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Westmalle Dubbel

Westmalle Dubbel

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An Abbey Dubbel brewed by
Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle

Malle, Belgium

bottled
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12203.88/5.03.88/5.07%97.6Trappist glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A reddish brown trappist ale, malty and fruit, featuring a 3 week secondary fermentation.

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 alaskanwarren (272), Edgewater, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20

Mar 10, 2005  
Bottle, Passage Cafe, Brugge, Belgium. On the red side of amber, with soft white bubbles. Slightly bitter aroma, with medium malt smells with some slight belgian floral characteristics. Taste is a little plain, but i believe it was served to me a little too cold. It took on more of that floral belgian tastes as it warmed up. It was bitter, slightly malty and fairly rich and floral. Somewhat full-bodied, lingering full-ness. A good, balanced belgian, but maybe a bit on the bitter side.

 Strykzone (1019), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2008  
What a good beer! Pours a dark brown with a tan head that hangs around a good while. It has that blotchy look like a bacterial growth. Flavors are cherry wood, yeast, coffee, dark fruit. Has a very nice zesty feel. Good!


 Cartoon_khaki (1120), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Dark darkl, amber with huge tan head. Sweat yeasty aroma with stewed fruit hints. Bit of red wine hints. Sweet flavour with a lot of yeast and musty dust. Acidic palate light chewy. Glad I got a couple of bottles.


mikalooch (31), , New Jersey, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Poured from bottle.Dark red with a nice tan head. Wonderful aroma, can smell caramel, fruit, bread. Malty sweet taste, with just the right amount of hoppy bitterness to balance it out. Very dry but enjoyable. Medium mouthfell, just right. Excellent overall.


 JesseM (406), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 6, 2008    Updated: Oct 7, 2008
330mL bottle from the LCBO. Pours a very dark burgundy with a huge tan head that eventually reduces to some nice fluff. Aroma is really nice, some Belgian caramalt, loads of yeast and fruity esters, candi sugar, and some more generic sweetness. Smells quite enticing. Flavour is really good, and not what I’ve come to expect from Dubbels. Lots of the sweet malty aspects upfront, met with some nice herbal hops, a touch of alcohol, and rounding out very sharply with a lot of yeasty dryness. Mild hint of banana. The fruity esters in this one are just great. Very sharp. Some leafy hops are present in the flavour too, but were absent in the aroma. Red grapes feature prominently, and lend a very pleasant and apparent red wine characteristic to this well crafted brew. Very nice stuff, and I look forward to more.


 thooper41 (235), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 5, 2008  
11.2 oz bottle: pours dark brown with quick fading off white head, aroma has faint yeast smell aloong with hints of fruit, flavor is kind of weak has a light tasting base malt along with some raisons and along with that complex belgian twang thats hard to explain. pretty good beer but belgium has a lot more to offer.



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