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Midnight Sun La Mâitresse du Moine

Midnight Sun La Mâitresse du Moine - Abbey Dubbel

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99
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Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Anchorage, Alaska USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3513.99/5.03.97/5.0Winter11.5%100Trappist glass
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Dark and strong as the style implies, La Maitresse du Moine dances across the palate with complexity and mystery--just as the Northern Lights move across the night sky, delighting the senses and enlightening the mind. In the tradition of monks who have devoutly brewed beers of character and strength for centuries, La Maitresse du Moine Dark Strong Ale reflects the passion and dedication required to create a beer this heavenly. This Mistress of the Monk is seductive, pensive and intriguing. We say it in French: La Maitresse du Moine. Seduction is but a sip away.
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 holdenn (1431), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Rating #750 Rated blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. Thanks to andrew for bringing this one. Pours a dark brown with a tan smooth head. Layered aromas of chocolate, fruit, toffee, and plum. Rich flavors of chocolate, toffee, fruity, roasted, alcohol, licorice are all balanced and blend really well. This is definitely one of the two best of the night.


 xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Oct 27, 2007    Updated: Oct 28, 2007
Rated blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. Dark brown with tan head. Aroma of alc, plum, brown sugar. Plum, dough flavor with dark fruit, very alcy, strong chocolate-roasty notes. Thin, some burn. Pretty nice all around and very attractive.


 moejuck (1165), Ohio, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Oct 23, 2007  
This is a double? No freakin’ way. Shared by Sliffy at C-bus 9. Aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar, some soy sauce and bananas. Brown body with a medium head. The palate is nice and full and creamy--really superb. Taste is mostly strong malts, belgian spices and yeast, raisins, and brown sugar. Really wonderful mix of flavors. Great beer.


 LeopoldStoch (201), Green, Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 14, 2007    Updated: Nov 13, 2007
Shared by Sliffy...Thanks Dan! Easily the best dubbel I have ever had. Poured a dark brown with a off white head. Lots of sugars, fruits, and breadiness or yeast in the aroma. Lots of the same in the flavors but some caramel and molasses syrups start to show up in the taste as well. There is also a nice contribution in the flavors by the abundance of belgian yeast and breadiness/nutiness. Really top notch dubbel, and a style I am not very fond of...but if I can find more of this same caliber I think I will really start to enjoy this style much more.


 BeerVirgin72 (778), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 14, 2007  
Bottle shared at Cbus tasting number nine by Sliffy. Pured a very dark brown/amber color. Smelled like figs and molasses. Taste was sweet molases, figs, raisins, and a nice thick bread taste. This was delightful and one of my favorites of the evening.


 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 13, 2007  
C-Bus 9 thanks to ClarkVV: Bottle: Pours a deep mahogany, with a tan head. Aroma, dark fruits, molasses, caramel. Flavor, fruity, brown sugar, caramel, molasses, and some belgain yeasty flavors. Very nice.


 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 8, 2007    Updated: Jun 29, 2008
rated blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. ’04 vintage, 22oz bottle. pours dark ruby with creamy biege head. nose is very raisiny, caramel. flavor of raisins, caramel, chocolate, wow really rich and integrated very well. an awesome brew.4.0

6/29/08, 22oz bottle. not sure the vintage. thanks tytoanderso for the bottle in our trade several months ago. pours very dark almost black with foamy tan head. aroma is doughy, yeasty, highly spiced, nutmeg, anise, cloves, and some dates. flavor is highly spiced, cloves, nutmeg, balanced well with big malty caramel, chocolate, and dark fruit. very authentic belgian dark.4.0


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Feb 12, 2008
Name: La Maitresse du Moine
Date: 06/26/2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC

dark with ruby highlights, half a glass of big foamy tan head, rich malt aroma with an wide array of esters, lots of complex malt flavors and esters, hints of sweet and sour, bits of chocolate and banana, alcohol is well hidden, only a touch of bitterness
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Name: La Maitresse du Moine
Date: 02/07/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: aa

starting to thin and dry out a bit, still rich chocolate and banana,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4



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