Allagash Dubbel Reserve

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

Bottle. Poured a dark auburn-brown with a nice, medium sized off white head. Aroma of cocoa, nuts, caramel, fruit and bread. A nice blend. Flavor was not mind blowing, but it had some complexity and was very drinkable. Palate was a negative, a bit thin and harsh from the carbonation. After taste is also just ok. Great aroma, ok flavor, crappy palate.

(Bottle poured into trappist glass). Poured very dark brown with very small head, and you could smell the complexity of the malts... with a hint of cocoa(?) Flavor retained the malty sweetness, but it was not overpowering. Finished with a bitter aftertaste that provided a nice bite at the end.

From a bottle poured brown with a small head. Nice malty sweet flavor with a quick spicy finish.

12oz bottle from? a year or so ago poured at 55F. Pours a dull unclear brown with a medium densely packed beige sudsy foamy froth 3.5. Aroma is pleasant of oxidized malt, dusty light chocolate, nutty, doughy, very light fruit, light but rich raisins, nice mix of yeast and alcohol, my favorite type of aroma likened to Great Divide Hibernation 7.5. Flavor is sweeter and more metallic, some bright fruits and citrus/lemon overpower the chocolate and nuttiness underneath, light bitterness towards the finish. Medium/light bodied, very actively lively fizzy carbonation, too much, a bit chalky but seemingly very thin. Eh... doesn’t live up to the aroma.

deep cloudy orange-brown with yellowish fizzy head. spicy and tart yeast aroma with sourdough and lemon. dry wood and even a bit astringent, flavor is mostly a nice fruity yeast, along with some cinammon, cardamom, bitter orange peel, and a hint of pine in the finish. this is great -- refreshing and well-balanced, though not as belgian-y as you’d think: much drier and mellower. maybe slightly on the thin side.

Bottle. Dark brown pour, with super long-lasting tan head. I poured this awhile ago and the head still lasts. Great looking. Deep scent...sweet, dark fruits. Taste is good....not as spicy as I would have liked, but a nice complex flavor. Very delicious...better than the Ommegang Abbey Ale, I think. (tried to think of a comparable beer)

This dubbel had a nice brown color with a dirty-white head floating on top. A musty smell at first and a pleasant taste with chocolate and estery flavors. I liked this beer and it was easy to drink. Very nice dubbel and at $6 a bottle a pretty good deal. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 11-12-2007 17:08:26

I’m not entirely sure why we disliked this beer. Perhaps we’re not into beers that are malted sweet. I want to try it again,m to make sure my opinion wasn’t skewed by chris’s hate of sweeter beers.