3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Reviewed 12/29/2012. 12 oz bottle poured into a Duvel tulip.
A: Pours a gorgeous hazy amber color with a nice stream of carbonation rising up from the center. The head is a thick, frothy two finger offwhite color that retains itself quite well. As it slowly recedes, a beautiful but slight layer of lacing is left on the glass. This is everything a good dubbel should look like, period.
S: Classically bready, with a great balance between yeast and malts. There’s also a nice amount of candied sugar, apple, pear, and chocolate. While subtle, it gives off a nice vibe of apple pie.
T: Sweet sugars come first, before transitioning gradually into a neutral, bready finish. A little on the simple side, but the balance here is top caliber. A faint touch of hops give it a perfect amount of bitterness to neutralize the candied sugar. Given a chance to warm up, a modicum of complexity makes itself known - and it’s just enough to keep the beer interesting.
M: Clean, dry, and - dare I say - refreshing. Palate tingling astringency appears on the aftertaste, giving off said refreshment ability instead of weighing it down. A great beer to savor in spite of its initially light impression.
O: Really hard to complain about this one. This hits a nice balance between being clean and being complex. An excellent example of a ’subtle’ beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Moriartys for an Allagash event. Tulip. Hazy copper pour with a tight foamy head. Nice mix of dark caramel and red fruit. Plums. Raisins. Toffee. Some drying spice. Less malty and sweet than traditional Dubbels but also has a higher ABV which goes down smooth.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Toffee, light fruits, Carmel. Malty body with light hoppy finish. Like a little bit more of fruits in the dubble but not too bad. Drinks almost like a scotch ale it’s so malt dominant.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks for the share, OmegaX. This was a good example of a dubbel - lots of sweet flavors and a fruity-spice esque in the background. There is no doubt this would age quite nicely, just another great job by Allagash.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A nice dubbel. Aroma is caramel, bread, tons of fruity character and yeast. Flavor is the same, on the sweeter side. Not bad.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I enjoyed this well enough. Nice yeast and fruit character. The only fault is that it is a little thin.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
From a 12 oz bottle at home. Pours a cloudy amber with a fine off white head. Aroma of caramel and Belgian yeast. Flavors of caramel, bread and hints of roasted nuts. Mellow aftertaste.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours medium brown and slightly red with a decent off-white head. Nose is typical for the style and a touch weak, with brown sugar, caramel, apples, and a touch of bread. Flavor is quite rich a bit bready for a dubbel; hops are also somewhat sharp, as is the carbonation. The usual sugar and fruit expected from abbeys is present but not in-your-face. Finish is fairly long, sticky, and a touch hoppy. Solid example of the style.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Uploading old ratings that were missing comments. Nutty and yeasty. Would like to try this again with a little more age on the bottle.
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3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Great ruby amber color, typical dubbel notes like raisins, plums, cake. Taste is smooth, uncomplicated, a little underwhelming. Sweet aftertaste. Still a good beer, but for Allagash, well...
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
fan of Allagash; big fans of dubbels; not a big fan of Allagash Dubbel. it was just there... nothing else. not much in aroma; slight dark fruit; nice caramel color; med - thick palate. for a dubbel, just nothing happening in taste. dry finish. not bad but not worth a bomber...
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