Buckeye Ho Ho Ho Magic Dubbel

Brewed by Buckeye Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Lakewood, Ohio USA

consumed with vyvvy-pours dark brown with an off-white cinnamon head. noces if dark fruits, cinnamon, plums, apples and some american belgian funky notes. not really "brett-y" or anything like that, but some light funk in there. cinnamon, apples, brown sugar, woody (cedar-like) flavors. very nice and has aged well. definately complex and interesting. i woulder what it is like fresh. some smokey notes on the finish as well. very decent rendition of a dubbel. the age has shown some sourness, but that is not a bad thing here. the label is great! very nice and unique beer here.

Consumed with Beerdrenched. At the time of popping this open I was over seven hours into a beer night and my notes are still very legible. Pours hazy brown with a moderately sized tan head that had very good retension. The aroma is very authentic for an American interpretation. Lots of earthiness and sweetness. Taste starts with some caramel malt, but quickly turns to an earthy rich Belgium style malt. Very rich and malty. The finish has earthiness with some spicy hops - lots of smoothness from the malts. Some of the caramel on the beginning comes back. With this being sitting around a bit it has aged very nicely. Recommended.

Great aroma and color, though a bot coudy...perhaps not too off-putting for a dubbel. There were solme very dark fruits and vanilla in the nose. the flavor delivered a very nice, if a bit yeasty, chocolaty tone. The head was a nice, dense beige. very nice beer.

Bomber. Poured a clear medium coppery/brown with a short, swirly beige head. Nose picked up spicy dark fruits, caramel, and a bit of vanilla... good sweet/spicy contrast. Plums, prunes, and sweet caramel at the flavor core along with pepper and clove spiciness, leafy hops, and bready/biscuity malts as it warmed up a bit... spicy vinous finish. Felt OK on the palate, but certainly not great. This was a good drink.

Thanks to OhioDad for this one. A firm, creamy, tan head easily forms over this deep brown, ruby tinged body. Forms a beautiful lace as well. Dark caramel aroma with dark fruits suggestive of prunes. The flavor is sweet overall with a firm bitterness underneath. Smmoth coating and slick mouthfeel. As this warms, the bitterness fades and some additional complexities devlop and the palate continues to smooth out. Nice one.

thanks to hopdog for this... Appears a hazy dark amber toned brown with a tiny off white head that slowly fades out. Spotty lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of fruity black grapes, plums, caramel, raisins, and vanilla...can we say Westmalle yeast strain? Taste is of the same aromas with a wonderful mix of malts and Belgian yeast coming through. Mouthfeel is dry, sugary, and sweet all in a medium body. This is a pretty nice beer that made me wanting to look for more Dubbels out there that I haven’t had.

22oz bottle acquired in trade with OhioDad (thanks!). Poured a medium and clear reddish/brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of dark fruits (plums and raisins), yeast, and caramel. Tastes follow the same. Fizzy and carbonated body (that didn’t detract).

Poured a caramel / amber color with a medium sized, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, anise, dark fruits, cocoa, yeast, and light alcohol. Taste was of much of the same, decent dubbel.