Ename Dubbel

Brewed by Brouwerij Roman
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

330 ml bottle, bought at Vinens Verden, Odense, Denmark. Deep red-brown colour, large light tan head. Surprisingly moderate malty aroma, notes of caramel and oak. Improves as the beer warms up, some vinous qualities. Flavour is malty with some caramel and brown bread notes, moderate hops. Easy drinking, refreshing for its strength. Okay.

Port wine deep ruby red/brown with mid-tan large lasting head. Light random lacing on glass. Light fruity nectar, coffee, candy malt and faint barnyard yeast aromas. Medium yeasty bitter body with nicely balanced bitter sweet palate start. Some fruit and malt flavours evident as well. Finish is bordering on harsh bitter otherwise a reasonable Belgian dubble.

Bottled: Aroma is malty, fruity and yeasty. Dark brown head with creamy off-white head. Flavor is malty and very fruitywith notes of plums, cherries and raisins. Dry bitter hops and roasted malt bitterness in the end. Dry finish with coffee notes. Solide, fruity beer.

malty well carbonated and some hops apparent in the aroma very nice color and appearance. drank this in brugge the freshness seem to matter compared to samples i had in the states

Lovely glowing red/brown. Sweet malt, prunes, some oak, fruity yet quite dry finish. Pleasant. Moderate carbonation. Next time I’ll try this with cheese.

UPDATED: JUL 8, 2006 Room temperature sample in requisite goblet. Noisily fizzing, soap-scented dubbel brimming with creamy suds. Flavour is blood and iron, with a handful of raisins. Some chocolate in the background. If I knew what prunes tasted like, those as well. Palate is creamy and consistent to the end. Mellow, stoutish, fruity dubbel. A real grower.

Very good, you have to love the bottle conditioned belgians. Pours beautifully with a thick foam. Fills your mouth from the first sip, a little metallic and fishy (?) first taste which wears off later on. Quite an easy one actually, nothing really hits your face. It’s a little thin compared to trippels and quadruppels, but is quite full for a dubbel.

Bottle from Bevmo. Dark golden with a fluffy white head. Aroma of grain, Belgian yeast, and fermented fruit. Tastes of caramel, muscat grapes, slight honey, and a nice toffee finish. Decent.