Affligem Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

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.

Bomber. I found this guy on the bottom rack of my Giant Eagle Belgian section. Never had Affligem before, felt like a Dubbel, and I liked the history lesson on the side of their label. Aroma of bready dough, hop backed, with a bitter settlement. The appearance was a nice cloudy light brown with a frothy head that settled into a persistent silky film, huge lacing. The medium bodied palate was a crisp finisher, and the taste had a doughy malty fill with a bitter bite of an aftertaste and later a nutty note that might have been some of the yeast sneaking into my last pour. From poking around online I found that Heineken International now owns this place. Not sure how I feel about that.

Pours murky brown with orange hints and a mountain of tight foam that doesn’t go anywhere. Aromas of black cherry, brown bread (toasted). Touch of pepper perhaps. In the mouth, its an explosively fruity malt-bomb that avoids cloying sweetness. I’d like a bit more funk/bitterness/spice/sour to balance, but it does taste nice. Alcohol is totally hidden - I’d actually like it to have more of a warming presence than it does. Those are fiddly comments though, this is really tasty.

Bottle. Hazy brown with touches of amber and gold. Nose is strong and fruity with a slight vanilla and spice overtone. Not as sweet as I expected, with a long spicy taste finishing with port wine and nut notes. Finishes long and elegant. Good, restrained, well-balanced.

Fig newton nose, bready, fruity, and sweet, could be stronger. Cloudy copper brown, thick head. Flavor is bready malt with musty basement overtones. Fig and currant throughout. Good and suprisingly rich.

Aroma is dark fruit, Belgian sugar and yeast. The flavor is similar to the aroma, with the dark fruit and a hint of alcohol coming through. Well made and a great Belgian ale, among the best beer Heineken makes.

caramel, spruce, leaves, cloudy, black, brown foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, heavily sour, average carbonation, creamy,

Brown - seems slightly hazy and a good off white head. Aroma of dark fruit with flavors of raisins and plums. Finish is some sort of dark spice.

you can tell this is a beer but it tatse kinda like red wine and can rimind of chemay red. 6.8% after a 20ml underberg bitter 44% drink this nhelps get ya buzzed. taste light at times and medium bodied other times. i can taste like grapes,red apples cherry and mabye a little booze. kinda sourish its allright but not amazing cheers