3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Stone. Dark brown with a creamy white head. Swweet sugar and dark fruit aroma. Taste of molassses, raisins, and brown sugar. Sticky palate.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
good dark abbey; send me by a friend of mine, need to drink it again to judge it better but the first impression was good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours deep bronze with a soapy tan head. The aroma has bready malt, molasses, anise and big time yeast. Full bodied with a very smooth lush feel along with a good amount of soft carbonation. The flavor starts with smooth caramel, sourdough, toffee, earthy yeast and then the finish brings in some sharpness and astringency. A decent dubbel, but not up to the great examples.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Brown ruby red color that is hazy and yeast sediment floating. Aroma is yeasty. Bready flavor with smooth hopiness. Can barely taste the high alcohol content.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Keg on tap at Au Vieul, Aubel, Belgium. Clouded brown with white head. Tart and sharp Abbey Dubbel with a late fruity sweetness, some berry fruit, we thought bilberries at the time for some reason. Another pretty unrefined beer, but decent enough in a pretty remarkable old pub, a must see.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown colour, big frothy beige head. Aroma is raisins and raspberries. Taste is of raspberries and raisins as well, which makes it pleasantly sour. Lacks complexity to really stand out.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, 33 cl. (taste this first @ beerfestival Zwevegem last year) Now @ home again (bottle from Willems). Dark brown color, beige head. Aroma yeast, roasted malts. Medium to full body. Taste roasted caramel, yeast, malts, sweet and alcoholic finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
I picked this up on a whim from Gary’s Liquor in the OC (Oak Creek, WI). I didn’t know exactly what to expect, although I was anticipating an abbey dubbel that would be spiced with coriander and clove. Instead, I got a beer that redder in color than I anticipated (it is called a brown on the label), more earthy and cherry-ish in flavor than I thought, and to be honest I really enjoyed this beer a good bit more than I thought I would.
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