3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
33 cL bottle. Pours almost clear amber deep orange with a huge light tan head. Creamy/crispy. Mild yeasty and caramel dense aroma. Flavour is light fruity with a solid caramel malt and light yeasty mellow note. Ends with a smooth caramel malt flavour and a mild spice note.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours ruby red with an off white head. Aroma is light malt and yeast. Flavor is a little caramel malt, floral and yeasty notes.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
cereal, coffee, basement aromas, butterscotch, rotten eggs, vanilla, smoke, brown, brown foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, average carbonation, astringent, long finish,
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Currently drinking as I am typing. First off with the Pater is the typical caramelled malt smell you would expect from a Dubbel along with a dark smell but not overpowering. The beer looks nice, a deep chocolate, chestnut brown with a suitable head of a beige colour. The taste is rather odd, unlike alot of Dubbels this brew is a lower alcohol content which comes as a surprise upon tasting. Expecting a heavier toffee approach you are instead greeted with a gentle bitter fusty but light maltiness almost tastes like the smell of an old bookcase, with a slight hop note in the aftertaste. Good feel in the mouth, maybe a bit thin for a Dubbel. Interesting all the same, this beer is different for what you expect in this style. Definitely not bad though, worth a try!
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
330ml bottle.
Medium brown, slightly dull, beige head.
Earthy, robust aromas, reminiscent of cork taint, malt, yeast, caramel, candied sugar.
Medium sweet, medium body, medium bitterness, balanced CO2.
The taste is a collision of harsh bitterness, sweetness, cork taint (or whatever, I know there’s a crown capsule on), yeast and earth. Notes of caramel and dried fruits.
I don’t get it.
(2012-01-10)
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear amber with a frothy tan head, lasting for a moment. Light caramel aromas with the typical minerality of Van Eecke. Light to medium body, intense carbonation, creamy, a bit of a metallic note, light caramel finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A fairly average dubbel with lots of caramel and roasted malt flavors with some dried fruit sweetness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From backlog , vintage bottle @ Kulminator
Head: off white, bubbly, away fast
Colour: hazy dark brown
Smell: mostly sweet malts and yeast .. thin
Taste: start is soft , malts, sweet , hazelnuts, bit of caramel ... end is yeasty , good but a bit thin ...
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle from høkeren.
clear brown, smooth offwhite head.
mild dark fruity and malty aroma, slightly spicy, first and foremost mild.
flavor is very nice - balanced and complex, fruits, roasted malts, spices, faint chocolate, yeast. quite easy-drinking, notes of wheat too. A mild tasty dubbel with high drinkabillity. Probably good with food too.
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