 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 01/18/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
clear dark brown, whispy head, sweet carmel and chocolate malt aroma and flavor, a nice sweet drinking belgian dubble,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 29, 2007 Bottle. Very dark amber. Smells like sour garbage. Really sour and tart taste. Carbonated garbage. Awful aftertaste. Do not want again. I do not get all the hype and excitement about this beer at all.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 27, 2007 Dark brown pour with a good tan head in a trappist glass. Standard fruity belgian yeast smell, but more lightly than most of the style, and mixed with a dark roasty malt like smell and flavor as well. As it warms big notes of licorice come through and stay. Taste was similar to the smell and was perhaps my favorite belgian beer, and I’m not a huge fan of them. I could definitely see this growing on me, and could get this again.
jetzler (622), oklahoma city, Oklahoma, USA
Aug 10, 2007 Bottle, Dark malts, dried fruits some raisins, and figs. Pours and nice dark red color with some opaque colors. Nice taste, good malts, plenty of yeast some bananas. Nicely done, A decent dubbel. Its decently drinkable with nice malts and good yeast notes.
DrZao (96), Houston, Texas, USA
Aug 5, 2007 Updated: Aug 23, 2007Bottle. Pours clear mahogany with little head. Aroma of sweet banana and fruit. Flavor of banana with lots of fruit, warm alcohol and malty sweetness linger on the finish. A bit too malty for me, at least during the hot Texas summer. I prefer the New Belgium Tripel, but obviously, that is a stylistic difference.
extremeicon (108), Wichita, Kansas, USA
Aug 2, 2007 Domestic or no, this is still a very drinkable double. Dark reddish brown color with a very thin off-white head. Complex fruity/spicy aroma. Quite well-balanced flavor of fruits, yeast, and pleasant malty finish. Another great one from New Belgium.
StLsportsfan (35), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
Aug 2, 2007 Good attempt at a double. Very good attempt if you look at how old the brewery is. They haven’t had 100 years to slowly perfect their recipe.
Dark breads, nuts, fruit cake, clove...all the great smells that come with a double.
I’m not a huge double fan, but I love the craftsmanship...and this beer has exactly that.
Rballs01 (264), Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Jul 31, 2007 Thanx Rb for this treat. Poured brownish red, smelled of sweet fruit and Belgian yeast. A very easy drinking Belgian style Double. Great flavor and balanced to perfection.
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