3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A big thanks to cquiroga for bringing this beer to the Woodshop tasting at Stuffed Sandwich in San Gabriel, CA.
This pours brown and has a creamy, rich flavor. A nice drinking beer
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown color, frothy light brown head. Brown sugar, whisky burnt raisins in nose. Light body, slightly sour, milk chocolate mouth. Not really balanced and the sourness distracts from the beer. Burnt raisin brown sugar finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(As Slaghmuylder Drongens Plezierke). Dark red colored, some brown tones also there. Medium sized beige head. Spices, chocolate, some hops and licorice also there. Medium bodied. Flavor is also spicy with lemon and some caramel, mild alcohol comes up also. Some bitter hops in aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled as ’Drongens Plezierke’, 33 cl bottle, 7.5 vol% alc, ’bbe’ June 08. Red brown with a fine beige froth. Dark malts dominate the aroma, emanating chocolate and plums. The taste, on the other hand, reveals an outspoken hop bitterness unusual for a dark beer, nicely balanced by the soft malts and juiciness in the background. LIvely palate. Good; could do with a bit more character...
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled (as Drongens Plezierke). Dark brown/rubyish colour with small beige head. Aroma is malts, hops and some acidic fruits. Flavour has some bubblegu, in it along with the fruits. Quite different brew, but the bubblegummyness takes the flavour down a bit.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Never had a dubbel like this before! Very vinous, slightly oxidised sourness, but this made it very interesting. Light caramelised flavours, with some plummy fruit. Acidic edge. But yeah, really vinous, almost like drinking red wine.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Nice fruity and malty aroma. The flavour is also nice and malty, but a bit thin. Dark brown colour, small stable light brown head. Has some rather big floaties. Nice, but too anonymous.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep and cloudy bronze-coloured beer under the off-white, medium-sized head. Intense, sweet caramel flavours with raisins and plums. Sweet fruity flavours, some caramel. Medium to light body, maybe a bit too light for the flavours. Too sweet to be balanced, but with great fruitiness (how do they achieve that?), almost like a port without its potency. Had it been higher strength and fuller body, it might well have hit a very top rate.
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