Lonerider The Beer With No Name

Brewed by Lonerider Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Saw JCB’s rating and forgot that I had this as well. Not very impressive. Not super "Belgium" in my opinion. Sweet caramel malts, chestnut, a bit too much generic spice. Some cinnamon. Cloying.

Bottle sample at Sam’s, Durham. I think this is the brew that was once labeled a "Belgium style ale," if that’s any indication of its distinctiveness. Sort of a boring amber-brown pour, with a fairly minimal carbonation. Sweet malts and generic Dubbel yeast in the nose, along with some indistinct additions. Thinnish body, and the taste was like an overdone, over-spiced seasonal ale poured into a homebrewed dubbel. Not my cuppa.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber color with a relatively thin head. Nose is very malty and almost roasty with a hint of sweetness in there. Taste is much sweeter with some spice notes to it. Interesting, but I’m not a huge fan of the style.