Val-Dieu Brune

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Aubel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

A pretty mild brew for the alc content, sweet, but not overly so, Dark fruits, malty, nothing too extreme. solid.

Bottle. Dark brown, opaque pour. Suitably frothy head. Spicey and fruity smell. Taste is caramel sweet, with some spice. The sweetness, alcohol and very low carbonation make for a heavy but pleasing mouthfeel. Very nice brown.

Date and fig aroma with a sweet caramel flavor and a musty finish. Very mild hops with warming, integrated alcohol. A very pleasant and mild beer with no distracting overtones but also no distiguishing features. Maybe a good keystone for the dubbel style?

Bottle. Poured a nice cloudy rust color with a big rocky head. Sharp aroma with a yeasty tone. Surprisingly sweet and bready with a fruity base and a spicy finish.

Bottle. Clear dark reddish brown with a massive light grey foam. Aroma of yeast, toasted malts, banana and breadrusts. Flavour is yeasty and slightly roasty, notes of banana-peels, oranges and sweet kicorice. Warming and quite thick mouthfeel. Licorice, banana and yeast in the spicy aftertaste. Quite nice dubbel but not among the best ones.

Pours a tranlucent brown color with a two finger thick off-white - light tan head. Aroma of belgian spices, yeast, citrus, fruit. Flavor is carbonated, fruity, malty, and sweet. Good healthy body, good brew.

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm) Colour is dark brown with a firm beige head. Somewhat closed nose, mainly dominated by malt: cereal, roasted grain, dark bread and some nutty notes. A lot more taste: sweet, nutty, fruity with dark cherries ... and maybe some black currant. Hints of chocolate and some sweet marzipan notes in the finish. A good quality beer, but can’t really match the best abbey dubbels.

Dark brown with a light brown color head. Smell is very sweet malt. Sour at first with a sweet caramel finish.