De Graal Dubbel

Brewed by De Graal
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Brakel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle. Light light unclear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, nutty, light to moderate hoppy, herbs, grass, spicy, moderate yeasty, light can sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (110408)

A deep red beer with a beutiful head but mine had clumps of yeast floating around in it. The flavor is rather sweet yeasty with notes of fruit, apples, and burnt caramel. The middle is somewhat thin - especially for a 6.5% ABV. But it ends on a dryness combined with a good bitterness.

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2005 (Bottle33 cl) Not really brown, more like a deep amber with an extremely large sediment. Sweet, but not nauseating. Bitter, but not in a harsh way. Apparently with spices, but no sugar. It doesn’t say which spices. Distinct, fruity ale-touch, but I find it hard to define exactly which flavor. Splendid. 301203

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted, caramelish and light yeasty. Flavour is roasted malty, light fruity note and with a sligh citric touch. Lingering toffee caramelish and towards breadish into the finish. Mild fruity note into the finish.

Bottled. Rubyish brown colour with big fluffy beige head. Aroma is nutty, mild fruityness, herbal and also some slight rubbery/metallic notes lurking in the background. Flavour is red berries, some malts, yeastyness and mild spicyness. As it gets warmer it gets some mild roasted notes as well as some mild alcohol.

Bottle. Hazy brown coloured with an off white head. Aroma of malts, spices and tobacco. Sweet flavour of caarmel, spices and tobacco.

Bottle, 6.5%. Medium gusher. The aroma is a bit weak, but malty and sweetly roasted, perhaps biscuity. Cloudy dark chestnut colour, small tan head. The flavour is also roasted, but not very clean. Watery finish. The finish also has a little rough bitterness. All in all decent.

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2011
Date: October 10, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Appearance: hazy dark amber, wispy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with lots of fruity character
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of fruity character, low bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Cloudy brown color; thin creamy head. Bice aroma, malt, perfumy, caramel, candi sugar. Medium body structure; mainly caramel taste, with a touch of roasted malts, strong bitterness (with light traces of hops), some steady woodiness. Solid and good.

Bottle @ Berts Bierhuis, Utrecht. Pours ruby amber with a small white head and lacings. Yeast, tobacco, little cellar, caramel and fruit. Medium bodied.