Grimbergen Cuvée Ambrée / Double (Dubbel)

Alken-Maes (Heineken)
Brewed at Kronenbourg (Carlsberg)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Jumet, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle: Aroma: Fig/ Sweet/ Alcohol. Flavor : Thick, full bodied with overwhelmingly sweet brown sugar/ fig taste. Tastes as if you are drinking a light version of maple syrup straight from the bottle. I might consider pouring this over my pancakes in the morning.

330ml bottle pours a brownish amber color with a 2 finger off-white head that settles down and leaves some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is kind of funky with some dark fruits and caramel. Taste is a malty sweetness with a herbal hop bitterness that is a little unpleasant. The appearance is definitely the best quality of this brew. Just not enjoyable.

Pours a maple surup brown with a thin off-white head that leaves some lacing. Aroma is spicy and malty and feels nice overall but a bit artificial at times. Taste is medium bitter with not much bitterness. Mouthfeel is really light and far from hearty. Flavors are spicy and not so malty (fuck glucose syrup!) with a watery feeling overall. Drinkable but not that enjoyable...

Bottle. Exp. 05-2013. Head: beige, medium, creamy and frothy, avg. retention. Colour: deep red-brown, clear. Aroma: pretty weak, dried fruit, bit of caramel, a tiny bit of barnyard. Taste: dried fruit, roast with a sweet-and-acidic medicine-like finish. Feels like it has some artificial flavourings.

large frothy offwhite head. translucent dark amberish-brown thick body. md. gl. aroma: caramel, heavy malt, citric, light coffee. if: moderate sweet. ff: moderate sweet light bitter; long duration. palate: watery texture, lively carbonation, light medium body and metallic light alcoholic finish. leve aquecimento alcoolico, sabor maltado, amadeirado, sem defeitos, mas sem virtudes, menos doce q outras do estilo 35s 3euros

Bière brune-cuivrée, limpide, avec un mince film de mousse. Nez très léger de gâteau, de malt grillé et de caramel. Je sens aussi quelques épices que je n’arrive pas à identifier (peut-être un peu d’anis?). En bouche, il y a des saveurs un peu «bonbon» que j’avais aussi goûté dans la Grimbergen blonde. Soit ça vient du mélange d’épice, soit ce sont les esters des levures qui s’expriment. La bière est relativement mince, mais ça cadre bien avec les saveurs qui s’imposent avec retenue. C’est intéressant, c’est bon... mais je préfère la gamme des Leffe (Blonde et Brune) qui sont les compétiteurs directs sur le marché québécois.

Bottle 330ml. Pours deep amber/reddish with high sparkling beige head. Good lacing. Aroma is of malt, yeast, acidity/mineral stuff. Not awesome at all. Some fruits. Taste is of malt, sugar, yeast, minerals, fruits. Sligth bitterness. Palate: Ligth-medium body. Somewhat sticky. Overall: Not that bad, but... The glucose syrup is pretty obvious. Not a high quality beer.

Une bière effectivement ambrée. Une mousse très présentable qui s’affaisse assez rapidement. Un nez plus ou moins efficace en notes caramélisées et en malts grillés. Je dirais aussi qu’il y a des parfums métalliques dans mon verre. Au goût, véritablement, des choses incertaines et grillées sur des affaires pauvrement houblonnées. En bouche, un corps plutôt faible mais huileux qui est soumis à des bulles très piquantes. Une finale toastée et oubliable.

Bottle bought at local iga A: caramel, red fruits, spicy App: clear thick white head that last. T/p: full body with medium long finish light acidity. O: good. Tad too sweet.

Pours a deep red brown, modest carbonation. Lots of toffee and dark sugar on the nose, deeper tinge of alcohol. Maybe too sweet? Some raison and biscuit but the sweetness does dominate.