La Trappe Dubbel

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

330 ml bottle bought @ Bierzwerg.de. Pours very dark amber with bubbly brownish white head that leaves some lacing on the glass while quickly dissipating. Smell is sweet, spicy and slightly metallic with dark bread, prunes, caramel and yeast. Taste is sweet, bitter and metallic with dark bread, banana bread, raisins, prunes, soy sauce, hazelnuts and yeasty esters. Finish is slightly sweet and rather bitter with dark bread and spices.

330 ml bottle from Vinmonopolet. Pours clear dark brown with a big light tanned head. Aroma of aramel. Taste is the same, malty caramel and some spicy hops. Nothing complex here, but a drinkable beer anyhow.

33 cl bottle @ home. Dark ruby with a tan head. Yeasty aroma with some dark fruits (grapes, blackberries). Roasted malts in the taste and a hint of coffee. Sweet with a pleasant bitterness. Good dubbel!

Dark brown color, nice light brown head, medium/light bitterness. I particulary like this "dubbel", because, besides the regular "dubbel"-taste, it also has a nice added sweetness that i like

Bottle. Dark brown with a medium-sized, creamy head. Aroma is banana, biscuits, caramel, yeast, blackberries, some light vinousness and soft spices. Medium body, velvety mouthfeel. Taste is sweetish, aromatic, fruity-caramelly-biscuity, with a sweet-bitter finish and an aftertaste of spices, biscuits, banana, caramel, chocolate and blackberries. Complex, soft and rich dubbel.

7.0% amber colour with a good head, sweet caramel aroma, fruity and malty taste, very good.

herbs, coffee, toast, nuts, bubblegum, smoke, soy sauce, ginger, skunky, brown, tan foam, brown foam, rocky head, amber, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, heavily sour, umami, full body, long finish,

Had this beer some time ago, transferring data from database before Januar I was using to rate beer. As I drink this again I will add a complete review.