Blue Mountain Evil 8°

Brewed by Blue Mountain Brewery
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Afton, Virginia USA

(bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a thin brown head. Aroma has caramel, fruit, yeast, and chocolate. Flavor has dark roasted malt, bitter chocolate, some dark fruit, and a little alcohol. Medium bodied.

Pours a very deep murky brown, with red highlights, letting just the littlest bit of light through. Head is thick and frothy, lasting forever. Very nice. Bready, some caramels and raisiny scents. A touch of hops come through on a deep sniff. A complex, but not overpowering aroma. Quite a nice balance through the body... quite similar to the aroma, with the malty bread-like, caramel tastes. A note of hops and darker fruits, with an added spicy alcohol note on the finish. Becomes maybe just a tad sweet on the overall finish, but not too badly. A touch of a medicinal taste in there that seems a little out of place. A nice, full, and round body... a little on the sticky syrup side, but again, not horribly bad at all. This is a good effort... perhaps not quite as spectacular as their others, but still a decent abbey-style ale, nonetheless. For its class, it has quite the competition, but it comes out alright. I’m glad I got 6, and look forward to it again on tap, as well.

Sample at the Day Before Labor Day party. The beer pours a dark reddish-brown color with a medium thin dark beige head that dissipates slowly. Thin rings of lacing. Aroma of dark malt and yeast, and some mild spices. Medium-bodied with flavors of doughy malt, spices and yeast. The finish is dark fruits and malt, leaving behind a mild sweet spice aftertaste. Above average overall.

Bottle… O-Town/Vero Beach Throwdown Part 8… Dark prune-colored ale with a small, creamy, khaki head. Decent retention. The earthy, fruity aroma offers leather, horse blanket and dark fruits. Medium-bodied and a little astringent with lively carbonation. Malty with lots of dark fruits and tannic bitterness. Not very sweet. Lengthy, lightly bitter, and then bone-dry finish. Thanks go out to growler for sharing this bottle!

The beer looks good but the aroma seems a bit weak. strong flavor of alcohol yet not much Belgian malts goodness. Overall it kinda works but its not spectacular

The aroma is like molasses with yeast, fruit, and hops but it’s weak. The appearance is brown with a foamy, tan head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall a decent beer but weak for the style.

From dkachur via trade. Thanks again! The pour was gorgeous, look more like a quad than a dubbel to me. Ultra dark with only slight hints of ruby streaming through. The head was perfectly formed, off-white and creamy. The aroma was fairly standard dubbel with the malt and Belgian yeast coming out over some tart fruit and some thin chocolate. The flavor was malt, yeast and cherry with some spices. Unfortunate alcohol heat slips through and the mouthfeel is on the thin side.

Nice. Tasty and strong. Dark brown pour with a decent beige head. Flavor and aroma are sugary sweet fruit with only a hint of Belgian yeast. Bready, smooth, flavorful.