Augustijn Donker

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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Botella. Clear dark brown colour, medoum beige head. Sweet dark malty caramel dark fruity sweet aroma with some alcohol. Good mouthfeel. Sweet malty dark fruity alco caramel flavour.

0.33 l bottle. Dark brown colour with a small beige head which remains filmy. Smell of yeast, fruits and notes of alcohol. The start is moderate crisp and sweet, flavour’s fruity/nutty. The aroma is mainly of belgian yeast added with citrus hops and roasted/caramell malt. The finish is light coffeebitter, dry and alcohol’s warming up. The body’s kinda medium, texture is slick/light sticky. Overall a nice and pleasant belgian dunkel.

Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Nice yeasty notes. Moderate biter flavor. Fruit and chocolate notes. Long nice finish. Creamy palate. Very nice.

(Bottled) Clear, dark ruby color, small, partly lasting head. Aroma of berries and lightly roasted malt. Flavor is dark-fruity, (straw-)berryish, mildly roasty-caramely-malty, slightly acidic. Medium body, high and foamy carbonation, sticky, some alcohol presence. A drinkable but dull dubbel. 6335

Bottle: Poured a dark red brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is malty and dark fruit. Taste is a burnt malt with dark fruit bite.

0,33 l bottle.
Poured opalescent, deep ruby with a very alluiring, foamy-creamy tan lacing head. Moderated roasted aroma with classic belgian yeasts, caramel and toffee. Fine fruits like plum, figs and raisins. Nice aroma. Medium bodied beer with a lurking roasted flavor, fine sweet chocolate and fruity belgian yeast character of plum and raisins. Pleasant mild roasted and fruity aftertaste. Yumm...

Bottle 330ml.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting,liget beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, overriped fruit, moderate yeasty, dried fruit, wreaths cake, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091122]

Bottled 330ml. -Reddish/brown coloured, small to medium tan head, served too cold to feel any nose (just some subdued malt). Sweet malty, fruity and yeasty with notes of spices and alcohol in the finish. Not so complex but pleasant beer.

Bottle at the Hopdevil in Zagreb. Poured a deep red body, clear. Medium sized off white-tan head. Light sweet malty nose, chocolate. The taste is light again, sweetish maltiness, weak chocolate, stale yeast, some odd cloves, slightly metallic and acidic. A weak bitterness near the end, quite crude. I kinda liked the old 8% Blonde, have yet to try the scaled down version, but being underwhelmed with this one, I don’t have too high expectations.

Bottle, bought @ Vinspecialisten, Kolding Storcenter.
Pours deep brownish red with a fine, staying, creamy, yellowish head. Aroma has figs, raisins, light petroleum(?), chocolate and yeast. Highish carbonation, fair mouthfeel. Flavour has a weird off-flavour of alcohol, but otherwise fine dried fruits, light chocolate. A bit weird, really...