’t IJ Natte

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

0,33 l bottle, bought in Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam
The beer has a nice appearance with a hazy dark brown body and a nice creamy tan head. It has an unpleasant sourish-earthy acedic aroma with some toffe and toasted caramel. The flavor is similar too with its own earthy character...All the brews of t’ij has this earthy and a little bit infected character....I do not know again....It has the nice toffee and belgian yeast characters...But over there is some troublesome character in the flavor...

Bottle dated Sept 2002. Cloudy reddish brown, moderate head with good lacing and retention. Aroma is raisin, dark sugars, hint of chocolate, some spiced funk. Flavor brings this, medium to light body and slightly oxidized. Fairly tart, don’t know if that’s because of the age or not. Overall it just wasn’t that enjoyable.

33cl bottle, best before 08/2005. Just drank it. Pours a beautiful brown/ruby red color and some lacing. Aroma is best part, roasty with plenty of belgian candi sweetness and a bit of sourness. Beer may be a bit past its time, definite sour aspect but totally acceptable. Taste is a bit thin though - not usual dubbel - lactosy roast with some sweetness.

Bottle sampled with Beerded_one. Pours brown with a decent size beige head. Aroma of fruit, citrus, bread, and spices. The flavor is sweet, fruit, spices, citrus, and yeast. Good body, good brew.

amber coloured body with a off white head a spicy caramel malty aroma a spicy caramel herby malty little fruity taste with a bitter finish

Dark tan on color, very heady, massive carbonation keeps fizzing. Smells sour. Nutty flavor is strong, fizzy and alcoholic, sour at the end of every sip. Some funky yeast notes, but so much carbonation that it literally fizzles down my tongue. Very dry finish is quite alcoholic as it warms.

Pours a bubbly amber color with a thick, creamy light tan head. Smells of some sweet malts, mild candy sugar and some yeast. The taste is slightly sweet, some nice spice comes out in the flavor too. Definitely malty, but not syrupy at all. Pretty crisp and clean. A little candy sugar and dark fruits are detectable as well. Not incredibly interesting, but very drinkable.

Medium-dark cloudy brown with good, lasting, creamy light tan foam. Not much aroma. Some sourness and fruit suggesting grapefruit, some malt sweetness. I’m not getting any Brett. A mild soft hop finish. Vielen dank to Pivo.