3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
11.2 ounce bottle in generic goblet. Dark reddish brown with lasting flat head and lace. Dark candy sugar, raisin, and bread aroma. Brown sugar, toasted caramel, and raisin sweetness, fruity, medium tobacco bitterness, lingering sweetness. Medium body and carbo. Pretty nice.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
0.33 l bottle. Ruby color with fluffy fading head. Sweetish aroma with chocolate, licorice, caramel and hint of dark fruits. Sweetish toasty flavor with chocolate, licorice and caramel. Smooth beer with no depth.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Had tried this before in a bottle and recall being underwhelmed, so thought I’d try this from the crock !
Pours a dark brown with a tan head that completely vanished. Sweet, vaguely spicy aroma. Flavour more of the same with some fruit and nutiness present and a slightly bitter sweet finish. Lacking in any real character though, and again disappointed by this.
Not a good dubbel.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Koningshoeven is one of the Trappist Breweries, so you can be assured of a certain critical level of quality and respectability. It certainly brings that, as well as an intangible pleasantness and cerevisial happiness. It’s a quiet Trappist, but that’s a point in its favor as far as I’m concerned.
Served in its own goblet.
Caramelly brown -- quite pretty to look at.
Pleasantly sweet -- never cloying, just the right amount of sweetness for a Dubbel.
At 6.5% ABV, it’s not so rigorous on the gullet, although I’ve never tried multiple servings in one go.
To sum it all up, a quote from the Missus: "It’s like a hug in a bottle."
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Le Bistro des Bieres Belge. The color is dark reddish with a dark beige head. The aroma and flavor are of sweet fruits and caramel added. It has a nice sour finish to it that makes it very pleasant.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
dark mohagany appearance with strong white head. flavor of some dark candy sugar but finishes with a grape-like winey characteristic. not gret depth, could benefit from more alcohol
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (330ml). Poured a very deep ruby brown (almost black) with a large, fluffy, tanned head which was mostly lasting. Aroma was of sweet caramel malts with sweet dates, raisins with some Cadbury’s Curly Wurly chocolate. Flavor was a mild bitterness with sweet toffee malts, raisins, dates, chocolate (mild) with a light peppery finish. Hide its alcohol content very well. Medium bodied with medium carbonation, syrupy texture, dry mouthfeel and a good finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours dark brown, opaque with an obnoxious amount of foam. Settles down to a 1 inch light tan head. Aroma of dull darker malts, grape and plum. Tastes like smooth rich malt, nuts, hops, and dark fruit sugars. A little burn going down. Mouthfeel is medium, and a little thick but not too much. It has a good bite. Finish is a little heavy.
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