3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz. bottle, pours a slightly hazy ruby red with minimal head. Aroma of dark fruits, caramel, candied sugar and Belgian yeast. Flavour of dark dried fruits, caramel, a little candied sugar, slight spiciness and lots of yeast - palate is quite dry, with medium complexity and a dry vinous finish. Solid though nothing spectacular.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep mahogany pour with a thin, biscuit dough colored head. Obviously filtered. Belgian yeast on the nose.....cloves, bubblegum and banana bread. Sweet and malty flavor, baking spices (predominantly cloves), bananas, brown sugar, and baseball card bubblegum. A medium body offering....I like my Dubbels a little thicker and bottle conditioned. Finishes sweet with a bitter metallic quality. Fair.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Location: 12 oz bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 8/3/11
Aroma: The nose is has sweet and malty, with some fruit, caramel, spice, and yeast
Appearance: It pours a fairly dark brownish-orange with a creamy beige head and lots of lace
Flavor: It tastes mid sweet with similar components to the nose, minimal bitterness
Palate: The body is rather creamy with fairly soft carbonation, and with a medium-full mouthfeel
Overall Impression:
Overall, this is a pretty good offering. It has a good amount of sweetness to it and a lot of flavor, but it isn’t overly sweet. The sweetness works well for me in this one, I’d drink it again, it is a nice example of the style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by John. Pours a clear ruby amber with a medium sized white to beige head. Banana bread, toast, and malt on the nose. Sweet malt, chewy toast and malt. Warm banana bread on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Great toasted caramel malt and dried red fruit aromas. Nice brown clear color. Very nice beer, good representation of the style. Not terribly complex, but perfectly nice double. Can’t say anything others haven’t said.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a dark amber brown color with medium bubbly light tan head. Aroma is nutmeg, clove, yeast, and raisins. Flavor brown sugar, raisinbread and a bit of dry bitter burn. Overall, very nice beer, makes a good night cap.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours copper clear with scant head; aroma malty and sweet; taste is likewise; not my favorite style but a decent representation; NB has quite a portfolio
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a dark copper color. Full head. Ful aroma of coriander, pepper, banana, belgium yeast. Med-lite sweetness. Med bodied, ave carbonation. Spicy belgium beer. Still pretty easy to drink. Not bad.
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