 Beerlando (1352), Orlando, Florida, USA
May 7, 2008
Pours a dark but translucent cola brown with reddish highlights. A large, frothy, beige head slowly settles to a thin layer, leaving sticky cobwebs of lacing all the way down the glass. The nose is dry and fruity, with dehydrated prunes and figs showing amidst lightly sweet caramel, faint licorice, and mild dark spices. Flavors follow those same basic guidelines, but with candy sugar asserting itself a bit more in the foreground, transitioning into a dry, lightly sweet, vegetal sort of finish. The body is on the watery side, but smooth and moderately carbonated. The dryness and astringency gets to you towards the end of the glass. Its a decent brew, but nowhere near special.
cgarvieuk (2541), Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 4, 2008 Bottle at home ... (rater 101) ... deep burgandy red ... big foam head ... big bready yeasty nose some fruit ... overfizzzy ... loads of dark fruits and bread ... light caramel ... again more breadyness.
Miver (435), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 9, 2008 33bl bottle. BB Dec 08. Poured very deep amber (almost brown) in color with a large tan head that diminished leaving light lacing on the glass. Aroma of bread and light roasty notes. Tastes of bread toast, sweet caramel malt, dark fruits and finishes a little on the thin side. Ok.
Scauca (260), Lovere, Italy
Sep 5, 2008 Brown with vanishing head. Roasted, licorice, sweet. Light bodied, drinkable but quite simple and unnoticeable.
Borresteijn (587), Amstelveen, Netherlands
Aug 27, 2008 Bottle @ Café Gollem. Brown colour, off-white head. Aroma is faint, roasted malts, yeast and dark chocolate. Flavours are the same, bit thin, but very dry, bitter finish. Not nearly as sweet as most dubbels.
note666 (223), Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jul 27, 2008 330 ml bottle. brown colour. big fading creme head. yeast in bottle. taste is not what i hoped for.
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