t Smisje Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Bottle, 33 cl. Cloudy orange/amber with a off-white head. Aroma a bit sour, fruity, sweet. Medium body. Taste sweet, malty, fruits.

Name: t Smisje Dubbel Dadel
Date: 07/27/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear brown, whispy grey head that rouses nicely but quickly disapates, nice lace, sweet chocolate and dark fruit aroma, thick body, nice malt flavor with nice ripe fruit character, light hop character shows up for a moment,
-------- /> Name: t Smisje Dubbel Dadel
Date: 04/21/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Words: 1-05

hazy orange, wispy head, sweet fruity chocolate aroma, light chocolate flavor with a decent fruity character, lighter than before

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Pours a muddy brown color with a medium beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate with spices and yeast. Flavor of coacoa, spices and yeast. The body is light and the carbonation is soft. Interesting.

0.33 l bottle. Orange to brown color with creamy head. Sweet aroma with toffee, licorice, candy as well as some meaty and parfumy notes. Sweet, malty and biscuity flavor with licorice, chocolade and anis. Typical brown abbey ale.

Nice hazy deep orange look with nice aromanotes of malt, plums, yeast and some sourness. Flavor is similar added with some alcohol and caramel finishing up in a sourhoppy ending.

UPDATED: AUG 27, 2007 Bottle, with a different label than the one pictured, and which earns it a "5" in appearance on the basis of having a label depicting these two guys at the bar who look like Goofy twins wearing monocles. That and the isolated "t" in the name, that’s pretty strong too. A very unusual dubbel, with a reddish tint. Sweet and too-weak malts. Unusual melody of licoriche, sugar, honey, and spices that doesn’t go together well. Faint apples in the finish with a sour twinge. Flat feel. Meh.

Well, this was a highly disappointing dubbel. Pours dark copper / brown with a rocky beige head. The aroma has sweet caramel, crackers, raisins, apparent yeast, tropical fruits and locker room funk. Medium / thin body with abrasive sharp carbonation. The flavor starts bready and metallic with 7-Up effervescence, dry caramel and some woodiness. The finish has what seems like a hop kick and it is also quite astringent. A mediocre dubbel at best.

Bottle. Pours a hazy brown color with an off-white head. Sweet spicy malty aroma with some hints of dark fruits. Sweet malty bitter licorice flavor with some hints of dark fruit. Dry malty dark fruit finish.