3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 8, 2008 Pours a dark brown/red with little head. Bubble-gum and dried fruit aroma that tends to be a bit chemical-ish. Flavor is sweet, banana/strawberry with some raisin. Mouth is fizzy at colder temperatures, but more creamy as it warms. Overall, not bad, but not my favoite Dubbel .
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark chestnut color; big creamy head. Delicate aroma of caramel and roasted malt, perfumy, elegant. Medium body strength; the flavor is too much monodimensional for my liking: caramel only. Professionally brewed, with a good choice of yeast.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled on draught at the Papago Brewing Company tavern in Phoenix, AZ. Pours a dark brown amber brew with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of light wheat malt, banana esters, bubble gum, a touch of licorice, and some dried raisin. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated with a flavors of multi-grain malt, some raisins, prunes, a touch of banana and some yeast. Finish is smooth, creamy with a slight bubble gum and banana aftertaste. Very interesting.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: FEB 18, 2009 On tap at the brewery. Poured a deep brown color with a light beige head. Aroma of some fruits, mostly banana, and bubble gum. Malty entry with some caramel leads into a yeasty middle with hints of fruity esters such as banana and a soft bubble gum finish. Unfortunately, this is a below-average beer now, but it used to be much better, and devoid of the over-whelming bubble gum notes.
2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 4/20
This was my first foray into Belgian-style ales. At first I tasted a coffee background and it wasn’t too bad. Then as I drank on the maltiness and "cheeky" ale flavor started to annoy me. Before long I said, "No thanks" and returned to my lagers. You Ale People can have your ales. I’m going to continue to sample them, but I am a pale lager person except for German Hefeweizens. The NBS crowd that likes to over-analyze and over-describe beer with countless inane comparisons to fruit can have it.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear amber body, medium sized beige head; Very pleasant fresh nose, soft licorice spicy, very nice but a little to small; Very pleasant fresh bitter sweet balanced body, big soft carbonation, very good, very drinkable, but to small; To short finish all the right feels and all the right aromas, just not enough of it. Very nice, very drinkable and actually very good, but for a BE abbey dubble it is way to small.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 9, 2008 deep ruby minimum head. sweet caramel and dried raisin fig and currants. deep flavor and medium body, bubblegum, clean finish. hazy yeast hovers throughout rises through the finish. loads of dried dark fruits and banana. incredible to be found in a sixer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: SEP 8, 2008 on tap @ papago. clear? dark amber with a rich off white head. aroma is candi...bubblegum, yeast and some sweet dark malts. medium bodied and on the creamy side from the carbonation. flavor is caramel burnt raisins, malt, wood, clove, cinnamon, yeast and alcohol (which gets pungent as it warms). spicy dry finish with lingering notes of bananas...
7/3/7/3/15/3.5
second time around on tap... very distinct nail polish aroma is quite offensive. dry throughout with an almost ’dead’ flavor profile and a very tart finish. soft creamy carbonation leaves a pleasant mouth feel. 5/3/6/3/12/2.9
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