3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle pours a dark red with a tiny tan top. Scent is fruit, yeast and malty. Taste is sweet malts, caramel and yeast.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 ounce bottle poured an amber color, aromas of spice, banana, dried fruit, light malt, and some light hops. Flavors are the same as the aroma, nicely balanced, little spice in the back end.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
A pretty, dark ruby beer with plenty of sticky foam. Plenty of spicy yeast and candy sugars on the nose.The alcohol is a little more apparent than it might be in Belgium, on the first sip at least, and a tiny but in the finish too. Otherwise it is spot on with a mellow, layered sweetness. It is satisfyingly thick with an excellent tickle of carbonation. Really an excellent beer to drink though, excellent.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Decent brew. Pours reddish with no head. Aroma is sweet caramel / toffee. Very smooth / oily in mouth with a sweet / smooth finish. Thanks Elwood!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark brown. Tastes like roasted cashews/figs/plum. I don’t think I’ve had a beer quite like this. No head (possibly due to this being a recap). Thanks Seymour.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, wood notes, dried fruit, phenol notes. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120202]
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared at STL RB gathering, thanks! Pour is amber brown with a light white head. Aroma is light banana, faint spice, and notes of black pepper. Flavor also contains notes of light caramel malt, light brown sugar, faint spice, and a touch of fruit. Clean and slightly sweet.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle left at my place by Strykzone and opened the next time around - thanks, Dave! Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma of fig, date, plum, brown sugar, candi sugar, caramel malts- pretty nice and fruity smelling. Flavor is so, so fruity, with the same fruits as the nose, berries, sweet and caramel malts, toasted sugar, and earthy notes. Medium-bodied, with medium-high carbonation and a juicy, sweet mouthfeel. I liked it but couldn’t drink a whole one.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at the StL RB gathering. It poured a copper color with a small beige head The aroma was some banana, clove, sugar and caramel. The taste was sweet, caramel, banana, some clove and light raisin/prune.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasted from tall bottle at 2nd STL Ratebeer Gathering, thanks Strykzone. Poured a mostly clear, deep reddish copper color, white foam and a little lace. Aromas of caramel, toast, biscuit, flowery hops, some fruity esters, but none of the typical complexity of Belgian yeast. Nice tart amber ale flavor, bittersweet balance of strong malt and hops, very caramelly. Almost syrupy sweet, not the light "digestive" feel of a real Belgian Dubbel, but it did have extreme carbonation which splashed it all around. Pretty tasty but not as good as true-to-style examples.
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