Flying Fish Belgian Style Dubbel

Brewed by Flying Fish Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

rated blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. pours cloudy amber w/ white head. nose plumy, apricot, strawberry. flavor is bready, nuts, banana, strawberry, peach. mouth feel smooth, carbonation low. finish is sort of a mess.

Definitely a "Belgian style"....slighty fruity, slightyl yeasty, slighty forgottable...not weel balanced, but I want to give it a second chance - bad draught lines caused a sniffer glass of this to be slightly flat....

Bottled. Poured deeper brown with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up sweet vinous and dark fruity notes, chocolate, and some spices.. came off as quite enjoyable with little hop presence. The flavor was a tad behind with some grainy and phenol-ey notes jumping out at points.. raisins, other dark fruits, and caramel at the core with mild bitterness. About medium-bodied with a decent flow to it, but it was certainly sharp and lacking at points. Decent brew.

Bottle. Dark, strangely funky aroma. Faint sweet fruit with subtle yeasty-vinous notes and deft strokes of raisin and caramel. Malt with a touch of cinnamon/nutmeg. Murky brown pour with a short, slightly lacing beige head. Very dry, only lightly bitter and medially spicy taste. Sweet candied fruit and very nice dark malt, plums and grapes and raisins with nuts and caramel. Light body but not watery, a good deal of malt and Belgian yeast keeping it from seeming that way. Surprisingly complex and refreshing. Wow, this is surprisingly goof!

355 ml. Darkish brown with copper highlights. Medium-sized head settles into a heavy creamy foam that lasts all day, and leaves a sheet of lace all over the glass. Aroma is slight chocolate-banana, and malt with some dry hops. Initial flavor is very balanced; almost seems more dry-earth, bitter hops than malt. Halfway through the glass, the big malt that you expect shows up with some figs and chocolate, maybe some soured fruit on the finish. Palate is smooth and medium bodied with a touch of dryness. This is a quality dubbel, but the yeast or the hops (or both) give this one a twang that I just don’t care for, similar to the Chimay Red.

Date: 10/17/1998
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival

dark amber, rich sweet malt aroma, rich malt flavor, slight sweetness, low bitterness in the finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: *4
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Drinkable, didn’t have much head to the beer, maybe was an old keg. A touch of sweetnees to the tongue, but went down somewhat rough. Would drink again, but wouldn’t be my first choice.

dark brown color with not much head. sweet, spicy and nutty flavors and also a little watery. decent beer but pretty average.