Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Double

Brewed by Microbrasserie Charlevoix / Le Saint Pub
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baie-St-Paul, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass

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Verse un liquide brun opaque avec un riche col beige. Au nez, des effluves de malt, réglisse, fruits secs. En bouche, sucre de fruits mûrs, réglisse, rôtie et lègere finale d’alcool. Un très beau produit, bien équilibré et complexe.

Bottle 500 ml
Aroma: brown sugar, plum, mineral elements, gentle hop, hint of orange and wild spice. 7+
Appearance: slight haze on red ruby copper ale. Large fine dark tanned cap. Fine lace.
Body , Flavour , Palate and Final Notes: full bodied with mid walls. Mineral light base with soft plum, spice , caramel and soft alcohol. Very nicely combined. Semi dry top on soft sweet bottom. Carbonation just right. Solid brew.

500ml bottle. Pours a beautiful deep garnet, with a hefty beige head. Aroma is molasses, dried fruit, mineral, with some earthiness, and a faint hint of raspberry. Taste is dried red fruits, molasses, red wine, caramel, coffee, a little yeast, with some evident booziness. Beautiful stuff. So damn good.

(bottle) clear dark amber brown, medium tall brown head; aromas of stewed fruit, caramel; balanced flavour, very good

500ml bottle. Dark mahogany body with a huge mocha head. Great retention and tons of lacing. Aroma is quite interesting: floral hops, good dose of coriander, yeast, a hint of dark chocolate, liquorish. Taste is round and light, a touch of hops, roasted malt, raisin sweetness, a mix of dried apples & apricots, backstage yeast. Very little bitterness, and a little too much sweetness at the end. It wasn’t what I expected, but for sure it’s a great dubbel. Wonderful experience.

From my dear Canadian brother: Pours a brown colour with a beige head. Earthy and fruity aroma, with a load of malts. Taste is an excellent mix of sweetness, tasty hops, candy, fruitiness, and a bunch more flavours. Kind of roasted. Kidn of like cake. Really well balanced and quite complex. No smudge of alcohol nowhere.

500 ml bottle thanks to Michael. Pours a murky dark reddish color with a very large off-white head. The bottle is just over 2 years old. A rich fruity nose with some toast, cherries, yeast. A very rich Belgian-inspired ale; sweet chocolates, tart cherries, delicate soft palate, raisins, a bit of light warmth. Very mellow overall. Very high up there with other amazing Dubbels such as Rochefort. A bit over-carbonated but that is likely my fault for not chilling it long enough.

Bottle 500ml. Pours dark brown with good frothy beige head. Good lacing. Aroma is of malt, alchool, caramel, spices. Taste is malt, fruits, some caramel, spices. Very well balanced.

500ml brown bottle. 8% abv as per label. Bottled on 2011/08/23. Red-brown pour, quite clear. Modest beige ring of head which at times completely vanishes. No signs of any lacing. Nose has caramel malts, somewhat fruity, a bit of alcohol with a very deep inhale. In the mouth the beer has up front caramel and nut malt notes, some grains, raisiny fruit middle, a little darker malt emerges in the finish with darker fruit notes (plum especially) and some chocolate and light spices. Just a bit of yeast which I only noticed after pouring the second glass from the bottle which had the dregs (would not have minded more yeastiness). Medium body. Carbonation is pretty vigorous even though this beer refuses to keep it’s head. Overall a nice dubbel with good emerging flavours.

Finally tried one of the charlevoix. Lots of complexity. Starts off smelling sweet, something like a fruit cake with sweet rum or grande marnier. Reminds me of the rum chocolates my parents used to eat with a little spice added in. Colour dark reddish black. Some raisins, sweet fruits, plums. Lots of alcohol. Half litre bottle.