 ChrisThomson (374), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nov 5, 2009 Bottle. Great beer. Redish brown with frothy head. Yeasty nose with cinnamon. Creamy body, brown sugar with clean finish.
Spab (234), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nov 4, 2009 330 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a murky amber/copper with large creamy tan head. Nose of spice and dark fruit. Taste follows fairly closely. Slight alcoholic warmth and touch of bitterness in finish.
cyrenaica (435), Milton, Ontario, Canada
Nov 2, 2009 330ml bottle
6.5% ABV
I tried this beer on October 30, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a deep reddish-brown with a 1/2" tan head. The aroma was roasted malt, caramel, and plums. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, slightly sweet, some fruit, and licorice in the finish.
l1br4r14n (274), Washington, Washington DC, USA
Oct 31, 2009 Huge yeast aroma, very bready. Flavor is belgian yeast, some spice, fruit, brown sugar and a load of carbonation. Not as malty as I’d hoped.
fredthecat (176), Canada
Oct 31, 2009 hazy red, with a head. alcohol, belgian yeast. wow, extremely vinuous, spicy, cumin even and coriander, nice feel. yeahhhh
probstk (1005), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Oct 28, 2009 330 ml bottle from LCBO, served almost cold in a tulip glass.
App.: Deep ruby-copper with a fair light tan head.
Aroma: Some nice, slightly tangy and vinous dark dried fruits and other fruitiness, some spicy brown sugar, some sweet caramel/toffee, light minty herbals, pretty nice.
Palate: Medium body and moderate carbonation.
Flav.: Lots of rich, sweet malts, brown sugar, light molasses, slight nuttiness, fairly fruity, light nuttiness, very lightly vinous and bright; off-dry with a touch of bitterness.
Not awesome for the style, but still quite drinkable.
JesseM (660), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Oct 22, 2009 330mL bottle from the LCBO fall release. Cool label. Wasn’t sure if I’d had this before as I get Leffe and Affligem mixed up all the time. Bottle gushed like crazy. Pours a nice clearish burgundy with a large beige head. The aroma is straight up apple cinnamon cobbler, pear, plum, seems like a mild version of La Trappe Quad, which is awesome. Smells great. The flavour is quite sharp, spicy biting at the tongue followed by the nice Belgian caramalt malts, candi sugar and subtle hints of the esters in the aroma. Very drinkable. A pretty solid little Dubbel.
kuphish (150), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Oct 9, 2009 750 ml bottle. Pours a large, immovable, rocky-creamy, beige head. Clear, amber-red body with abundant, pearly carbonation bubbles. Nose is of spice, some coriander and clove. Belgian caramel malts are also present...some plum prune and dark cherry. Flavor contains less of the spice than the nose, although a light rum spiciness becomes present. More sweet, dark fruit in the flavor, but it’s relatively subdued. Super smooth palate. Light-medium, well attenuated body. Malty sweet but with a dry very pleasantly dry finish. Lively carbonation with no discernible alcohol on the palate - just a mild warming sensation in the back of the throat. Overall a really, really good dubbel. A bit more robust malt presence in the flavor profile would put it over the edge for me.
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