Allagash Dubbel Reserve

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Portland, Maine USA

Bottle. Pours a hazy deep brown-red, with a thick light tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, raisin, caramel. Flavor is brown sugar, malt, some smoke, clove, sweet. Palate is medium bodied, dry finish.

Robe brune claire surmontée d’une mousse beige épaisse qui persiste. Arômes de levures. Saveurs de caramel, de levures, de raisins et de malt chocolat.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with an off-white head. Malty spicy, yeasty aroma. Sweet malty spicy flavor with hints of caramel and yeast. Dry malty spicy, yeasty finish.

First attempt at a homemade (USA) Dubbel ale... Superior appearance and decent taste throughout. Until further observation and tastings, one finds this one coming up shorter that initial perceptions. Tastes of ??? aren’t blended too well or distinguishable, but it tastes OK. Medium Body.

Pours murky dark brown with a medium white head. Aroma is sweet malt, with some raison. Flavor is sweet with a citrus presence. Pretty thin mouthfeel. Has a bitterness that is not normally associated with the style. Not a bad beer by any means, but nothing compared to the true Belgian dubbels.

Nowhere near as good as I expected. Pales in comparison to the real deal. Nice malty dubbel aroma, poured a dark brown in color with a quarter-inch white head. Flavor is malty and somewhat sweet, but lacking the rich complexity inherent to its stylistic betters. A bit thin on the palate as well. Drinkable, but basically a disappointment.

bottle. murky dark gold color. bit of smoke and malt. some dark fruits or berrys. carpy and a bit thin.

Sampled from bottle. Very malty smell. Dark brown in appearance, Holds a head well. Has a grainy sweetness instead of the expected Belgian sugars. Low carbonation contributes to a slightly thin mouthfeel.