Broeder Jacob Kerstklokje

Broeder Jacob Bvba
Brewed at Brasserie Du Bocq
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Wezemaal, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Handbottled (thanks Kikster!). Enjoyed with Christmas dinner. Very deep brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is spices, sweet malts, some syrup and mild alcohol. Flavour is fruits, alcohol, mild toasted notes along with sweet maltyness. Pleasant!

Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm. Hazy dark mahogany colour, small head. Deep raisiny malt aroma. Sweet and soft with full body. Gentle deep raisiny port flavour. Warming and relaxed, low bitterness. Near perfect winter beer.

Corked bottle. Deep dark brown color. Surprisingly restrained aroma. Dried fruit, malt. Malty sweet vinous flavor. The porto is clearly noticeable. Raisins and some roast. Alcohol. Pleasant enough.

Tasted under the naem Reserva 9° 2012 Dubbel Port Very good, lively & whipped eggwhite-like, light tan head, pretty resistant over red-shot dark brown beer. Rathre spicy nose, "dark" spices, melanoidins, garden herbs and dark green leaves. Sweetish smelling, yeasty, even a tad bready. Sweet, if hampered by CO² acidification and a hot feel as from chili. Very dull flavour, otherwise. The portwine gets no justification in the mouth, whatever the label claims. Feels definitely overcarbonated, fizzy, to the extend that the main taste is partly masked. Slightly hot feel, warming. Bland, as to be expected from Du Bocq. And finally, if there is really portwine added, is this a beer, or a cocktail?

Broeder Jacob Double Port 9% 54B
Zythos Bierfestival 2012, Leuven, Belgium. Pours mahogany with dark tan head. The aroma delivers some caramel malts notes and sort of a rock candy sugar odor followed by a bit of sun dried cherries. The taste has some dark roasted malts mixing with caramel and candy sugars. Interesting kind of overly sweet without much to balance it out or add interest.

draft @ Delirium, Brussels. Brune foncée allant presque vers le noir, col épais laissant une touche doré sur le verre. Arôme est assez faiblard, malt caramel, levure belge rappelant une double abbaye avec une pointe douce allant vers le beurre. En bouche, bière douce, sucre candi, levure belge, malt caramel avec pas mal de fruits noirs; raisins et pruneaux. Aspect cara pils, douce et ce profile de beurre de pop-corn, les fruits noirs donnent une pointe d’aigreur qui se mélange à un houblon citronné à l’amertume discrète. Pas vraimetn de trace d’épices.

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 14 Dec 2011) Dark brown colour, almost black, with hints of ruby. Frothy beige head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, caramel, dark cherries and raisins. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, dried fruit, cherries and hints of port wine. More than medium body, quite sweet. Fairly low bitterness. Nice and tasty.

Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011.Lightly hazy dark ruby red colored beer. Smell almost nothing. Taste sweet, raisin, dried fruits. Medium body, decent carbonation. Not bad.

33cl, as Broeder Jacob Dubbel Port Reserva 2012, new brew with port wine, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, malty/spicy and slightly vinous/roasted, balanced, hazy, good head, good brew

Draught @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere.
Pours murky dark red color with small head. Aroma of berries, especially raspberries, ripe fruits, dark malts and sweet caramel. Flavour of raspberries, dark ripe fruits, malts, caramel notes, yeast, sugar candy and some dark berries. Very sweet palate, medium carbonation, long sweetish aftertaste.
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