Choc Brewmasters Signature Michael Lalli Belgian-Style Dubbel

Brewed by Petes Place / Krebs Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Krebs, Oklahoma USA

650 ml bottle from Soonah. Thanks man. Pours a muddy brown color with a small beige head. The aroma is strong with complex spices of clove, nutmeg and allspice, there is also a fair bit of mixed fruits and distinctly Belgian style yeast. The taste is rich with banana, nutmeg, clove, almonds, pecans, and a bit of sweet toffee. The palate was thinner than I would have preferred, the carbonation lively. Finishes long with lingering sweet cloves. Overall: I think that this is a very good dubbel, one of the better US efforts, even my wife likes it. Thanks John.

Thanks kiefdog for the share. Pours copper, thin beige head. Aroma brown sugar, yeasty, dark fruits. Taste, malty, grainy, some pear/apple and dark fruits. yeast, phenol and esters, some candi sugar notes.

bottle from cach road discount liqour in lawton, ok shared with swalden 28. poured a deep amber with an off white head that leaves lacing behind. aroma of caramel, spices, and some fruity notes. flavor was a caramel, some earthy spices, and alcohol. medium body with high carbonation. a good attempt at the style and one of the better choc beers.

Bomber courtesy of soonah. Pours mahogany with an off white head. Smells of sweet malt, floral, grassy. Tastes of caramel, oranges, some vegetal hints. Decent.

Bottle, courtesy kiefdog. Very murky caramel color, fizzy white head, thin lacing. Apple cider nose, pear, some heat, slight sweet malt. Some dark fruit flavors, nice chocolate and caramel, sweet bright apples in the finish. Medium-bodied, smooth and tasty, heat is noticeable in the nose and virtually absent in the flavor.

Looks, smells, tastes more or less, as a dubbel. Appearance of amber -golden body with some white head of yeast, and tads of lace. Medium plus mouthfeel, creamy. Smells double Belgian yeast, you know. Taste was hasher in first half of body. A spot-on dubbel, though harsher, aggressive on palate really, at least at first, than I would have thought.

Thanks kiefdog for bringing a new state rating for most of us to the weekly tasting. Pours deep hazy copper with gold edges and thin dark tan head. The aroma is sweet, dark fruity and becoming sweeter with caramel and brown sugar. The taste has brown sugar and some dark fruitiness to start. By midway I get notes of caramel and a sense of alcohol into the finish with fading dark fruitiness.

Aroma is mainly sweet....mostly a belgian-like sugar, with some hints of caramel and raisins. flavor is sweet and fruity....definite presence of esters (banana, fig) with some candy sugar and caramel notes. Not bad for a Trappist-style beer brewed in Oklahoma.