Allagash Dubbel Reserve

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Portland, Maine USA

750 ml corked and caged bottle poured a hazy copper brown with a small lasting amber head. Aromas of carmel, raisin, spice and a hint of brown sugar. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, spice and light fruittiness with a smooth malty finish.

Nos yeux observent une bière de couleur rubis trouble et un col de mousse fauve qui s’impose du début jusqu’à la fin de la dégustation. Au nez on découvre des arômes de vieille pipe à fumé le tabac, de grain fumé, de raisin , de chocolat et de réglisse, le tout sous un fond d’alcool. En bouche le corps est rond avec une effervescence faible-moyenne. On goûte des saveurs de grain fumé, de caramel fonçé, de raisin et de fleurs. La finale présente des notes de torréfaction ainsi qu’une bonne amertume. Complexe et excellent

Pours a deep amber color with a small, tightly packed head retreats to a ring. Sweet toasty malt, apples, yeast and spice in the aroma. Flavor is big on caramel and ripe fruit. A bit of spicy hop on the finish. Light and dry on the palate. Not bad at all!

Bottle. Pours dark brown with thick brown head. Aroma is bready with some apples and cinnamon. Flavor is fruity with some coffee notes. Light and bubbly on the palate. Very nice.

75cl bottle. My first Allagash beer, and a decent dubbel. Good looking beer: a slightly hazy brown body with some red tint, covered by a big beige head. Interesting spiced cake aroma with banana and citrus zest, maple and caramel, and plenty of yeast character. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly fruity, with some caramel and nutty malt. The finish is mild to moderately bitter with some spicy hops, dry, and a bit light. The body is light and airy. this one definitely benefits from warming up a bit and releasing some of its ample carbonation. Mixing the yeast in adds some more complex, nutty, woody flavors. A bit subtle, but I really warmed up to this by the end. Dubbel is a style that I don*t drink too often, but it*s what started me on Belgians in the beginning, and its always nice to find a new, solid example of the style.

375ml bottle, batch 32. Pours a dark brownish-amber color with a thin beige head that disapates quickly. Patchy lacing on the glass. Dried fruit and light chocolate in the nose, with a touch of hops. Medium-bodied and smooth with a faint nutty character, and flavors of fruit, chocolate and malt. The finish is lightly spiced with a malty aftertaste that lingers awhile. An above average dubbel that I would recomend.

Ruddy brown pour with very thin tan head. Nose is dried dark fruits, caramel and some yeast influence. Flavor is quite the same but less full. Slight spice finish.

Dark amber, malty, dark fruits, brown sugar, molasses, caramel, little nutty, little spice, dry finish.