Maredsous 8

330ml bottle. Pours a dark ruby brown. Aroma of coffee and brown sugar. Has a bitter chocolate and coffee flavor. This reminds me of some Porter. This is quite good, but I like their Tripel better.

Bottle from BevMo, La Mesa. Dark ruby coloring upon pouring. Moderate off-white head. Aroma is fairly yeasty with a bit of grain and some dark fruit qualities. Rich creamy flavors with some bitter roasted raisins. Seems a little too fizzy. Some spiciness towards the end.

On tap @ McNulty’s: Deep red in color with an off white head. Aroma, bready malts, some molasses, fruits, spice. Flavor, bready, caramel, some tartness, floral hops, tasty brew.

Large beige fizzy head that mostly lasted. Fair lacing. Dark mahogany color. Caramel, yeast, fruit, spice, light toasted notes and what I felt to be light herbs. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and light alcoholic warming texture. Flavor was moderated sweet with some bitter notes. Sweet and light alcoholic warming finish.

Appears black but when held up to light has red tint. Big, long lasting, white head with lacing 6. Aroma is sweet malt, dark fruits, plum, slight doughyness 4. Thin, large bubble body 2. Med. to large sweet matlt flavor, bitter, dark fruit, tobacco, and large, overwhelming alc taste 7. I do enjoy this beer, but there are a little too many things off for me to completely love it 15. 3.4 -------Rerate a part of the blind "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. Dark brown with ruby color with small creamy off-white head. Apealing nose that is light/dark fruit, spicy, and light yeast. Res apple, nutty flavor with alc and raisins. Medium body with nice carb. Very balanced but very light in flavor. I rated this better than before.

ACBeerfest-on tap-pours a tan head and copper color. Aroma is dark fruit, medium malt-sweet. Taste is dark fruit-cherry, medium malt-sweet, faint hops, some smoky/roasty. OK carbonation.

Tap at the Muddy Pig. Aroma of rich chocolate chip cookies. Rum-dipped. Alcohol soaked plum and fig notes. Less intriguing body tastes of dirty metal and burnt wood, never evolving and fading far too quickly. Underdone and kind of rough, but not difficult to drink.

750ml bottle. Pours a brilliant dark amber with a large long lasting light tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, and dark fruit. Taste is the same but alcohol is a little hot. Medium mouthfeel with a large amount of carbonic bite and mild bitterness. Good but a little off balance.