Het Kapittel Watou Dubbel

Brewed by Van Eecke
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Poperinge-Watou, Belgium

Bottled at Belgobaren, Stockholm. Hazy copper colour, rich creamy head. Yeasty earthy nose that softly transfroms itself to minerals, almond and melon. Sweet and very soft, near full bodied. Later on another soft transition occurs - this time to grapefruit, syrup and salt. Finally it gradialy turns into resiny pine needle bitterness. A sensationally seemless beer that weaves your mouth into a silky web full of complex flavours. Too sweet, but who cares? This is art!

I really like the aroma of beers from this brewery. Powerfull hops. A bit to sweet in flavor.

What a beautiful beer! My first thought when I put my mouth to the glass is that this beer is very similar to Rochefort 6. It has the most beautiful beige creamy head and a nice hazy amber body. The aroma is malt and fruit and the flavor is malt, fruit and spices!

330 ml bottle, as "Kapittel Watou Dubbel" (no "Het" anymore), bought in Frederikshavn, Denmark. Chestnut colour, large light tan head. Lovely caramel aroma, also hops and dark fruits, hints of sherry, spices and oak. Flavour has also caramel sweetness with lightly roasted malts and moderate oaky and spicy elements, nice. Moderate hops in the finish. A pleasant beer to drink, will appeal to people with a "sweet tooth".

A malty and sweet beer. It is very warming and extremely full flavoured and complex with notes of dark fruit and spices. A great brew.

Bottle, Criterion, Leicester Crawl Jan 2005. Deep chestnut, good off white head, good condition. Big chocolaty malt and slightly nutty dubbel aromas, creamy and slightly earthy in the mouth with more solid chocolate maltiness. Lingering chocolate and roasty dry bitterness in the finish. I forgot how good this was.

Bottle. Rich raisin, licorice and caramel spice nose. Cloudy with a firm, light tan head. Sweet malt going in rounds out via a deep, smooth, vinous character to a finish of figs, treacle and a hint of citrus.

Head is initially large, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy light brown, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, cookie), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), lightly hoppy (herbs, lemon, flowers), with notes of clove and coriander. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation.