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Brewed by Duvel Moortgat
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

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RATINGS: 1252   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.56   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned.
Ingredients: Water, barley malt, hops, sugar, yeast.
A brown or brune ale brewed under the supervision of the monastic community of Maredsous. Top fermented beer, brewed according to Benedictine tradition. Refermented in the bottle;, and conditioned for two months. Maredsous Brown should ideally be served at a temperature of 6-10 C


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
blazingspiral (170) - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA - AUG 3, 2011
Semi-transparent mahogany body, thick khaki head. Aromas of cherry, dark chocolate, figs. Flavor is initially bitter, feeling dry on the tongue, yet an undercurrent of rich malty sweetness exists just below the hoppy, spicy surface. This is an enigmatic taste experience, suitable for advanced beer geeks, yet there’s something missing that keeps this one from reaching even higher levels. The missing element may be a more coherent link between the intense flavor contrasts described above. Nevertheless, well worth a try!

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
reebtogi (1551) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - AUG 3, 2011
330mL bottle. Dark brown with abundant beige head and soft lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and yeast. Flavors much the same. Nice carbonation and lively on the tongue. A nice Dubbel with good balance.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
MPA (710) - Amager (form. Nørrebro&Aalborg), DENMARK - JUL 30, 2011
Draught (damaged notes from the basement flooding). Nothing else readable on the note... :-(

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Kavu (938) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - JUL 30, 2011
Pours hazy brown with a low off-white head. Aroma is malts and yeast. Flavor is malts, yeast, lots of alcohol and some coffee. Quite basic dark abbey beer.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
sm89walt (1344) - Norwich, Norfolk, ENGLAND - JUL 22, 2011
330ml bottle. Poured with a large & slowly fading rocky beige head atop a clear mahogany body. Rum, prune, toffee, yeast and a hint of chocolate with a slight metallic edge on the nose. Cakey dried fruits, rum, yeast, a tangy mid palate with a delicate finishing bitterness. Medium body, slightly harsh carbonation with a lingering, warming dark, dried fruit aftertaste.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
lusikka (2062) - Tampere, FINLAND - JUL 22, 2011
330 ml bottle.
Pours a dark brown colour with a slightly off-white head. Aroma of slightly toasted malts, some toffee and dark fruits. Flavour of toasted malts, nuts, toffee, dark fruits and some Belgian yeast. Alcohol finish with some dark fruits and rough carbonation. Not bad but could be a lot smoother.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Mora2000 (2732) - Dallas, Texas, USA - JUL 20, 2011
The beer pours a medium brown color with an off-white head. The aroma is full of caramel and toffee malt with some dark fruit and candy sugar notes. The flavor follows the aroma. I get some nice raisin and prune notes as well as some brown sugar, caramel and some Belgian yeast. There is a little bit of alcohol detectable in the flavor but it is fairly faint. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. A very nice dubbel.

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
b79turner (104) - Alabama, USA - JUL 17, 2011
Bottle poured at the Flying Saucer in Nashville. Pours a dark reddish brown, HUGE fluffy head. Lightly carbonated, tradtional Belgian flavors: spicy molasses, brown sugar. This one is a bit more muted in those flavors, slightly sweeter than most, with a small bitter finish. GREAT beer.


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