Bornem Dubbel

bottle, pours dark brown, light tan head. Maple syrup and brown sugar nose. Sweet malt and sour spice notes mix to a bitter spice and lightly bitter finish.

Aged bottle, pours a murky brown with a massive head, no off aromas to alert to any poor aging... Noticeable chocolate and a bit of dark fruit in the aroma... A medium body with notes of dark fruits, chocolate and a lightly hoppy finish... A bit past its prime, but definitely held up well... Not a bad find in the cellar... I remember having it fresh and not liking it much more than i liked the aged bottle...

Appearance: Pours a clear, dark reddish-brown body with an impressive, sizable, ivory-colored head. Smell: Toasty, roasty (though considerably less) malts with scant hints of caramel and cocoa. Background notes of fermented fruits and spice. Taste: Toasted malts seasoned with a pinch of powdered chocolate and caramel. Mild fruit flavors of brown sugar-coated bananas and faintly tart raspberries. Touch of anise. Tiny tough of lingering graininess beyond the drying, malty finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-high, though airy carbonation. Drinkability: A decent dubbel that failed to knock my socks off. A note to future dubbels -- socks: remain! Though it did pair well with the song "Roscoe" by Midlake.

Bottle, cellar temperature. This beer is brown with an enormous head. There is dark grape, cherry in the aroma with some brown sugar, apple. Some lacing is left on the glass. I taste some unidentified dark fruit, some sourness, lemon.

0,33 bottle. Tried to escape from bottle, pours with an enormous head, after a few minutes a brown hazy beer appear, under a thick layer offwhite head. Aroma of sour fruits and yeast, quite strong actually. Sweet fruity flavour with a sour undertone, acid mouthfeel. Not my cup of tea...

dark brown into a tulip glass with think foam. cherries and dark sugar with other dried fruit flavors. yeast and malt are nicely balanced. probably the best ive had from this particular brewery.

Nos yeux observent une bière de couleur rougeâtre avec une mousse fauve imposante qui reste. Au nez on respire des arômes d’épices, de sucre brun, de malt caramel fonçée et de levure. En bouche le corps est moyen avec une effervescence pétillante. On goûte des saveurs de grain caramélisé fonçé, d’épices avec en finale une amertume d’alcool.

In short: A simplistic basic fruity Belgian dark ale. Not much of a Dubbel.
How: Bottle 750ml, age unknown but consumed a bit before best-before date
The look: Almost clear dark amber body with ruby highlights topped by a medium beige head
In long: Shy nose with basic fruity yeasty esters. Body is disappointingly thin for a supposed 8% Dubbel. Taste is simple to the point of being boring. This is just raisins and baked dark fruits. Barely any distant nutty notes. Finish of prune juice. Earthy notes here and there. Very short finish. Not very tasty at all. As the beer warms up it gets more and more fruity with a strong fruit concentrate character that gets a bit annoying. On the plus side, low sweetness level and not alcohol presence but that’s about it. Not a bad beer but for as a Dubbel this is way below average. Van Steenberge Boring Dubbel.