La Trappe Dubbel

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

Bottled. Hazy reddish brown with a rich long-lasting white foam. Almondy, yeast, prunes and raisins in the aroma with notes of straw and metal. Sweet malty and yeasty flavour of banana, almond and milky chocolate. Light bodied for a Dubbell. Almond, light chocolate, nuts and dust in the finish.

Bottle. Ruby mahogony beer with a big light beige head. Big malty, yeasty, plummy, figgy aroma. Yeasty, malty, slight banana flavor with spice and some dark stone fruit. Medium bodied. LIngering earthy, yeasty, malt. Could be a little richer, but not bad at all.

Roasted aroma, light brown. Flavor is sweet with fruit and a mild smoked taste. Medium bodied. It seems to be holding something back.

Pours a reddish brown color with a thin offwhite head that leaves decent lacing on the glass. Decent but simple aroma of malt with caramel and chocolate. The flavor is similar, malt, caramel and chocolate but with mild alcohol vapors. Light to medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation (unlike La Trappe blond). It’s ok but I feel there’s something missing.

Sweet, fruity taste. Quite good for a ’supermarketbeer’. Well balanced taste and a nice dark appearance. Aroma is complex.

Bottle: Cola in color, large rocky off-white head, spotty lacing.   Soft bready nose, minor dark pitted fruit, yeasty, smells like a Koningshoeven.   Semi-sweet, bready, very soft dark pitted fruit.   Not as heavy as many other examples, and in fact its a little on the milder side.   Very fleeting, finishes very quickly.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate at best.   Good start, but falls off rather quickly.   Finishes clean, very minor breadiness and dark pitted fruit.   Good, but on the lighter side.

Very murky redish-brown body, many particles and a tan head that is as short lived as my new year’s resolutions. A simple but effective mix of sweet liquorice candy, caramel and earthy berries. Far behind these main flavours I get some floral nectar, some figs and some medicine (cough syrup). Limited hops presence, to say the least. Soft carbonation. Doesn’t feel special or unique but still highly drinkable.

Bottle at Pater’s Vaetje, Antwerpen. Dark chestnut brown with a rich, creamy yellowish head. Caramel and fruit aroma, but served a bit too cold to enjoy fully. Sweet caramel and raisins flavours. Medium body, fluffy mouthfeel. Lacking the punch of its stronger brothers it still provides decent complexity, if on the sweet side.