Selins Grove Winter Solstice Dubbel

Day-old growler, filled @ Selin’s Grove. Pours a dark, hazy amber-brown color; thin, light tan head with patchy retention and solid lacing. Brown sugar and dried fruits in the aroma. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: cola, dried dark fruits, and brown sugar upfront; a white pepper / dry yeastiness is present as well, but ultimately the mouthfeel seems a bit muddled: a bit syrupy, coupled with an almost tannic brown sugar presence; not chalky, but close. Plenty of cola and brown sugar in the finish.

From the last keg of the 2006, tapped June 21. Brown and burgundy colored body. Spicy caramel and nutmeg yeast in the nose. Peppery cola-like flavor, like ginger ale as well, peppery and spicy nutmeg and cinnamon flavors... a weird beer, high alcohol apparency, almost boozy, with too much of this sugary, fizzy almond and cola flavor. I wasn’t very impressed.

On tap at the brewpub. Copper/amber, with a white head. Aroma is spices, sugar, and fruit. Flavor is spices, caramel, yeast, and fruit. I enjoyed this one a lot.

I agree with kramer17801, this was an absolute beauty of a beer. aroma was slightly sour with lots of esters and carmel malt. dark brown in color with a quarter inch of creamy, head that unfortunatly dissapaited quickly. flavor was stupendous pretty much a cross between a flemish sour and a dubbel. genious to mix the 3 year old dubbel with this years batch. From reading the website the have done that in the recipe from last years, so it really is a different beer. bloody delicious. nice palate with soft carbination. stands up to any dubbel, I think it tops Westmalle.