Vlaamsche Leeuw Donker

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Bottled. Dark anber, beige head. Sweet and almondy with some acidity and black currant as well as honey. Medium bodied, low bitterness.

Bottled. Aroma of plum and roasted malts. Dark brown color, large light brown head, good lace. Light sweet, sourish, light bitter, citric (in a dubbel???), hint of caramel, hint of roastiness, plum as well, quite complex actually. Soft and warming.

Intens warm-brown color with good creamy beige head. Nice malty aroma’s with with touches of nuts and hints of Pineau de Charents. Fine round taste with hints of sweet cakes, malts, nuts, bruned adges of a fruitcake, breadpudding and a fine touch of young Port-Wine that brings some freshness in this beer. A nice brown beer with an outstanding balance.

Bottle. Yeasty, slightly acidic aroma. Semi-dark brown colour, unstable head. Flavour is first malty and yeasty, then quite acidic. Yeasty aftertaste. The bubbles seem to be too big causing the head to disappear like on some soft drinks, and giving the mouthfeel a certain degree of roughness which I don’t care for.

Very dark brown with red highlights; brownish tinted, very whipped cream-like head. Fruity, red grapes, red winemost, dark malts, bit almondy nose. Bitterish as from roasted, dark malts, bit bready taste. Little acidity gives a rather good balance. Fruity character more obvious warming up. CO² burn, medium bodied. Aftertaste is sweeter. Middle-of-the road brown, but with a pleasant fruity appeal.

A hazy red beer with a huge orange-red head that lasts a long time. The aroma is very sweet with notes of yeast and roasted malt. The flavor is also very sweet with notes of yeast and caramel. A standard beer but OK.

This is a nice dubbel. Quite sweet and malty. A bit of fruit combined with the sweetness makes this a complex beer which is quite pleasant.

Orange brown coloured with huge head. Nice fruity aroma. Sweet and fruity flavour with notes of acidity and malt. Well balanced and pleasant.

Aroma and flavor have cane sugar, honey, pineapple and mango. Sweet, in fact too sweet to be really good. Still a nice and tasty beer.

Cloudy brown color, medium brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, rye, bit fruity of grapes and berries. Heavy malt taste, rye again, spicy. A bit between a dunkel and a dubbel i think.