3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A clear mahogany pour with a nice thick one finger sized tan head. Sticky lacing. Aroma is pleasant with yeast, malt, banana, and clove. Flavor is less appealing and is just a bit muddled. It is quite sweet with yeast, clove, sugar, alcohol, and malt. It is easy to drink and certainly not bad at all, but flavors just don’t quite achieve what the aroma hints at.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
One of the more solid brews from New Belgium. Bottle pours a bright golden-orange color with a thin, off-white, fizzy head. The aroma is pretty lively with intertwining notes of bananas, carmel apples, pears and hay. The taste is typical of a belgian double with some brown sugar on the front palate, leading into a touch of alcohol, and following up with a spicy finish. Overall a pretty easy drinking brew, with a nice dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Moderate aromas all around, roasted and caramel for the malt, flowers and herbs fro the hops, barnyard for the yeast, with sherry, banana, spices and dried fruits. Head is small, fizzy, off-white, with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Flavor starts and finishes lightly sweet and acidic. Palate is light to medium, watery and has a fizzy carbonation. A nice Abbey Dubbel with perfect balance. This beer surpasses the other beers NB brews that I’ve tried.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours clear burnt-umber, with a medium beige head, good lacing. Smells fantastic! Plum, apple, caramel, banana and citrus scents. Medium, velvety body, slightly dry. Tastes of caramel, tart apple, and more citrus.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Cody, thanks! Dark brown color. Slightly roasted aroma with dark chocolate and pear. Roasty flavor with dark chocolate, raisin and hints of cinnamon. Sweetish but pleasant abbey ale, without being world shocking.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of unclemike.Aroma of yeast and sweet malts. Amber body with good head and gusher after takeing off cap. Had a 27APR09 date on bottle. Sweet hard candy flavor along with some yeasty bread notes. Filling beer and sweetness lingers on palate.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear amber brown pour with thin tan head and some lacing. Nose of light banana and hints of alcohol. Flavor has a little nutty breadiness to it. Sweet and malty. Medium creamy body with moderate carbonation. Good example of a dubbel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is like a classic abbey double light. The look is there, but just a bit lighter in color. The aroma has some of the belgian yeast, but more malt comes through. Same with the taste. I actually enjoyed it for what it is.
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