t Smisje Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Clear amber coloured beer with small white head and lots of carbonation. Malty spicy aroma. Full sparkling palate. Finish is bitter, roasted ending dry with thouches of hop. Good one.

Poured into a tulip. Hazy dull amber to brown with a light tan head that is fluffy and scattered. Aroma starts out sweet with a floral and raisin combo giving the impression the it will feel chewy in the mouth. (taste) Yeah, slightly chewy. It is pungently sour with raisin/chewy fruit flavor. The sour is nice and is growing on me. Crisp on the tongue and while not ’easy’ to drink, it is nice to drink.

Brown colored beer with average carbonation and a small white hea. Sweet malty light alcoholic to madeira touched aroma. Medium to full palate. Finish is malty sweet touched. Longer herby bitter dy alcoholic hinted. Medium one.

Serving: 330 ml. bottle from Sperryville Corner Store. It pours a slightly hazy deep amber color with a huge and highly effervescent off white heat. The head eventually calms down a bit and settles into about a half an inch of merangue foam. The nose is spicy with a hint of clove, Belgian yeast, dust, and some light fruit notes. The taste is surprising on many fronts. A mix of in your face fruitiness and a staunch bitterness paired with a slightly viscous mouthfeel. It is highly effervescent so it immediately foams up in you mouth making it difficult to judge or event drink. I get some apple, date, honey, candy sugar, earth, dust, and that odd bitterness. This one could use some refinement on multiple fronts. It is hard to describe in terms of mouthfeel. Without the carbonation I would say it is on the viscous side, but it is so overcarbonated it just fills your mouth with foam. The finish is lingering and bitter. An odd brew for sure. I can’t say this is one I would want to revisit or one I would recommend.

Very good sweet aroma, with at nice foam. a sweet taste nearly like rasins. Good mouthfeel.

Bottle. Pours hazy light brown with a small head. Aroma is crème brulee, peat, malt. Palate is smooth, slightly oily, lightly carbonated. Flavor is sweet but balanced, curious honey-DMS-sweet cream profile. Lingering aftertaste, I like how unusual this beer is. Interesting creation overall.

11.2 ounce bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar ($4.79). Pours a lovely red-brown with a finger and a half of beige head. Aroma of yeast and sweet dried/candied fruit, honey, and spice. Taste is surprisingly earthy (dust, dirt) with a somewhat unpleasant (acidic?) bite. Some decent dark fruit and spice notes are present as well but not enough to turn around the initial harshness. The nose was promising, but the taste was on the disappointing side.

Bottle. The aroma is malty, light alcoholic, medium sweet. The head is large, white and creamy but only short lasting. The body is red. The taste is very malty, bread and chocolate, also light alcoholic. The body is very creamy and silky, medium strong with a soft carbonation.