Allagash Dubbel Reserve

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

12oz. Bottle: Pours a dark ruby with brown around the edges, lots of floaties in this brew, off-white and tan bubbles emerge that stay there til the end, aroma of dark malt, brown sugar, nuts, dark fruit, faint yeast, vanilla and chocolate fragrances, a sip brings a taste of dark malt, light berry and fruit, bread, some brown sugar-molasses flavors, faint spiciness, medium bubbly on the palate, some hop bitterness, a touch of alcohol creeps up as this brew warms but nothing that distracts from enjoying, a medium dry finish with a lingering sweetness, not bad, I thought it could use more flavor.

Tap. Barely there off-white head into murky creamy brown body. Aromas of raisans and other ripe fruits, roasted malts, and light floral hops. Light bitterness in flavor. Dry textured. Well balanced. Much better than expected.

Corked bottle; batch #55
Hazy dark brown color. The aroma is a bit nutty and corky. The flavor has a quite good mix of caramel with some malt and roasted malt, stronger character than the average Belgian Dubbel; the yeast as well seems to be Belgian. Quite Belgian, quite good.

12oz bottle with approx. 9months of age one it. pours murky light brown with small white head. nose is interesting, very faint but complex, all subtle notes of tropical fruits, pinnapple, dark fruits of plums, and very faint tobacco. flavor has toasted nuts and biscuit. soft dark fruits in finish. mouthfeel is med. body. carb. is smooth. pretty tasty..3.6........................................ blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. pours ruby with creamy off white head. nose of tobacco, caramel, nutty. flavor nutty, tobacco, caramel, mouth feel is watery, low carbonation. 3.0

On tap at Capone’s. Cloudy orange/copper. Taste was yeasty (banana), apple, raisin, with brown sugar and toffee sweetness. Almost quad-like. Syrupy and warm texture. Very nice.

I like the tap so well, I went out and bought a 750 bottle - Huge head. Aroma was dark fruit, brown sugar and dusty. Much more banana/yeast than I tasted on tap. Less fruity. Less impressive. Original rating was 3.8 for the tap, 3.5 for the bottle. Meet in the middle here.

super fluffy head that wouldn’t quit. nice caramel color. grainy aroma with some honey and yeast. alcohol burn on the nose. metallic/malty flavors with dried apricots and very little sweetness. there’s a chocolate and salted nut flavor that is hard to explain. more like the flavor and mouth feeling you get after you’ve eaten chocolate...but without the sugar. very well balanced but not overly complex.

bottle labeled dubbel, not dubbel reserve. light smoky malts or toffee on the nose and wonderful lacing! reminds me of apricot or peach with a slight hoppy finish.

Sampled at Capones on Allagash night with Stegosaurus. Dark pour with hints of bread and belgian spices. Caramel taste really smooth and blended well. Really good.