bottle. Pours a large, immovable, rocky-creamy, beige head. Clear, amber-red body with abundant, pearly carbonation bubbles. Nose is of spice, some coriander and clove. Belgian caramel malts are also present...some plum prune and dark cherry. Flavor contains less of the spice than the nose, although a light rum spiciness becomes present. More sweet, dark fruit in the flavor, but it’s relatively subdued. Super smooth palate. Light-medium, well attenuated body. Malty sweet but with a dry very pleasantly dry finish. Lively carbonation with no discernible alcohol on the palate - just a mild warming sensation in the back of the throat. Overall a really, really good dubbel. A bit more robust malt presence in the flavor profile would put it over the edge for me.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml bottle from Imbibe Wine. Nose of candi sugar, caramel, yeast, and light spices. Clear copper brown with a big, glass lacing beige head. Flavor is Lightly sweet with a touch of dark brown sugar. Finish has a hint of bitter.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Reddish brown with a small head. Fruity aroma and a slightly spicy taste. I was expecting a little more malt.
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