Midnight Sun La Mâitresse du Moine

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Anchorage, Alaska USA

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

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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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

Thanks to Ben Johnson for opening up this bottle to share while I was at the Midnight Sun tasting room. Pours a deep brown with amber highlights and a medium tan creamy lacing head. Aroma of dark fruits, cherry, malty sweetness. Flavor of roasted malts, Belgian spices, yeast and dark fruits.

This is a great dubbel. Tried it at Condordia Ale House in Portland. Pours dark brown/amber, hazy, lots of head. Aroma is dark fruit up front, followed by malt. Flavor is complex, spices, dates, carmel, plum, good amount of yeast. Mouthfeel was chewy but light, and carbonated. Will have it again.

Pours black with a brown head. Aroma is malty, raisins, bananas, yeasty, and clove. Flavor is malty, raisins, banana, and clove.

2003 bottled shared by Styles. Muddy brown body with tan cover, some lace. The aroma is delicious, toffee, ripe plums, raisins and light roast. The flavor is brown sugar, vinous, prunes, sherry, rum with just a touch of chocolate. Medium body is very soft with just a touch of warmth in the finish (it’s only real flaw). Amazing. Thanks for sharing Chris.

Bottled. Thanks Per. Very dark brown colour. Aroma from darks fruits, plums and bit roasty. Tad chocolate. Chewy mouthfeel and very flavourful with notes of chocolate, toast and berries. Light mouthfeel considering the abv.

Huge head that never seems to want to go down. Interesting flavors. A bit too malty and sweet for my palette, but that may be what Dubbels are all about. A great beer, but I think that one can quite easily tell that its Belgian style rather than Belgian.