 jhumphries69 (656), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
Mar 17, 2008
33cl bottle. Pours deep brown with ruby (almost violet) highlights and a thick, uneven, cloudy, light tan head that is somewhat long-lasting. The aroma is complex - soft fruit, dark toast, alcohol, peppery spice, tobacco, wood, and sweet malts. The flavor follows the aroma - starting bready with some residual sweetness, some dark toast melanoidins, fruity esters, and yeast. At mid-tongue, the beer dries out with yeast, subtle flowery hops, and peppery/spicey esters gaining strength. The beer finishes dry and spicy with just a hint of dark toast and residual sweetness. The mouthfeel is vigorously carbonated - very sparkley. Swishing the beer in the mouth and releasing the carbon-dioxide reveals a medium-body with a slightly oily texture. Overall, a very good, complex, and (most importantly) drinkable abbey dubbel.
emotv (305), Izmir, Turkey
Jul 1, 2009 Dark brown colour with a middle head. Mostly caramel end nice sweet fruity backwards. Very nice balanced such an amazing anaother Belgum beer.
sebletitje (1499), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jun 30, 2009 tap at the Maredsous abbey.
pours dark brown/rubby, beige head.
aroma of dark fruits, malty.
Taste, malty, candy sugar, dark fruits with a nice caramel mouthfeel.
Not too strong, keeps a nice sugary/sweet profile all the way through with added currants, prune, some light spices with faint hints of cinnamon.
madvike (131), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 25, 2009 On tap at the Malt House - Pours a reddish-brown with a small white head. Smells sour with some citrusy and malty notes, cherries, and honey. Taste is sweet malt with some subtle spice, cherries, and sweet apples. Yum. It’s smooth and syrupy, with a little too much carb. This was a tasty and refreshing beer.
Zaprozdower (35), Boone, North Carolina, USA
Jun 21, 2009 Very intense for a dubbel, dark with strong Belgian character. Pours thick with a large head. Pretty well balanced and overall one of my favorite Belgian ales.
dornoy (671), Lyngby, Denmark
Jun 21, 2009 High head on an amber body. Strong, excellenet for a heavy meal, makes you feel welle. Better for Winter than Summer, but that’s a question of taste
foosnbrews (32), Parker, Colorado, USA
Jun 19, 2009 Beer poors a cloudy deep amber with a large white head. Carbonation is strong keeping a nice head through the duration of the beer. Aroma is nice with figs and raisin coming through. Beer flavor continues with citrus, roasted grain, and dried fruits coming through. Beer finished a lot dryer than expected but I think this what really makes the beer for me. Overall this is a great dubbel and I look forward to having more.
Slayer85 (540), Firenze, Italy
Jun 12, 2009 Bottle. A cloudy dark amber beer with a huge and persistent beige head. Nioce aroma of toasted malts with note sof caramel, nuts. dark fruits and toffee. Light alcohol too. The flavour is quite sweet with light acidity and maybe some licorice and chocolate notes. Medium body, lively carbonation, quite long finish with light to medium bitterness, lightly alcoholic. Surprisingly not with a strong body, and overall not too complex. However fully drinkable.
JohnnyJ (1061), Carlsbad, California, USA
Jun 10, 2009 On tap at stone bistro. Red/brown pour, very thin off-white head. Plum, raisin, dried fruits, caramel, hints of chocolate, cinnamin, and clove. Some of the alchohol does come through. Decent strong belgian ale.
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