La Trappe Dubbel

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

Very good Dubbel. Pours a chocolate brown. Nose is chocolate and malts. Taste is sweet, very little bitter. Chocolate is the running theme that I noted.

25.4 oz bottle. Trappist brewery number 6 of 7. Sadly, I fear this is my last stop in tackling all the trappist breweries for a while, as Westveleteren is so difficult to obtain. Alas, I drink. Pours a dark brown with dark red around the edges, not opaque, but dark, with a small beige head that disappears faster than I can type. The smell is potent, as I could smell it during the pour. Smells of raisins, malt, light hop, some other dried fruit, and maybe chocolate. Very complex smell. Tastes of raisin, chocolate (which I don’t understand), some malt, and that’s about it (nothing like the smell in terms of complexity). Bubbly bite to it, with a medium body, and a funky after taste. If you want a trappist dubbel, I suggest Chimay Red or Westmalle’s, but this was interesting nonetheless.

UPDATED: AUG 12, 2009 Dark brown with a touch of orange or amber. An extremely tall head that leave lacing all the way down. Rich aromas of roasted malt and yeast, with chocolate, grapes, dried figs or raisins. The flavor is dryer than expected. Lots of chocolate and raisins. Very rich malt, not heavily roasted, hops not noticeable. Finish of chocolate malt, dried fruit. A touch of sweetness, but the overall impression is dryer. It may be the hops that are kicking in at the end. Something feels missing, though, something seems bland. Very sophisticated. A nice change from sweet trappist dubbels. nice indeed.

Poured a soda like brown body with a thin tan head. Aroma was slightly chocolatey, very fruity like grape juice, citric-pear, caramel, a fresh herbal quality, salty, and almost sour. Flavor was sweet dark fruit, strong malt, caramel, subtle chocolate, rooty, some vanilla, citric, and a bitter woodiness. Palate starts soft but quickly feels overcarbonated, and there’s a little too much alcohol in the finish.

Bottle at Bishops Arms, Karlstad.
Pours a deep brown color with a dying head. Not sure how old this bottle is, but I guess it has been standing for a while at least. Aroma is vinous, fruity and malty with notes of caramel and dried plums. Flavour is sweet, fruity and quite vinous. There’s notes of dried plums, raisins and caramel. Mediumbodied mouthfeel, quite smooth, and the carbonation is low. Very nice sipper, maybe just a bit too sweet overall.

Felhős,vörösesbarna színű sör vékony gyorsan apadó habbal.Illata mazsolás,gyümölcsös.Ízében érezni egy kis karamellát,aszalt gyümölcsös süteményt és a komló kesernyésségét az alkohol édességével és melegségével.Utóíze pörkölt malátás,keserédes,enyhén száraz.Kellemes lefekvés előtti ital a szép álmokért.

750 mL from Raleigh WBF. Pours a clear deep brown with a generous tan head. Aroma of rum raisin, caramel, dark fruits. Taste is similar with a black cherries. Maple syrupy body that is fizzy to creamy on the palate. Very nice overall.

Deep reddish brown in color, little to no head, very little carbonation. Nose vaguely sour, citrus, light hops. Taste slightly sour, some citrus, also light cherries, burnt coffee, underlying hop notes.