3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sample at the Tap House Grill in Seattle. This brew is a cloudy orange-amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes slowly. Sticky sheet of lacing. Aroma of fruity yeast and malt. Medium body with a fruity character and flavors of dark malt, yeast and molasses. The finish is ripe fruit and yeast. Decent beer overall.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is roasted caramelish, light spiced and mild yeasty. Smooth toasted malty, sweet, caamelish and light yeasty spiced. Smooth caramelish finish. More a triple than a double.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 oz. bottle, pours a reddish brown with a small beige head. Aroma of dark fruits, yeast, floral notes and brown sugar. Flavour of light dark fruits, spices, brown sugar, yeast and floral notes - a little metallic on the finish. Solid.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Newly purchased bomber from the bottle shop that’s either from 2008 or a re-release. Forgot to ask. Pours a light reddish brown color with a thin layer of off-white foam. Faint notes of Belgian yeast, toffee and dessert spices in the aroma. The taste opens up with lots of caramel, dates and bready malt flavors along with some dried cherry, plum and cloves. The body is a little bit thin for the style with soft carbonation and finishes with more caramelized sugars and malt. Not bad but the overall flavor lacks the carbonation kick and strong Belgian yeast flavor of a great Dubbel.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at the Funky 6. Pours a cloudy, amber-brown with a medium, beige head. Dark fruit aroma with raisins, figs, sweet bread and toffee. Sweet flavor with caramel, brown sugar, more dark fruits and some toasted malts. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes sweet and malty with some candied sugar.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
2010-07-03. Dark brown body, small creamy tan head fades. 3+ Strange aroma, sweet malt, rough alcohol, odd dry dusty malt. 5+ Flavour is mild sweet sugary malt, chased by a decent amount of alcohol, odd combination, dry finish. 6+ Average palate is lighter than expected. Not quite there. On tap at Hales, Seattle
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[3094-20100703] Tap. Mild Ajax cleaner aroma has hints of plastic juniper. Hazy, dark red body with a medium-lasting creamy off-white head. Alcohol and grainy malt flavour has mild plastic notes. Medium-full body. Not wonderful.
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3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
25 Belgian Style Dubbel Anniversary Ale--2008 22 oz. Bottle. 7.10% ABV. 10 IBU’s? (4.1 / 5.0) Belgian Ale--Dubbel. Fizzy lace hint head. Clear rich black cherry color. Floral cherry mild hop aromatic Belgian toasted toffee front. Medium sediment enhances head clouds brew brown & mellows sweet Belgian chocolate fruit ester creamy black cherry body. Smooth mild hop spice end. Sampled 11/28/2008. $4.19 Each.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Very dark with a thin head. Strong aroma and flavor, toasty caramel. It’s good, but something about it just doesn’t work right. Not sure
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2010 bomber. Pours deep, tobacco brown with a quickly dissipating khaki head; nice lacing. Very sweet aroma of plumb, figs, dates, purple grapes. Quite malty with a bit of brown sugar. Quite a good bit of fig and black grapes in the taste. It’s a good combination of a dark fruit and a candied fruit. Has a solid malty backbone, brown sugar, plumbs, yeast in the finish. Medium bodied with a fuzzy mouthfeel and a medium level of carbonation. This is a very, very, very sweet, fruity beer. Good, but the sweetness is a bit much.
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