Heavy Seas Dubbel Cannon

Brewed by Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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pours dark reddish brown with a very thin white head. aroma is sweet and syrupy with notes of yeast, spices, cherries, grape, and violets. a juicy beer with a sweet stickiness. taste is a bit hoppy with notes of lavender, yeast and grapejuice. finish is sweet with a slight alcohol burn. not bad but not particularly memorable.

On cask at Max’s in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Tried this on cask instead of the Plank II they had going as part of a promotional night, being that I’d had the Plan II at a different promo night at Alewife a couple weeks back (it’s good!). The ale was striking from the start with a bright copper, almost orange color when viewed while back-lit by sunshine/light. Found Dubbel Cannon to be exceedingly pleasant to drink, with a perfect marriage of hoppiness and maltiness, and as good a cask ale as I’ve had this side of the big drink (Atlantic Ocean)!

Decent beer from Heavy Seas, the Hop3 IPA is a lot better in my opinion. This beer is much sweeter and less flavors of spices than I imagined. Not very similar to a Belgian brew. To me the best description of this is a German Wit beer of 1/4 of the beer and a mildly hoppy IPA for the other 3/4 of the beer combined. Taste of bananas and fruits is prevalent which give it that wit feeling, bit of hops but not a ton. Surprised it is 7.25 ABV with its taste. Good hearty ABV for someone who doesn’t like bitter hops and prefers a more sweet flavor for their strong beers.

12oz bottle. Aroma of peach juice and white pepper. Dark copper color. Thin white head. Nice lace. Creamy texture. Fine carbonation. Flavor is a touch of fruitiness, floral hops, deep caramel malts. Finishes with a citrus hop bitterness and more fruit. Very unique. If I bought a 6pk of this, instead of the single I picked up, I’d be a bit happier.

Too sweet, too heavy, funky color, fluffy head not my kind of beer. I wouldn’t buy it, my wife did.

Bottle. Light brown with big foamy head. Smells of brown sugar and spice. Meg-just ok. The flavors don’t seem to meld together right. Kind of elusively nothing.

Coppery amber in color with an off-white head. Hoppy aroma. Somewhat sweet, floral, bitter, with a hint of sourness from the belgian yeast. Interesting.

Date: April 30, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, The Fred
Appearance: hazy amber, creamy beige head, lots of lace
Aroma: sweet peppery aroma, earthy, phenolic
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, hint of caramel, lots of phenolic spicyness with heavy floral hops dries it out and turns it bitter, long lingering bitterness

Date: May 05, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: hop city
sweeter and much less bitter in the bottle, well balanced phenolic spicyness, nice fruity esters come out that were hidden by the bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

This bottled beverage poured a large quickly diminishing yet long lasting head of fine to medium sized bubbles. The body is a softly carbonated light brown transparent color. The aroma contained notes of deep floral hops and reminded me of sunflowers. The palate was tingly from start to finish with a malty aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of mild yet deep hop and malt with a thick Vienna malt base.

Clear ruby brown beer that smells piney like an IPA but also has some Belgian yeastiness to it. Nice bitter flavor and a texture that bristles on the palate. Malt and yeast aftertaste. Very nicely crafted hybrid beer.