t Smisje Dubbel

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

lots of sludgy goodness on the bottom of the bottle and I’m damned if i’m not gonna get it all in my glass. that leads to a murky, hazy, muddy brown, sparse head, and a varied aroma of figs, oak, brown sugar and nutmeg. Dark malt dominates, more spice and sugar. It’s a little chewy and with all of the heavy character I’d like a bit more weight to the body.

Bottle, 2008 Pre-GBBF Chris_o Shindig. Honey colored pour, translucent white head. Aroma is firmly in the compost heap: veg in decay, but an interesting sort of decay. Some soft melons, a bit of caramel sans sweet. Messy but interesting.

Bottle at chris_o’s i’ll go out back and glass myself tasting. Alround rating: This must be the same beer as all thier other beers just like a little more brown malt, its like the house yeast just dominates everything.

Bottle sampled at Toronado San Diego with Katie. We wanted to try something random, so we plucked this one off the bottle list. Clear mahogany color with low carbonation and some beige lace. Aroma of sweet smoke, dates, and toffee. Flavor is very sweet with a bit of raisin bread and sweet dark malts. Honey flavors kick in at the end. A bit too sweet for my tastes, but a good one to try.

Bit of fruit, honey. Not like any other Dubbel I can think of. All the aroma is there, but this odd malty taste lingers. Can’t pin it down.Maybe a bit tart.

Bottle. Hazy amber coloured with a foamy off white head. Aromas of dark fruit, caramel, sweet malt, hops and yeast. Flavour of hops, raisins, caramel and malt.

Bottle. Spicy, slightly hot nose, big yeast with a dollop of honey and really thick, rich malt. Hazy dark amber pour with a luscious, lacing creamy head. Taste is (surprisingly, really) extremely dry and actually pretty bitter, honey on the side with rooty spice and some real earthy malt up front. Hint of ginger and orange peel, touch of toffee. Prickling throughout. Smisje house yeast, no sign of candi. Medium body, very dry, herbal aftertaste. A bit hard to finish, but gosh, they can turn out some good ones if you keep them away from the mustard seeds. Probably won’t have again, though.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, cloudy, good head, nice brew