Bornem Dubbel

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Pours deep brown with massive off white head. malt, cherries?, and alcohol nose, taste is same with spicey tree bark. Clean finish. Good.

Pours a dark dark chesnut brown with a nice big foamy, sticky beige head. Has some banana, spice and chocolate in the aroma but with a chemical afternote. The flavour very malty, there is malt alway the way to the end, which doesnt leave much room for anything else, the finish has a touch of bitterness, and like the aroma, a afternote of some sort of chemical flavour......weird. Still a pretty beer, but doesn’t really live up to the abbey dubbel name, might be a good introduction to the style for some.

Bottle. Poured a dark brown, with a very lively, off-white, lightly browned, head. I had to spoon the head off just to pour the entire bottle into a Trappist glass, which is due to either over-carbonation, or because I rapidly chilled this beer (~20 minutes). A very chocolate malt nose, tastes of roasted malt, with light hints of smoke, you can taste the alcohol. Overall, good, but the mammoth head really takes away from the beer, IMO.

Purchased from the LCBO in a 8 pack. Weak aroma with definate sourness to it. Definate tastes of Chocolate/Coffee Malt and heavy fermenting yeasts. Heavy, large head that contiunuously froths, and almost annoying carbonation. Overall alright beer, would buy again, maybe.

L’ennesima birra ’così così’ di Van Steenberge è questa dubbel piuttosto scura con schiuma abbondante e candida, aroma fortemente alcolico, sapore caffè molto dolce, poco amaro più che altro un po’ di aspro da lievito.

Mahogany color with large tan head (almost 3 fingers). Nice lacing. Aroma is a tad sour, wine like. Taste is also a tad sour, wine like. A hint of cherry. Some band-aid. High carbonation- distracting. Finishes mostly clean with a hint of cherry. Decent beer.

33cl bottle in a Belgian Beer 6 pack from LCBO. 8% a/v I read a little about this beer and am eager to try it. So lets go! Very well carbonated, pours a dark coffee/cola brown with a generous tan head. The nose is fruit, malt and a b it of citrus. The beer tastes like well roasted malt, coffee, wood and gentle smoke. Very nice, mellow beer which continues into a clean, ever so slight hop aftertaste. Very nice! I think im going to go apply to be a monk now! :-)

Bottle conditioned and courtesy of the LCBO. Rocky white head and dark brown body. Very ripe fruity scent. Smoke and coffee in the flavour, along with spices. Very enjoyable.