Bornem Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

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Red-brown color, light sweet fruity caramel aroma, light sour taste, medium body, light sour finish.

11.2 oz bottle. dark brown pour. fizzy, light. slight raisiny taste. watery.

In bottle, 330 ml. Dark and brilliant amber. It has an enormous foam of color beige, very gaseous and effervescent. The carbonation is very chaotic. The aroma is weak, of acid fruits. The flavor, a toasting of malty very villain, acid in end. The body is light, alcoholic and watery. I believe that wastes my money in this bottle. In spite of this bad beer, I have not changed my opinion about the Belgian beers.

Pours a hazy medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty, hoppy, yeasty. Flavor is moderately sweet, alcoholic, roasty dark. Maybe I got a bad bottle, but this stuff sucked. Had it for a tasting with 4 friends and all of us agreed. Drain pour!

Bottle at the Hopdevil in Zagreb, shared with ozujsko
The label was a bit different, blue I believe, but this is it. This poured a lovely dark brown/red colour with a huge, enormous even compact, thick beige head that went away slowly leaving tons of lacing. Brilliant. The nose was a bit of a letdown, vinuous, berries and yeast. The taste was a complete letdown after that. Empty. Some faaaaint background malt, caramel and maaaybe graphite. Kinda creamy. Almost pathetic. I’m tempted to make a comparison with some people, but naaah. Don’t feel like it. Dubbels are not my favorite style, and this definitely didn’t change my mind.

Dryish, yeasty. A substandard example, wherein the flavours do not meld well together. Nor is it as stylish as most examples.

Earthy, old rotting roots scents dominate the aroma. Hazy medium brown proposes ruby reflects and a smallish off-dimensioned bubbles cover that doesn’t last too long despite agressive carbonation. Thoughts derive toward powdered cocoa and old leaves, bark, licorice dark flavors that don’t feel too malty. Strongly metallic notes grow even stronger in mouth. Not necessarily thin, but the chaotic strong carbonation certainly comes in the way of the malt roundness. No alcohol flavor comes through, the palate hesitates between sweet and dry, very timid esters, never really developping the fruitiness I expected. Warming, its inherent tartness becomes stronger, herbal and vegetal/leafy/barky, eventually hinting at olives. Eewww, a really poor bottle I fell on hopefully, totally shy on its limited strenghts and growing expressive on its flaws. At 4$ a bottle, I would never consider buying this again, especially when there are plenty of smaller, more artisanal breweries around who’d do better stuff with my money.

Bottle. Big yeasty nose on this gusher. Fruity and malty. Huge beige head on a gradient amber body. Lots of carbonation. A little too violent. Harsh mf. Fruity and alcoholic taste. Medium-light body with a slightly boozy, slightly mouthwashy finish. The worst part? This is basically a slightly darker version of their tripel.

White solid foam. Nice dark amber colour. Phenolic aroma. Some acid in taste!

Murky mud brown, fizzy almond head with poor retention. Oddly sour aroma with plummy stewed fruit aroma-- odd. Bready malts clash with a tart , almost sour flavour. This tastes quite unbalanced to me. Maybe I had an off bottle?