 DruncanVeasey (1612), Burbage, Leicestershire, England
Jul 17, 2008
Well, here’s me committed to completing a week off the sauce (managed 2days), and then Big JW goes and presents me with one of his Belgian finds. Mahogany with beige suds receding to a halo. Sweet, peppery, coriander and clove-laden snout more like a Blond. Leffe springs to mind. Then, as it warms, a sprinkle of Trappist yeastiness, nutty chocolate and dark cherryish fruit comes creeping out. It’s a spiced blond, then it’s a dunkel, then it’s a Flemish monk. Interesting. I’m thinking Westy shandy? Wheat, caramel, spice and very faint chocolate followed by a buttery, cereal-accented aftertaste. Just a trace of sweet dried fruits, but edged out by the sugar and spice treatment. Not very dark or dubbelish, it’s more that kind of sweet generic spiced abbey blond taste, but you won’t find a better beer in Aldi.
Maria (3975), Thisted, Denmark
Jul 17, 2008 Courtesy of Fonefan. Red-brown with a huge, nice and creamy head. The aroma has notes of vegetables, a little smoke, spice and malt. The flavour is sweet and rather thin and watery. It has notes of coriander, fruit and malt. It’s not bad, but it’s a bit uninteresting.
Jerre (1347), Waregem, Belgium
May 29, 2008 Bottle, 33 cl. Sunday @ Tony’s.
Brown color, with off-white to beige head.
Aroma malts, some caramel.
Medium body.
Taste bit light roasted malts, sweet, caramel, chocolate, low hops.
Beer_2000 (1179), Kristiansand, Norway
Mar 24, 2008 330ml bottle. Nice reddish brown body with a big beige head. Aroma is caramel, malt and brown sugar. Flavor is sweet, caramel malt, a bit roasted and somehow a bit fruity as well. A rather light body, but not thin makes this very quaffable and not unbalanced. A supermarket version of a dubbel abey to a ridiculous low price at Aldi in Belgium makes this a surprisingly positive experience. A great alternative for the skinflint abbey consumer.
hopdog (4552), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 11, 2008 33cl bottle. Poured a medium and cloudy brown color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of some dark fruits, smoke, roast, and spices. Tastes of dark fruits, caramel, and lighter spices.
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