Eem Donker

Bierbrouwerij de Eem
Brewed at Scheldebrouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Amersfoort, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle (33 cl) from the Cracked Kettle. Clear deep ruby with creamy beige head. Caramelly and estery aroma with red berries, plums, and a light raosted note. Medium bodied, moussy mouthfeel. Fairly dry with medium bitterness. Very nice.

Bottle 33 cl. from hopduvel, Gent. Bit hazy dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma roasted malts, sweet, dark fruits. Medium body. Taste sweet start, roasted malts, chocolate touch. Dry hoppy finish.

On tap at ’t Arendsnest. Clear reddish brown colour, creamy off white head. Aroma of caramel, malts, cocoa. Flavour is light sweet, malty, cocoa/chocolate, light spicy, caramel, light roasted malts. Light bittersweet finish, soft mouthfeel, medium bodied. Very nice.

(Draught at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 2 Aug 2009) Dark ruby colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dark fruit, wild berries and caramel. Malty taste with notes of dark fruit, berries, cherries, dark bread, caramel and a mildly bittersweet finish. Excellent balance. More than medium body, fairly sweet with a spicy bitterness to match. Very nice beer.

(Bottled) Very hazy dark brown with a medium, creamy head. Aroma of lightly roasted, caramely malt, dried fruit and yeast. Flavor is dried-fruity, lightly sweet, caramely-roasty, also somewhat bitter. Medium to full body, fizzy but still overall quite soft CO2. A quite nice, dryish dubbel with more than the usual share of roastiness and hops. 4446

Bottle, 7.0%. Mild farty aroma. Hazy dark red/brown colour, lots of floating bits. The flavour is nice and malty with some good, sweet fruit notes. Grassy hop flavour giving it a good extra dimension.

Bottle at home. Hazy dark orange pour, thin off-white head. Aroma of malts, dark fruits, floral hops and sugar. Flavor is sweet malty with red fruits such as raspberries and cherries, some floral hops and slightly metallic and sour in the finish. Creamy texture and average carbonation.

330ml bottle (Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam)
7 Rich heavy sweet malty and rye-bready aroma. Some heavy esters in there too. Maybe some whiteboard marker once or twice?
4 Rich reddy-brown, small off-white head.
7 Slightly wooly, but otherwise a very rich roasty malty retronasals, and taste too. Aiming toward marmite, but not quite reaching it.
3 Pleasant palate, gentle carbonation. Finish back to the wooliness, with some burnt edges and the general tingle of biting bittering hops.
14 Not your typical dubbel. Take an OK Belgian dubbel, and then give it a kick up the backside with some bitter hops.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. light brown pour with a cream head. nose is bready malts, light fruits, and caramel. decent palate, flavor is caramel, yeast, spices, with bready malts as well.

Bottle. Dark brown with an initially large beige head. Aromas are chocolate and berries with hints of parma violet and bready yeast. Flavours are sweet toffee and chocolate with sticky ripe pear. Yeasty and smooth with a light dry finish. Decent