Halve Maan Dobbele Java

Tasted with DavidBles @ Boeres, Wezemael. Dark brown (some reddisch shine) color, with beige head. Aroma sweet, dark chocolate. Medium body. Taste some spice, dark malts, little bitterness. Dry finish. A regular abbey brown beer.

Bottle. A very sweet aroma, malt and caramel, also some honey. A medium large head, light creamy and beige with a medium duration. The body is red. The taste is very bitter with a short duration, a strange medicinal aftertaste. The body is medium strong, creamy with a lot of carbonation.

On tap at Arendsnest. Amber body with thick head. Sweet nose of caramel and honey. Cloying mouthfeel. Nice and sturdy beer. Taste of malts, sugar and caramel. Oily texture. Warm in the finish.

Tap @ ’t Arendsnest. Amber colored brew. Caramel, sweet aroma. Malty, sticky flavor, some caramel and coriander. Some yeast.

From tap at ’t Arendsnest. Pours almost clear and deep amber brown with a small off-white head. Light yeast fruity aroma with a mild malty note. Flavour is yeasty, dark malt towards breadish and caramel. Distinct metallic note too. Fruity and yeasty finish.

On tap at ’t Arendsnest. Hazy dark reddish brown colour with a lasting creamy off white head. Aroma of sweet malts, some chocolate and dark fruits. Flavour is sweet, malty, a little chocolate. Sweet finish. Nice.

Bottle: Poured a reddish brown with a medium off white to tan color head. Aroma is caramel, malt, and some spice. Taste is a bitter fruit and loads of carbonation. The finish however was sweet with malt. Start to finish pretty complex.

Bottle 30cl @ home.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light malty, caramel, moderate yeasty, moderate corinader, light sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (040608)