Bornem Dubbel

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

Bottle rating. Last rated from the variety six pack. Cloudy reddish brown with a creamy/puffy huge head. Excellent lacing. Brown sugar, vanilla, and I detect a hint of honey. Finishes with a cocoa. Chaulky on the palate. The one thing that distinguishes this beer from the others (Brouwerij Van Steenberge) is that it is less carbonated and thus is a little smoother. A slight bit thin in flavor, but pretty decent otherwise. Probably the second best offering in the six pack I had from this brewery.

Musty, dark syrup and fruit aroma. Initially the aroma had some off notes, and didn’t really make me go ’Yum’. Good label, dark brown, lightly hazy beer with a big head. Make that a huge head - tan, persistant. The beer was hypercarbonated at first, and then it blew off steam and settled down. Tangy cooked fruit flavors, woody bitter, a bit on the sweet side, dark sugars. Aftertaste is a clingy tartness, with little traces of cocoa or carob.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a huge off white head. Aroma of caramel, spices, fruits and dried fruits. Flavour of spices, caramel and dried fruits. Fizzy palate.

Bottle. High off-white creamy good looking head. Spicy malt aroma. Caramel butter hops flavor.

330ml bottle poured a clear brown with little fishys and a large lasting amber head. Aromas of dark fruit, molasses and a hint of spice. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of brown sugar, light raisin,fig and a hint of spice with a lingering semisweet finish.

Pours brown with an off white head. Smells fruity with some figs and raisins thrown in. Taste is sweet and sugary.

Pours out a deep brown color with a very nice fluffy head. Aroma is not very strong, but what was there told of some fruit and sweet malts. The taste isn’t overlly complex, rather thin, and drinkable for a beer this strong. Taste is of some fruit, brown sugar and some caramel on the finish. Not a bad beer, but it lacked some complexity.

Pours a dark brown with some reddish hues near the bottom of the glass. The head was rather large and long lasting on this beer, as I pretty expected it would be. Aroma is some dark fruits, light chocolate and caramel, light earthy yeast and candy sugar. The aroma is nice but more subtle than some of the dubbels I’ve had. Taste is sweet caramel, some light chocolate and dark fruit, clean, slightly earthy finish. decent example.