t Smisje Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Pours hazy amber with a two-finger off-white head. Very sweet aroma, with candied dates at the forefront. Honey and caramel are there, too, alongside a thick bready yeastiness. Very fruity flavor, mostly dates again, with a Belgian yeastiness that comes just before the swallow. Well done.

Pours a hazed brown amber, the color of strong Lipton iced tea, and topped by a quarter inch of sudsy foam. This reduces by more than half, but leaves good lacing. Stirring and dumping the yeast makes the beer cloudier. A raisin bread and dough yeast aroma is very pleasant. Mmmm... sweet and tart fruit and toffee malt combine for an exceptional flavor. Setting the glass down, I tasted sugared dates and dried fig. Yeast and strong black tea are in the finish. Tangy fruit, mild hops, and carbonated bubbles hang in the aftertaste. Medium in both body and fizz. Very drinkable, very enjoyable.

Very cloudy copper body with a large creamy head. Aroma is nutty, herbal spices and a lager-ish wet-carpet smell. Body feels full of flavourless malt, creamy without the roastiness or caramel flavours. Some unpleasant leather on the attack then some berries and liquorice in an “All-Bran” cereals body. Short finish with very little hops presence. Rather smooth for a 9%. Nothing special. They need to work on this recipe some more, and with a dubbel at 9% and a trippel at 9% they need to work on their math too.

Bottle at Cambrinus, Bruges, Belgium
Rocky, off-white head. Deep amber body. Ok lace. complex aroma of raisins, malts, liquopr, dark fruit, ... Lightly sweet, lightly bitter flavour. The flavour is not as complex as the aroma though, which is a bit disappointing.

Aroma:light caramel,nutty,yeats aroma... Appearance:dark brown,good head... Flavor:light nutty,light caramel,light oxydation flavor...

Bottle. High creamy white and lasting head. Hazy and thick looking orange body. Barley malt aroma with notes of oranges, hay, hops and alcohol. Sweet and spicy flavor with a short dry aftertaste.

From a stubby 11.2 oz. bottle with short description on the front label, no freshness date. Poured a hazy amber with foamy, rocky head, good retention, settled into a sudsy lacing, fair amount of foam sticking. Aromas of musty yeasty, a light date fruitiness, spices, and caramelized malts. Good carbonation and a crisp, carbonated smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Nice date fruitiness with a light honey, musty, bready yeast, spices, the hops are pretty soft, caramelized sugary malts, the alcohol is very light with only a subtle warmth, and a dry yeasty, malty finish. A very nice dubbel, easy drinkability, quaffable with the alcohol sneaking up on you.

Pours a two finger light tan head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Cloudy amber color, ton of yeast in bottom of bottle. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Malty nose. Starts sweet and raisiny, smooth, high ABV is not noticeable some hops in finish. $3.99 for a 330ml bottle from John’s Grocery Iowa City, Ia.