De Lelie Pater

Brewed by Scheldebrouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Meer (Hoogstraten), Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle, bought @ De Hopduvel, Gent. Pours light hazy red with a large, fizzy, off-white head. Aroma has caramel, yeast, light toasted, mild metallic. Medium carbonation, fine dry and fairly light mouthfeel. Flavour has caramel, toasted, toffee, raisins, soft roasted. Good malty bitterness. Sadly the carbonation is a bit excessive.

33 cl. bottle @ home. BBF 12/2014 (bit unclear). According to the bottle: “Brewery “De Lelie” was located in Vosselaar on the Cingel next to the church. The company was founded in 1907 and taken over in 1922 by the brewer Jan Dresselaers. Latter his son Rene succeeded his father. They brewed quality beers of high fermentation of which “Pater” and “Paus” were the best known. In 1952 the production was stopped.” It appears that a local VZW (same name as the previous brewery) decided to restart the production of these beers and they are being contract brewed now by Scheldebrouwerij. Pours a lightly hazy brownish amber with little beige head. Smell is sweet, toffee, caramel, quite a bit of licorice, very overripe dark fruits and a strong unpleasant low quality meat and quite a bit of soy sauce. Taste is an overwhelming bad meat, soy sauce, overripe dark fruits, malt, spices,… Okay carb. & body. This is frankly unpleasant and I cannot really get over it & frankly the worst I have had within the style. Which is a real shame considering that the Paus was quite delightful – maybe it is a hierarchical thing.

Bottle. Dark brown color. Caramel, plums and brown sugar in the aroma. Sugary sweet caramelly flavor. Hint of butter. Too sweet!

Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Hazy chocolate brown, small head. Lightly nutty, mild coffee. Dryish, medium bodied, nutty with a slight tartness. Grains and cocoa. Short salty finish.

Bottle: Cloudy,"dirty"amber coloured, small foamy layer, toasted malt, fruits, caramel and some nuts in the nose; sweet-sourish flavour, medium bodied, quite soft; increasing tartness/bitterness in the slightly vinous and caramelly finish . Not the worst Dubbel…

(330ml bottle) Pours a amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, roasted malt, brown sugar, and nuts. Flavor of raisins, dates, light roasted malt, and candi sugar.

Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is roasted caramel, dried fruit, butterscotch, light alcohol and fruit. Flavour is roasted caramel, alcohol, butterscotch, dried dark fruit, raisin and plum.

Pours an unclear and dark reddish brown beer with a weak white head. The aroma is malt, caramel and berries. The flavor follows the nose with additional sweetness. The palate is sweetness. Overall a beer below average.

Pours a hazy medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty, hoppy, yeasty. Flavor is moderately sweet, alcoholic, roasty dark. Not nearly as good as some of the other Abbey Dubbels I’ve had recently.

bouteille 33cl. bb 12-2011. brune foncée, col café au lait/ocre. Arôme de malt caramel avec pas mal de fruits noirs, levure terreuse et épices, le tout avec un soupçon de poudre de chocolat. En bouche, bière légère par ses 6% mais plein de saveurs. Une belle levure de double d’abbaye dans le style belge avec un palais fruité noirs mélangeant prunes, figues. Malt grillé et chocolaté avec des notes de toffee et une pointe liquoreuse. Sur la fin une fine amertume se fait présente. Belle bière qui par moment peu paraitre trop légère mais reste pleine de surprises.