 Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sep 27, 2004
olor’s a dark burgundy, with ruby highlights, and huge, billowy, creamy tan head stands above. My superlatives end there, as I encounter one of the simplest "abbey dubbels" I’ve yet encountered. Aroma: small suggestions of nuts, cream, dark fruits(cherry, grapes), little hints of toffee, and there may be elargely to a fault, for there’s precious little of the deep complexity we find in favorite dubbels, Ommegang, or Maredsous. Malt is king, here, hops are hidden, blasts of carbonation hit the palate now and again. Finish is, "okay", there’s a minor grainy grit in the texture, but, alas, this is a rather ordinary brew for the style
Skidds (198), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dec 1, 2008 Pours a dark brown with a thick off-white head. Aroma of malts, dark fruits, yeast and a hint of spice. Flavour about the same with some hints of sugar and molasses. Mild spicy finish.
Imperial-John (113), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Nov 29, 2008 Dark brown with a beige thick foamy milkshake head that thins but stays foamy and floats on top. Faint yeasty aroma. Sweet, malty, yeast taste. Very refreshing and hides 7% alcohol well.
Yves (476), Beerse, Belgium
Nov 29, 2008 Brown coloured beer with medium off white head. Malty aroma, bits op hops and chocolate. Full little creamy palate. Finish is bitter malts and spicy. Good one.
terrybail (181), , Ontario, Canada
Nov 15, 2008 330ml bottle from the LCBO as part of a Belgian Ale Sampler pack
Nice sweet honey malty aroma
Pours a deep brown with a frothy 2 inch head
Tastes a little like sweet caramel and honey with a touch of bitterness
I like it
austone (578), Turku; Pori, Finland
Nov 15, 2008 33cl bottle. Dark ruby brown, frothy pale head. Yeasty, quite dry aroma with mild spiciness, cellar, rotten banana and wheat. Like a bad dunkelweizen. Dry herbal flavor, yeast and wheat with a bit acidic, berry-like finish. Quite light bodied, overcarbonated spritzy palate. There’s not much likeness with the standard dubbels here.
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