Anderson Valley Brother Davids Double

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

Bottle from State Line, Elkton, MD. Pours dark amber with medium tan head. Aroma of caramel malt, citrus, dark fruit, and spices. Tastes caramel malty, with some figs, brown sugar, and corn flakes. Very good.

Bottle: Clear orange with a thin white head, oranges and brown sugar in the aroma, with a touch of alcohol, starts sweet and ends sweeter, gummy mouthfeel.

Dark ruby, almost brown colored body. A nice thick tan head in my chalice. The aroma is malty cherries and some oak. There is also a little bit of vanilla. The taste has some dry cherries. Also a slight vinous charcter with some light milk chocolate. The taste also has a hint of apples with a little bit of good tobacco. A smooth body that doesn’t hint at the high abv. A very well done rendition of the style.

Deep red/brown body, big tan head that settled to neat islands, and good lacing. Brown sugar, maple syrup, nuts, hints of fruit here and there - great aroma and flavor. Body was softly carbonated and finished dry. I really don’t understand why I can’t find this in Ohio. (grabbed this at Circle Liquor, NJ)

Pours dark brown, with a tan head. Aromas are fruit, malt, caramel, and spice. Flavor is similar to the aroma, fruit, caramel, yeast, and malt. Body is medium. i don’t find it too sweet, as others have. A very good double. Thanks to Larry Pitonka for this bottle.

Bottled. Clear ruby body with a small tan head, quickly turning into a ring. Body is medium//full, with lots of soft foamy carbonation, pleasantly dry. Aroma is coying, but complex. Malty with caramel, lots of fruits--raspberry, plumb, banana, prune--clove, earthy cellar aroma and roasted grains. Flavor is malty sweet, caramel, fruity with banana and dark fruits, maybe a touch of raspberry, plumb, prune; sour clove//sweat//cellar//touch of scarcely noticable citrus finish with an aftertaste of roasted grains. Too sweet, but nearly balanced and complex. Noticable alcoholic warmth (and flavor after it warms up a bit. An improvement over the Trippel--which I found difficult to drink--by leaps and bounds. Still a bit harsh, but the roastiness really helps offset all of those malts and mutes the alcohol a bit.

Pours with a one-finger light tan head, fades slowly, but leaves little lace. Deep clear amber color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is raisiny/malty. Starts sweet with caramelized malts, finish is smooth with hints of hops in background. Actually competes with a good Belgian double. $6.15 for a 22oz bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, Ma.

Clear chestnut colored brew with a small light brown head that fades rather quickly. Fruity, esthery nose, dark malts,a touch of plum and raisin. Medium body, creamy textured. Medium sweet malts, dark fruits, light butter, yeasty with hints of bananna and underlying chocolate malts. Finish is moderately sweet, fruity with licorice notes showing up. A decent Double.