Scheldebrouwerij Dulle Griet

Brewed by Scheldebrouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Meer (Hoogstraten), Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottle from 2 be. Pours dark amber/brown with a 3 finger foamy yellow/beige head. Aroma of darker fruits - prunes/raisins/dates - but not super strong. Near med body. Flavor is moderate darker fruits with slight hints of chocolate and cola. Finishes with a little malt, but seems dusty dry. Very different and nice beer.

Brownish and sweet. Quite a powerful presence to the point of nearly being overpowering. Apart from the sweetness theres not a lot else. Still a reasonable drink.

Nice dark golden color, small head. Soft carbonation. Light yeast and vanilla nose. Grape and orage taste with lots of koriander and lavender too. Nice!

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 1   Ruby : 3   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 3   Lacing : 4
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Esters : 2   Banana : 1   Phenols : XX   Leather : XX   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : XX   Toast : 2   Caramel : XX   Toffee : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : XX   Candy : XX   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : XX   Fruits : 3   Chocolate : XX   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : 3   Blackberries : XX   Dates : XX   Cherries : 3   Plums : 2   Figs : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Floral : 2   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Spicy : 3   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Cloves : 2   Smoke : XX   Pepper : 1   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : 1   Candi Sugar : 2   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : 2   Bitterness : 2   Complex : 3   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : 2   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 2   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: One of Schelde’s most interesting offering: a big, round, chewy, spicy and very vinous beer with several small fruit notions (grapes, pomegranate, cherry) and balanced by a most competent dry-out effect from dynamic leafy and floral hops. Well contained alcohol.

(33cl bottle) Pours a cloudy amber body with a medium beige head. Aroma of raisins, grape juice, chocolate, baked apple, plum, and dried apricots. Flavor of vinous, caramel, raisins, and cherry.

Courtesy of Fonefan. Red mahogany with a nice, creamy head. The aroma has hints of cheese, and notes of apricot and prunes and roasted malt. The flavour has sweetness, notes of syrup, candy sugar, dark fruits, light licorice and roasted malt. It’s very charming, and I like it a lot.

Bottle that I picked up at Bierkoning (I think), Amsterdam, Netherlands, consumed 04-11-09 Pours hazy brown. There is a deep fruitiness, dark demerara sugars, spicy yeasty, in fact a most pleasant beer. I understand that it translates as ’Mad Meg’ and the picture on the label is seemingly a combination of the anti-hero of the Pieter Brueghal painting and the large cannon named after her that resides in the market square in Gent, Belgium. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov15 3.6

(Bottle, Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm) Dark reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with caramel, dark fruit, raisins, wort and spices. Malty taste with notes of caramel, dark fruit, raisins, prunes, cola, brown sugar and a spicy bitterness in the finish. Slightly more than medium body, starts quite sweet but dries out towards the end. Tasty and well balanced. Nice one.

33 cl bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. BB 06/2009.

App.: Hazy reddish-brown with a smallish tan head. Aroma: Strong brown sugar and molasses, some dark dried fruits, caramel, some yeast and bread, some light, cola/rootbeer herbals, a bit of wood; pretty nice aroma. Palate: Medium body, fairly full but soft effervescence. Flav.: Lots of the brown sugar and toffee, fair amounts of the dried fruits, a bit of wood, a touch of acid brightness; on swallowing, it is a bit sweet, with a touch of bitterness and some warming alcohol.

Nourishing and drinkable.

Tasted home 18 march ’08. Bottle, 33 cl. (Bought @ Geers) Hazy, red-brown color, with a nice off-white head. Aroma sweet malts, dark fruits. Medium body. Taste sweet, also dark fruits, (raisins and berries), bit caramel bitterness on the back.