4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Great brown beer with creamy mousse on top of it. Nose is malty with hints caramel and some chocolat. taste is soft, elegant and malty with hints of fruits and caramel. Aftertaste is nice ant tasteful.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A: Poured with a huge, rocky, creamy white head that stayed around for quite a long time before dissipating down to 1-2 fingers. Good lacing on the glass. Body is cloudy, and a dark brown/ruby color.
S: Nice aroma of average malt, with some molasses present. There’s a light trace of alcohol as well.
T: This is a very full-tasting beer... I can detect some chocolate, as well as some fruitiness that seems to include both cherries and grapes. The alcohol that I could smell is barely detectable in the flavor, other than maybe a very low warmth at the finish.
M: Medium-bodied and very creamy, with lively carbonation.
D: A damned-nice dubbel... wish I had access to it here.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Solid double. Brown with a small dense beige head. Very estery green appleish aroma with brown murky malt character. Body is refreshingly carbonated which lightens up a otherwise very dark, fat malty flavour with additional yeast esters creating a third flavour dimension.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
750 ml bottle, bottled in june 2009. Very complex and hard to fully describe taste... It is not sweet at first for sure, it is woody, leafy, fruity, slightly tongue-tingling and bitter, there is some distant tartness, yeast and some undistinct discreet spicyness. And a long finish. Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous, better than I thought it would be! Legendary!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very good Dubbel, I echo the comments below, not the best dubbel out there but a very good one. Like most strong ales I prefer mine a bit warm, it brings out more of the phenols and some of the dark-cherry and prunish flavors. Can pour a bit hazy with a hint of raisin. Serving temp can make all the difference in the world.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Great belgium beer. not the best. All the parts are in fine working order here. Ommegang Abby Ale would be a good beer to try this against.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice mix of caramel and dark fruits. Some spiciness in the aftertaste, but not as much as I was looking for. Drank this one at Gaslight brewpub in South Orange, NJ
4.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Interesting 33 cl collared bottle yields a hazy, medium brown to dark amber ale and a large, rocky tan head with good lacing. Malty nose with a hint of pumpernickel bread. Well-balanced and dry from beginning to end with a fresh finish and a well-disguised, relatively high ABV. Mid-palate flavors of dark cherry, bourbon and raisin. Very, very good.
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