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Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Watou, Belgium

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RATINGS: 723   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.59   EST. CALORIES: 201   ABV: 6.7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Josh’s translation of the French description..."Aged in the caves of Kanne, where the exceptional climatic circumstances give it a unique aroma and flavour without equal." In the U.S., the label will read "Grotten Brown Belgian Cave-Aged Ale." ABV of 6.5% or 6.7% depending on bottles.


3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
bleeng (1085) - Huntsville nowhere near Beersel, Alabama, USA - FEB 18, 2010
750 bottle. Pierre Celis Signature Selection. Pours dark brown with a big white fluffy head. Nose is malty, slight sweet/candi sugar, spices. Taste is sharp, tangy, a bit sweet, and slightly sticky. Full palate. One of the better dubbels I’ve had.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Bosskie (216) - NETHERLANDS - FEB 15, 2010
33cl bottle, bought in Belgium. Dark of course, crispy. Somewhat vinegary smell. Fruity, some chocolate, hoppy, cardamom. Vinegary taste but works well for the generally dry, roasted, warm bitter taste. Hints of fruitiness.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
taphandle (991) - Texas, USA - FEB 5, 2010
Dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma mostly of cheese, then malt and yeast. Malty taste with dark fruit and slightly tart. Yummy. Very highly carbonated. Quite a surprise - it’s a really good beer

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
BeerChaser0078 (846) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - JAN 29, 2010
Bottle. Looks great with a hazy, dark orangeish amber body and a creamy beige head that lasts a while. Nose is fruity and spicy with notes of raisins, grapes, plums, yeast, cinnamon and other spices. Flavour is quite similar but with a stronger malty caramel profile and more spice. Dry on the palate with very high carbonation and a lingering spicy finish. Really good dubbel, complex and compelling.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
bogus (91) - Utrecht, NETHERLANDS - JAN 24, 2010
Pours dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma of plums Taste is smooth sweet fruits, with bits of bread. I like this one.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
thirdeye11 (3911) - Dallas, Texas, USA - JAN 19, 2010
( 750ml bottle) Pours a huge 2 finger tan colored head that crowns the beer nicely. The beer is a pretty plain brown color, but the beer has nice lacing. Smells of dried figs, but not a lot else. Not very complex, but enjoyable. There was another smell here too that I could not identify. Taste of dark fruits and Belgian yeast, one dimensional and better as it warms. Palette is creamy, well carbonated, and excellent as all St. Bernardus beers seem to be.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 18/20
TEJA (712) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - DEC 30, 2009
This is one of my favorite belgian beer. The beer is higlly carbonated but the white foam quickly goes down to a thinn lace. The color is dark orange and unfortunantly quite clovdy as there is live yeast in each bottle. The aroma is very belgian with spices and dried fruit and phenols. In the taste you find the fenols and fruits that gives quite a marvelous blend, smoth and full of taste. The body is medium to full, a real good sipping beer.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
baraciisch (567) - USA - DEC 23, 2009
Cloudy red brown in color... Yeasty malty aroma... Flavor is sweet and citrusy initially over a malty base, yeasty finish characteristic of a Belgian, very crisp and refreshing for a brown, kind of a fusion between a brown ale and a trippel... Pretty good.


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