Blackstone Belgian Dubbel

Brewed by Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Nashville, Tennessee USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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On tap at the brewpub. The smell is fruits, dried fruits, yeast, sugar, sweet, and raisins. The look is light brown in color, light tan head, and clear. The taste is fruity, yeast, sweet, and sugary.

[March 12, 2010]
Pint at the Brewpub. Pours a cloudy red with a permanent fluffy white head. The aroma is grainy and fruity with notes of berries, licorice and banana. The palate is creamy. The beer has a more bitter flavor than I first expected, which fades to juicy berry complexity. Esters dominate in the way of banana and cloves, but the overall experience is less intense than a typical dubbel so it never gets overwhelming. The palate is certainly lighter for the style but the beer doesn’t necessarily skimp on flavor. Not half bad.

on tap-pours a light tan head and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, fruit, slight sharp. Taste is medium malt-toffee, fruit-raisin, slight sharp/spice hops.

Deep amber pour off white head aroma of belgian yeast and dark fruits with some clove and banana ... taste of dark fruits some lacing light clove and banana with a spicy bite at the end .... a simple dubbel thats sessionable

Deep brown pour with tan head and lace. Light brown sugar and caramel malt. Sour, sweet, tartness, and brown sugar. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Very drinkable

Date: February 27, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, lots of bubbles stuck to the side of the glass, creamy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: light dry malt aroma
Flavor: caramel malt flavor, light estery sweetness is balanced by an earthy spicyness leaving it mostly dry
Overall: too dry for me, bring on the fruity esters!
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Thanks to Justin for bringing us a sample down to woody’s! Clear dark amber brown pour with ring of light tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, belgian yeast, and hints of cherries. Flavor is about the same. Certainly a bit of alcohol on this one, I’d suspect this might be pushing the ’low alc’ TN laws to the limit. Considerably better as it warms.

On tap at Blackstone’s, Nashville. Reddish-copper pour, tan head. Decent lace. Poured too cold and had to let it sit for awhile to bring out the nose and flavor. Lively mouthfeel, spicy, candy notes, alcohol hint. Cherry notes came out as the beer warmed. Dry finish. Decent.

On tap at the brewery. Poured a hazy brown color with a two finger brown head. The aroma was very malty, with dark fruits present. The flavor was well balanced, with a bit of sugar present. This was a solid beer. If the body had been just a bit heavier, this would have been excellent.

on tap at nashville restaurant,pours,amber red color,odd color,thin white head,slight malty/hop aroma,candy notes,yeasty..pretty good did not seem to fit the style verywell.