General Lafayette La Tête Fontaine

Draft. Nice deep amber body with thin head. Aroma is dried fruit, candied sugar. Flavor is dried fruit, earthy tones and lightly sweet. A nice mouthfeel with light spices lingering on the tongue after each sip.

Draft: Poured a dark brown amber with not a lot of head. The aroma was malty and fruity with scents of banana bread and fruit. The flavor was smooth with a warm feeling from the malt and the sweetness on the tongue. Overall, one of the best dubbels I’ve had so far.

growler, from JB175. Pours a clear reddish brown when held to the light under a small and fizzy beige head that fades fairly quickly to a thin ring. Aroma is sweet and fruity with notes of alcohol, over-ripe bananas, yeast, and cherry skins. The flavor is slightly sweet with some candi sugar coming out on the finish. Notes of bananas, yeast, dark fruits, caramel, and light alcohol . The mouthfeel was pretty nice as far as body goes, but there was a little too much fizzy carbonation that caused a slight foaming senation on the tongue early on in the growler. Overall, a pretty nice beer.

I was a huge fan of Stoudt’s Abbey Double before it was retired. I made a special trip out to GLI to taste this and was somewhat disappointed. Much sweeter than I expected. It’s possible I tasted it too early in it’s life as it had only been on tap for about one week. I actually thought the Alt was the best beer I had.

Sweet aroma of dark fruits - raisin, plum, cherry + some quality malty bread and candy. Taste was very good with a full-bodied, malty presentation of sweet bread, cherries, and other dessert-like qualities. I am not a big dubbel fan, but this one holds its own against high-quality Quads and the like. Well done.