Anderson Valley Brother Davids Double

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Boonville, California USA

Dark chocolate color with small, thin head. Candied fruit and yeast on the nose. Not as flavorful as I had hoped. Taste is a bit lacking in strength, but has typical dark fruits, candied sugars, malt and Belgian spices....just not enough power.

This was hard to drink. I was sharing this with some friends, i Poured out my portion. From what i hear the triple is not much better. Not my style of beer

From memory: a nice dubble with rich and malty taste. Caramel. Affordable. Used to buy it at Merchants in Dearborn.

Mahogany pour, flat no carbonation. Aroma is perfumy. Taste is smokey, dark fruits, chocolate, candi sugar, berries, some banana as well. But the flat taste is disgusting and this needs carbonation.

bottle. notes of cola, toffee, coffee & caramel malts. Medium body & nice amber brown color. sweet maybe even a whisky touch. Pretty good

Name: Brother David’s Double
Date: 06/25/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

dark dark clear ruby, head pours big but settles down into a fine whispy beige head, traces of lace, light dark ripe fruit aroma, a little roasted, a little smokey, a touch of sweetness, some ripe fruit, light bitterness, some nice complexity but not enough rich character, I guess that’s why I prefer quads
-------- /> Name: Brother David’s Double
Date: 06/03/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

rich dark fruit and sherry aroma with a hot peppery character, thin body, flavor still comes out thin and light compared to the aroma, some really nice milk chocolate comes out as it warms, turns into fruity chocolate,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

22 oz bottle 7/1/07: Hazy chestnut brown w/ a thin, light beige head. Plasticky phenolic, light plum fruity ester,a nd hints of peppery yeast spice, as well as some raisiny dark fruit. Also aroma of coca cola and hints of clove and allspice. Plastic yeast phenoilc seems to want to stick around. Some rose floral notes and molasses/licorice also chime in with the toasted malt. Well balanced between malt and hops, and dry finish from fermentation. Lightly roasted grain flavor & bready malt w/ hints of caramel & plums. Some dark sugary flavors w/ some plastic notes again. Nice ester profile, not too hip on the phenolics though! Dry m/f, lighter body, medium CO2, and well hidden alcohol. I like the esters... Very complex and pleasant! I do not like the plastic phenolic that I get out of it, which leaves me torn on this beer. Maybe it was just me on this particular day, but the plastic aromas/flavors just seem too noticeable for me to really, really like this beer. I guess you could consider this beer sort of like Darth Vader.... Dark and evil on the outside and surface, but you can see the potential for good in it!

Honey and malt nose, mildly hoppy, copper, pours a fine toffee head. Taste is alcohol , big malt, soft bitterness. Light bodied, sweet, nice mouthfeel. Quite nice! Thanks Dave Steen.