3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewpub. Clear orange amber with a small white head. Sweet yeasty nose, fruity and lightly spiced. Yeasty flavor, fruity citrus and brown sugar. A nice drinker.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Ver good indeed. Aroma as you would expect. Flavor has the Belgian slant of spiciness and sweetness. Nice loking and tasty.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This wasn’t quite the Abbey Dubbel that you would expect. This was far hoppier than any Belgian beer that you would probably encounter. This beer was more of a sweet APA than a Belgian Abbey-style beer. The aroma was full of flowery hops with quite a bit of sweet malts. The color, though, was very consistent with the style, pouring a light amber color with an off-white head. The flavor was more consistent with a pale ale, rather than a Belgian-style ale. The profile was rather dry and hoppy, with some caramel malt and toasted bread flavor. The finish was very dry, herbal, flowery and hoppy. This beer would have scored higher had it been an actual pale ale, but since it was supposed to be an Abbey-style ale, it really didn’t come close.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
IHWC, BCTWC event 10 oz goblet. Pours a very light coppery gold with a thin lasting almost white sticky head. Aroma is fresh bread and doughy pils and vienna toasted malts, with a nice subdued spiciness form the belgian yeast- skewed to phenolic side- hints of clove, and restrained fruity esters- light apple. More restrained yeast character with a touch of spicy and floral hops, ok phenolic kick, and lots of great lightly toasted and fresh bread malts with a touch of cookie dough as it warms. Finish is very crisp with a lingering hop bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewery. Light saison or mild Belgian ale aroma. A bit of orange peel, coriander, and teaberry. Yeasty dusty grain sweetness and light carbonic gaseousness. Orange-amber clear with thin off-white head. Medium watery body with medium-heavy carbonation. Starts sweet with pilsner malt, light wheat taste, and sweet caramel. Clean taste with light orange blossom and teaberry. Finish is dry yeasty with decent bitter character. Nice little abbey ale. Done well and goes down clean.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample from Brewpub. Light gold pour with a clovelike nose. The flavor was mild and subdued with light sweet fruit flavor with some mild spiciness, notably cloves. Somewhat bland and uninspiring, actually.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Victory. Not very impressed. Aromas of yeast, appeared to be a darker golden color. Taste was more yeasty and light than sweet/carmel/fruit like an abbey dubbel should be.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Victory. Poured a deeper and clear golden / orange color with a smaller sized head. Aromas of yeast, fruity, and light spices. Tastes of fruitiness, lighter spices, and some grains. Nice and drikable.
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