Grimbergen Double (Dubbel)

Brewed by Brasserie Union (Alken-Maes / Heineken)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Jumet, Belgium

on tap mews tavern 7/5/07. pours a dark brownish copper in color with ample carbonation.smell is malts and sweet toffee like. smooth mouth feel with a nice bitterness, but also sweet and toffee. nice beer all in all and will have to try again.

bottle 2/4/08 poured a red chestnut in color with slow carbination and a big two plus finger head of white tan melting back to a layer that had great retention. aroma has caramel malt, toffee, brown sugar, and background spice. mouth feel is medium light smooth on the tongue with lighter carbination. taste consists of a good malted core with sweetness and spices. nice beer but as almost always the tap beer was much better.

Dark brown mahogony body with a foamy tan head. Aroma of dark breads with a sweet hint of chocolate and caramel. Caramel in the flavor along with more dark bread. A bit sweet throughout. Sticky finish, but still pleasant.

chocolate and caramel coloring with moderate carbonation and light, white head. Smells almost entirely of malt with slight caramelization. Surprisingly light palate (med-light body). Very lightly hopped, malty. A lot of complaints have noted that it is too sweet, or that there is a metallic taste; neither of which I get. While there are complaints that it is one-sided (unbalanced - presumably towards the malt), the light carbonation and light-ish body seem to offset the typically cloying/alcohol tastes found in such beers.

From my notes 5/31/2007, pours a two-finger white head that fades quickly to a ring leaving some lace. Clear deep amber color. Caramel nose. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Flavor is light caramel/nutty. Served on-tap in 330ml tulip glass, €5.00 ($6.85) at Radisson Hotel Brussels, Belgium. 8/1/2007- Pours a four finger light tan, rocky head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Nice deep, clear amber color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Caramel/plum nose. Flavor is sweet-balanced nutty caramel, clean finish. Better than on tap in Belgium! $1.50 for a 330ml bottle from Capitol Convenience Concord, NH.

nice color and foam, strong caramel aroma and toasty flavour. The aftertaste lasts too long in the mouth.

Bottle (Per) at The Club !! Brown - offwhite head. Dark bread, caramel, chokolate, malty, light red brerries. Very simpel. Too sweet. Boring.

330 ml bottle. Thin greyish head leaving fine laces. Clear dark brown colored and well carbonatied body with a red hue. Low aroma level. Pleasant and distant notes of sweet dark malts, caramel and raisins, with some whiffs of citrus. Taste is nutty, sweet malty with some dried dark fruits to it. Limited hopbitterness. Mild and smooth mouthfeel. Not extraordinaire, but a nice one.

Garrafa. Tomada em diversos momentos na Europa. Considero a Grimbergen, assim como a Leffe, minha bebida padrão em terras européias. Essa Dubbel é bem marcante, encorpada, complexa e altamente agradável.