Het Kapittel Watou Pater

Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle. Dark brown with huge pale brown head. Aroma dates, figs, sweet malt sugar. Taste dried fruits, figs, dates, sweet malt. A bit alcoholic

Bottle served in a tulip. Pours dark amber-brown with a short off-white-red head. Very aromatic. Full of dark fruit, pepper, must, and spice. Very sweet. Medium body, soft carbonation, creamy texture, and a sweet finish.

33cl bottle from a beer retailer. It pours an unclear dark brown/ruby liquid with an extremely high and creamy beige/tan head. The aroma has roasted malts, with some brown sugar, light caramel notes, dark fruits and some grassy hops. It tastes intense, very sweet, with a delightful combination of malts that gives a very smooth feel in the mouth, along with a little elegant hoppiness. It is low in bitterness, softly carbonated and full-bodied. It ends dry, leaving a malty aftertaste. Very nice presentation (bottle and crown cap) for a soft but flavoured dubbel. Original brew.

11.2 oz. bottle- Pours dark ruby red with a thin nice off white head, average lacework, aroma is raisins, brown sugar, yeast, very Belgium. The flavor is sweet then dry with a typical Belgium flavor, but there is a sort of aspirin type flavor, pretty unappealing. Carboantion is high, finish is dry and sort of bitter. Overall not bad but not great.

330ml bottle. It ours a nice brown with a foamy off-white head that sticks nicely then recedes with a lot of lacing. The nose is perfumey and fruity. It has the thick scent of flowers, dates, and raisins. There is a hint of spice and caramel as well. The flavor brings to mind apples, raisins, and prunes. It has a metallic character that is kind of off-putting and herbally/medicinal hops. It is an okay dark ale, perhaps a bit sweet. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-28-2010 02:55:06

330ml bottle. Pours a dark ruby chestnut, with a large off-white head, which lasts well and leaves good lacing. The nose is a bit odd. It does have a rather pleasing brown sugar aroma, but that is hard to detect behind the wall of sickly off-sweetness. It thus smells a bit like what I’d imagine the Boston Molasses Flood smelled like. For a dubbel, this is quite bitter to begin with, although the slightly oily hops are tempered by a concurrent sweet nutty flavour. Toffee notes come in strongly afterwards, followed by a mild mocha flavour. This is normally not my favourite style, as I find both dubbels and tripels to be far too sweet. This, however, is quite pleasant, and more complex than most. Decent stuff.

11.2oz bottle from The Liquor Collection in Honolulu, HI. Pours a cloudy, brown colored body with an inch thick, dense and foamy, tan head that dissipates slowly and leaves a good amount of lacing throughout. Aroma is pretty nice. Lots of raisin and dates, darker caramels, light spices, and yeast. A few more dark fruits, a light grassy hop, a bit of a brown sugar sweetness, and a touch of toasty bread as well. Flavor is along the same lines. Lots of dark fruits and raisin up front with a good amount of darker caramels. Lots of dry yeast and some spices along with a distinct grassy hop throughout to balance the fruity caramels. A touch of toasty bread and brown sugar comes out at the end as this finishes dry with some yeasty spice, fruity caramel, and a good amount of grass that gives this a light bitterness. Lengthy aftertaste following a medium, smooth, somewhat watery feeling body and soft, creamily fizzy, higher level of carbonation. Overall, a pretty solid dubbel. Lots of fruity caramel with a good amount of yeasty spice and grass. Dries nicely too.

Red-brown body. Quite fresh for an abbey dubel. Grape, toast. Good flavour, not very complex. Nice to try once. Tat bit too little alcohol. (On bottle in Palace, Poeringe)

Reddish brown, with a dense off white head. Lots of carbonation. Aroma has malts, caramel, figs, nutmeg. Taste is reasonable bitter, full-bodied, somewhat dry, fisnish average to long.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy light brown with smallish tan coloured head. Aromas of dark caramel, toffee and perhaps a little dark fruits. Flavours super sweet up front with heaps of candi sugar. Finish is somewhat bitter. Odd metallic after taste. Thin mouthfeel.