Westmalle Dubbel

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Malle, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

1 year old 33cl bottle
The appearance is darkbrown with a red shine and a creamy beige to yellowish head. Very appetizing appearance!
The nose has lots of malts and fruity esters, especially ripe banana and a slight touch of anise. The taste is giganticly smooth and starts with gentle roasted malts and ripe banana and proceeds to a robust coffee flavor. It ends in a slightly bitter fruit finish with some coffee touches.
A magnificent smooth drinking beer with great balanced flavors! Can’t wait to taste the draught version!

UPDATED: OCT 31, 2010 tasted at the mondiale de la bière in Montréal. pours a deep brown with a long lasting brown head. aroma is sweet, dark fruits mainly plum, alcohol, and a bit vinous. taste is complex. sweet, malty, lots of caramel, and finishes with a bread type flavour. an unbelievable beer.

Bottle. A - Dark, slightly cloudy, ruby color with a good sized foamy toasted marshmallow colored head. Average retention and a thin layer of patchy lacing left. S - A lot of dried dark cherry and raisin along with some other dark fruit. Some juicy apple and a bit of citrus. Good amount of caramel and dark malt aroma. Pretty sweet with a slight fruity tartness, particularly from the dark cherry. T - Starts with some dark and a bit of a bready taste of malt. Hints of caramel and very slight chocolate flavor. Some dark fruit comes out on top of this with plum and raisin being strongest. Some raisin and citrus accompanies these and some spice, cinnamon and nutmeg being the strongest. A slightly sweet and tart and juicy finish. M - Medium body with just a bit more than average carbonation. Pretty smooth and creamy. D - Very drinkable, with a variety of flavors that are well balanced. Juicy and pretty refreshing, and I would gladly have another. Notes: Best before 23/09/11. A very solid beer and good example of the style. Quite a bit of dark fruit, with a nice dark malt base. Very drinkable and an enjoyable flavor, but it just didn’t really blow me away or really distinguish itself as a world class beer. It is certainly worth getting and a very good beer though, and I would happily drink it again.

Bottle 33cl. Brown ale with nice head that remains properly. Smell is on spices and smoked malt. Aroma is deep and sweet, nice creamy chocolate flavor, dry finish with a very good bitterness that remains long time. Notes of candy sugar. Very nice beer and not too alcoholic, typical belgian yeast aroma, this beer is like a dessert. Lovely

bottlle@home Had this beer several times before with the same results. Pours dark with a long lasting beige head. alcohol is wel masked. complex aroma . Good beer.

330 mL bottle, expiry 3-02-11, from Total Wine in Tucson, served in a branded Trappist glass. Pours murky mahogany with 1 cm of rocky tan head. Head quickly reduces to a thin cover and leaves very little lace. On the nose, aromas are primarily caramel, brown sugar and roasted malts, with figs and a hint of doughy yeast. On the tongue, flavour is moderately sweet up front, becoming even sweeter as it proceeds. Finish is long, lingering sweet malt. On the palate, medium-full in body with a smooth, creamy texture and lively carbonation. Overall, this is an excellent dubbel. Malts impart a delightfully complex sweetness. Among the very best dubbels out there. 2010-05-28

Bottle from Sam’s. Pours very dark amber brown with inch-thick fluffy off-white head. Nose of dark fruits (prunes and figs), some burnt sugar (caramel) and other sweet malt notes. Taste is subtle at first, almost seeming thin... but it’s more that this beer takes its time with you, getting better as it warms. None of the metallic notes that sometimes come through in dubbels. Lovely light and lively palate.

Ooooh, just love this beer. Deep dark brown color with looong lasting large tanned head leaving great lacing on the glass. Complex aroma with raisins, fruits, spices and malts in aroma. Flavor is spicy, crisp, a bit sweet and malty, mmm. Full bodied and round on palate. Finishes a bit seet and hoppy. Enjoyable indeed.