 Ughsmash (2835), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Dec 3, 2006
On tap at Rock Bottom Milwaukee. Deep ruby-garnet pour with a splotchy caramel head. Nose was of chocolate and dark berries with quite a lot of alcohol present.. quite fragrant. Soapy hops and alcohol gave a less-than-pleasant first impression from the flavor, but dark chocolate and berry sweetness as well as a woody/herbal presence dug it out fairly well. Lighter-than-expected and boozier than it should have been. Meh.
SuperDave70 (652), Arizona, USA
Feb 17, 2008 Sampled at the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild 2008 Strong Beer Fest, on February 17, at the Mesa Amphitheatre.
Homebrewerguy (232), Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 4, 2007 Growler from the brewpub: Very unremarkable beer except for the trappist ale flavor. This could be just about any brown ale with another type of yeast. No real distinctive fig or prune flavors. Not impressed.
BeerBelcher (698), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Jan 26, 2007 I thought this beer was pretty tastey, but it did not seem true-to-style to me. Its flavor was chocolatey and coffee-ish and it was missing the wine-iness and full mouthfeel of a dubbel. Not a bad beer, but it struck me much more like a porter or a scotch ale than a dubbel.
Appearance was good...a medium amount of white head on a maybe 8 oz serving in a tulip glass.
Aroma was of a chocolate and caramel, with no hint of spiciness or sourness.
Flavor was good - rather chocolatey with a good caramel malt character, but not very consistent with its stated style.
Mouthfeel was a bit thin for dubbel, in my opinion.
A very drinkable beer, but not what I was expecting.
StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Dec 4, 2006 Translucent chocolate-amber-rose in color with a thin sliver of a skin patch to form the grayish sheaf and similarly colored wrung. Chocolate hazelnuts eventually work through the nose, followed by almond butter, nutmeg and cocoa nibs. Sweetness comes through with chocolate-accented coffee-hazelnut sweetener. Sugary dates get rolled into brown sugar with cinnamon, nutmeg and cocoa nibs to spice. Definitely sweet, but it recesses dryly to form a dry chocolate powdered piece. Hazelnut sweetness moves perfectly into the Nutella look-alike contest. Medium bodied but the rushed sweetness hinders it, wrapping up with a dry, chalky Nutella nougat flavor.
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