 bb (2131), Martinez, California, USA
Jul 20, 2005
Bottle. Dark amber -borown with a nice beige head. Fruity aroma - plum/berry/cherry - with some sweet malt underneath. You can sniff this all night. Fruity (more berry) flavor with malt/brown sugar and a bit of coffee at the end to give a little complexity. Some alcohol showing. Lacking just a bit in flavor comploexity- it seems like there’s a simple straight forward fruit at the beginning, the some coffee at the end and they’re 2 very distinct things. It’d be nice if they went together just a bit more.
BBB63 (3810), La Porte, Indiana, USA
Feb 10, 2008 Updated: Feb 11, 2008Feb 08 Circle City gathering, brought by MI2CA (given to him by the brewer, ratebeers own KrausenJockey): Coppery brown with a minimal head but did have oily legs. The aroma has big oak and phenolic characteristics along with notes of caramel, apple, pear, star fruit, and grains of paradise. The taste is fruity and toasty that is well balanced with some acidity to counteract the sweetness. Light herbal and grassy bitterness towards the finish. I even noted a hint of bakers chocolate on the palate. The mouth feel is rich, oily and lush which matched the flavor profile very well. Dry and well attenuated on the finish. Once the beer opened up it really took off. I was shocked on how much I really enjoyed this beer... is it really that old or was it brewed again? I lot of ratings over the past 6 months.
footbalm (1217), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Feb 9, 2008 Bottle from a secret RB member. This was hand bottled and not as good as it might have been when it was fresh I am sure. Kind of off a bit and the true flavors were well hiden by its treatment.
pantanap (781), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jan 12, 2008 bottle....pours a reddish brown with a thin off white head....nose of sugar, dark fruits, and raisins....flavors of mildly carbonated dark fruit and sugars that is quite nice. this really all works well together and is one of the better dubbels that i’ve had....
bu11zeye (3777), Frisco, Texas, USA
Jan 9, 2008 (Bottle) Pours a cloudy brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of molasses, brown sugar, figs, nuts, and dates. Flavor of brown sugar, raisins, dates, some bread, and chocolate. A really complex and tasty dubbel!
Dickinsonbeer (2550), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Dec 9, 2007 Thanks to EDA for sharing at JJPMs place this summer 07. Pours deep amber with some haze. Aroma is solvent like and paint thinner- metallic hops. More stale and metallic hoppiness in the flavor some over the top fruity esters, some caramel and dried fruit condensed sweetness, and a stale finish. Guess I didnt like this one that much.
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