750ml. Really not a fan of this style. Even the MS Matrisse didn’t do it for me (thanks Todd!). But I love this brewery, so here goes...

Gusher. Figures. Pours lighter than expected. Thick, cloudy brown/maroon with a decent off white head. Aroma initially yields ligher fruit notes... freshly cut peaches and pear skin. Fruit leather and moist tobacco. A touch of wet leaf pile and earth. Brown sugar and a bit of wet paper bag as well. As the beer opens, a blast of green apple with some mildly phenolic yeast hits the nose. Flavor is a balanced mix of malt and yeast. Brown sugar, caramel, fruit leather and tobacco. The yeast yields a bit of lacto creaminess on the tongue. Apple skin. Slightly earthy. Medium on the tongue with lively carbonation. Finish is rather lengthy, earthy, mostly dry with some tannic fruit skin. Definitely one of my more favorite examples of the style. Thanks Jonathan!

thanks nhorween. nice marroon brown color, not quite as dark as most dubbels i’ve had. nice thin head. smell takes me back to belgium, some dark fruit aroma with fresh wood character, a little bit funky. taste is a bit thin, then sweet and woody. a bit more carbonated than i’d like for a dubbel, but it’s pretty well made altogether. i agree with the description that it’d go well with food.

Draught @ Beer Table, Brooklyn. Pours a clear, dark red brown with just a bit of a head. Nose is licorice and dark fruits, a bit of caramelized brown sugar. Taste is much the same - yeast is subdued for the style, made up for by a pronounced licorice note, dark fruits and caramelized brown sugar, moving to a toasty bread crust as well. Mouthfeel is just a hair thin, medium to start with moderate carbonation, thinning out on the finish. There’s a definite dopplebock characteristic to this one as well, almost like a dubbel-bock. Clean where it should be spicy, licorice where there should be yeasty. Very interesting and different take on an abbey dubbel.

Large bottle. Poured a dark brown with an off white head. The nose is spicy, and malty with a belgian yeast to it. Flavor followed similarly. This is a nice rich double, that has quite a bit of depth for an american belgian beer. Nicely carbonated. The finish is a bit on the thin side, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying this very good beer.

A beautiful electric brown color topped by a tan head, this strong malty ale is creamy smooth, with a touch of caramel and wild fruit flavor running low on the radar.