 GreatLibations (1327), Sasquatcho, Arizona, USA
Sep 10, 2007
This beast pours a beautiful chocolate brown w/ a huge rocky froth. Head retention is superb as it finally reduces to a clump of cream and a thick, fluffy, sticky ring. Nice! Aromas of spiced dark fruits and bitters. Medium nectar weight w/ ample residual effers that are soft like cotton. Strongly flavored, this brew is spicey and only mildy sweet. Angostora bitters upfront w/ ginger, dried rose petals, citrus rind, and rusted metal. Other nuances of wet tree bark, leather, bitter stems and herbs, cherry, nectarine. As it warms a tartness appears w/ some mild cola flavors. The finish is bittered well leaving enough heavy spices to linger you could fill a spice rack. Overall: I’ve had Dubbels and I’ve had Dubbels and this one fits in nicely. Good scores on all components reveals a great new brewfor the celiac’s. It’s way under-rated.
Indra (1873), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Dec 1, 2008 500ml bottle. Aroma of dark fruits and spices, some mild cocoa and earthiness, combined with faint toffee, herbs, licorice and plum. Dark brownish red color, initial pour is clear although this is bottle conditioned, head is slight and subsiding. Flavor is gently sweet and estery, more plummy fruit, grape and dark sugars, somewhat tangy throughout, and seeing a mildly spicy bitterness towards the finish. Prickly and quite active on the palate, body is medium. I’m rating with the thought in mind that that this is brewed to a predominantly malty style, but doesn’t contain any malt.
bu11zeye (3887), Frisco, Texas, USA
Nov 20, 2008 (Bottle, courtesy of Swalden 28) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of raisins, vinous, plum, caramel, port, and apple. Flavor of dark fruit, oxidization, and cheap wine.
mar (754), Dallas, Texas, USA
Oct 19, 2008 bottle thanks to swalden. deep brown pour with no head. big malty scent with spices and an overall thick fruity smell. the flavor is just like the scent and it’s a pretty decent brew.
RichJ7 (903), Cullman, Alabama, USA
Oct 16, 2008 Pours a dark, cloudy brown with a half-inch beige head. Aroma is vaguely medicinal, sorghum perhaps. Flavor is interesting and not entirely unpleasant ... at first. This is just weird, frankly. Tastes like it wants to be an abbey dubbel but isn’t. Like if aliens tried to recreate a dubbel using extraterrestrial fauna. Not very good.
hopscotch (4679), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Oct 2, 2008 Bottle... Very dark brew (hazy orange when held up to light) with a small, fizzy, white head. Smells like sake and dark fruit. Light-bodied with extremely fizzy carbonation. Tastes like bad, cloyingly sweet sake. Finishes sweet and watery.
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