Westmalle Dubbel

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

Serve in Trappist glass

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11.2 oz bottle from Spirits Red Bank. Poured a slight murky deep dark mahogany with a large thick full foamy biege head that lasts and lasts. Aroma is sweet with notes of uncooked raisin bread, yeast, nuts, sugar, pureed raisin, dark fruit juice. Velvety mouthfeel with a full body and light carbonation. Flavors of yeast, sugar, prune, plum, dates, raisins, nutts, brown bread. This one is interesting and solid and seems more like a quad then a dubbel.

Ruddy dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, Belgian yeast, candi sugar, spices, raisons and brown sugar. Taste is standard dubbel faire dark fruits, yeast, candi sugar along with spices, malt and brown sugar. Finish is spicy with just a hint of bitterness. Decent.

11.2oz bottle pours dark brown with a short offwhite head that stays pretty well and laces some. Aromas of big raisin, caramel, slight chocolate, candi sugar. Flavor is roasty notes, caramel, raisin, candi sugar, and light chocolate. Palate is airy but full bodied. Feels soft in the mouth. Easy drinking. Nice brew..

Bottle. Pour is dark red and brown with a small white head and very nice lacing that lasts throughout. Lots of yeast sediment at the bottom of the glass. Nose is slightly fruity, yeasty and bready. Flavor is good, but a little more bland than I remember. Creamy, a little bit of dark fruits, with a yeasty sweet finish. A very nice trappist, but just doesnt have as much umph as I remember.

This Dubbel poured a clear brown body with a huge off white head that was very creamy and long lasting with excellent Belgian Lace on the glass. The aroma is lightly malty with alcohol and a breadiness in the background. Slightly sweet with a short, acidic finish. A good Dubbel, but I couldn't rate it any higher than this.

Bottle conditioned. Richly malty aromas with alcohol raisins and faint roast aromas. Balanced and very drinkable. Rich and tasty but lacking depth.

Bottle 0,33l. Deep brown. A tanned lasting head. Fruity smell and aroma. Complex flavour with some sweetness. You notice it’s strength in the aftertaste. Very good. A lot of sediments in the bottle.