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Bornem Dubbel

Percentile
76
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6233.32/5.03.31/5.08%60.9Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Very dark, coffee color - full rich body - staying head - effervescent nose - soft velvet feeling in the mouth - luscious. Malt character with a hoppy aftertouch. Monks used to fast on this type of beer for 40 days! No food, only beer.
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 ChazMania (408), Pasadena, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Jan 21, 2007    Updated: Jun 1, 2008
Tap. Big head on this puppy. Sweet aroma on this glass, sort of pumpkin/cinnamon like as was the flavor. A decent Belgian and the alcohol seemed tame for an 8%er. Some other review say this has a sour vibe, I thought it was sweet. Rerated 6/1/08. Above I mention this was sweet on tap. I’m having a bottle now and it is not sweet at all, much more sour and not very enjoyable. rating down from 3.4 to 3.


 VikingHammer (362), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 17, 2007  
Poured a Dark, Dark red. Tan head that last a while. Fruity aroma. Ends up pretty smooth with a good amount of alcoholl. A good Dubbel.


 JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 14, 2007  
33 cl bottle. Cloudy brown beer with ruby highlights, tan head. Aroma is quite fruity. Plum and cherry brown sugar and a rotted peach character as well that isn’t especially pleasant. Flavour is quite sweet, malty with plums and cherries, light spiciness, clove/nutmeg and a great minty finish. Palate is not terribly rich and it seems a bit overcarbonated. It’s decent, but there are enough things that don’t really work for me.


 orville (160), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/55/102/512/20
Jan 10, 2007  
Pours a cloudy brown with a frothy white head. Malty smooth and somewhat shallow at first, but finishes slightly bitter. Smooth and easy to drink, pleasant, but not the most eventfull ale.


 loseratheart (110), USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/516/20
Jan 8, 2007  
A rather attractive brew! Pours a light bronze body… filled with gleaming edges of gold and amber; the head was a tower of an foam. Doughy, yeasty, buttery and a lightly toasted body… Notes of toffee malt, pumpernickel bread, with some plums and apricot for the fruit basket. Decent beer but it was just as average as the label on the bottle.


 shrubber85 (2874), Wallhalben, Germany
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 4, 2007  
Bottle. Cinnamon, brown sugar, bready malt aroma. Cloudy orange-brown color with moderate head (looks more like iced tear than coffee). Sharp taste up front - bites the tongue which fades into a sour brown sugar/cinnamon bread flavor. High carbonation. LIttle alcohol bite at all.


 marcus (1850), Sacramento, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/103/513/20
Jan 2, 2007  
This copper-colored ale poured with an immense foamy head, eliciting an aroma of fruit and spice. The flavor is malty and a bit sour, with a spicy finish. A decent, but unremarkable version of Dubbel.


 DarkStar22769 (100), Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 17, 2006  
Poured a dark copper with a heavy rocky white head that looked like meringue. Nose was of cherries and pear. Palate is sharp but sweetly smooths out. Flavour is wonderfully complex...woody yet with a sweetness. The alcohol is hidden nicely.



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