 dimenhetfield (156), , Florida, USA
Oct 31, 2009 Nice color, dark amber with a little brown. Aroma is a little fruity with caramel in there. Has flavors of bread and caramel. A very nice beer. Smooth and relaxing.
decaturstevo (1971), decatur, Tennessee, USA
Oct 14, 2009 Slightly hazed brown pour with light tan head and lace. Aroma is green apples, brown sugar, clove, and bread. Bread, sour fruit, abv, and sweet malt. A bit watery with good carbonation. A very average beer.
jzzbassman (838), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
Sep 20, 2009 Ruddy color, clear, with a decent sized white head. Very clove-y, with a weird aluminum component as well. Bubblegum, fruit, and (bad) wine like flavor, with a ton of carbonation.
Fratto (662), Arlington, Texas, USA
Sep 20, 2009 Bottle. Reddish pour. Alcohol is pretty apparent for only 8%. Close to the style fruit-wise.
hopscotch (5437), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Sep 19, 2009 Bottle… Dark, clear, ruby-colored ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. The aroma presents clove and sorghum light-molasses with smidgens of date and dried plum. Medium-bodied with tickling carbonation. The flavor is well-balanced and hints at dark fruit, but is fairly benign and has a strange mineral component… kind of like sucking on a rock while chewing on a piece of tree bark. Lengthy, minerally, mildly bitter finish. Not at all horrible, but something I won’t do again.
Kinz (2179), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Sep 14, 2009 Deep amber, fairly clear, slight head fades off quickly. Aroma is sweet, a bit candy sugar accented, with faint clove and fruit. Flavor is simultaneously sweet and the body strikes one as being a bit thin - a hard trick to pull off. Light clove, faint dark fruit. Very so-so. Very attractive bottle, wish the contents had stood up to the packaging.
brewski519 (393), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Sep 13, 2009 22oz bomber - pours an amber color with a thin tan head. Aroma of raisin, caramel, spice and brown sugar. Taste is a nice sweet, malty ale with some caramel, spices and sweetness. This is a smooth Dubbel and very, very enjoyable. One of my favorite Abita’s to date. I would definitely drink this one again.
MartinT (5026), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 13, 2009 My Bottom Line:
Overtly yeasty, especially in the nose, this Dubbel attempt offers lightly tart fruit and generic sugars paired with spicy and leafy hop bitterness.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A fluffy sheet of foam covers the cloudy amber.
-This is drinkable for its strength, but it’s really forgettable and not like any good abbey brew I’ve had.
-The body is rather lean and the carbonation cushiony.
-The fruity character is not that presonable, reminiscent of diluted berries, perhaps.
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