 argo0 (6262), Washington DC, USA
Aug 23, 2005
(RBESG05, bottle) Crystal clear dark amber body, off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, herbal, some alcohol, light astringency. Taste is sweet, caramel, toffee, some bubblegum, faint banana, some alcohol. Medium-full body, some acidity.
durhambeer (608), Durham, USA
Nov 17, 2008 Bottle shared with JCB and some Carolina folks. Odd metallic and stewed tomato notes... WTF? Mostly reminiscent of rotten tomato juice and malt. Not sure what’s going on here.
TURDFERGUSON (1177), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Nov 2, 2008 Bottle shared by JCB, thanks Jason! This one was really weird. Way too sweet overall for me. A bit of brown sugar and a strong vegetal character. Bleh.
JCB (1118), Durham, USA
Oct 31, 2008 Dark brown pour, fairly weak looking with a thin body whose relative lack of abundance is a bad sign. Sure enough,I found the beer a bit too weak and thin for my taste. Rather than the sweet play of malts, fruits, and mild hops I want in a dubbel, this one’s got the flavor of ripe bananas on the downsid. Average, unspectacular.
emacgee (1168), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Oct 31, 2008 Thanks JCB for sharing. Pours a lightly translucent brown with ruby highlights. Has a 1-2 finger creamy tan head. The nose is sweet, raisiny, malty, has light caramel tones, rusty/meaty, tomato? Flavor has some fruity esters, meaty/rusty dubbel feel, tomato, lightly earthy. Sweep and carbonated mouthfeel.
Beershine (1473), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Aug 4, 2008 Bottle. Dark mahogany, tan fizzy head with reasonable staying power but no lacing. Thin, fizzy mouthfeel. Ginger ale, cola and generic pop-like aroma. Equally thin and flavorless body lacking texture or nuance. Mainly fizzy and malty.
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