Iron Hill Abbey Dubbel

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Newark, Delaware USA

Draft at W Chester. Caramel and pepper (light) with a prickly mouthfeel. I’m liking the spicy flavor and the lack of typical American Dubbel sweetness.

I thought this was fairly good. Has a sweet fruity aroma. to me seemed to have a strong grape presence, taste of sweet fruit, body was a tad syrupy, coulda been thicker, nice brew.

I have had this straight from the tap at the Wilmington location as well as in the many growlers my friend who works there has brought home. Nice and dark with excellent flavor in the true Belgium Abby dubbel style. Much lighter and less filling than the dark color would suggest. Very drinkable, My favorite brew from Iron Hill yet.

On draft at the Newak location. Hazy amber, almost reddish pour, nice head on top, decent retention with steadily rising bubbles going on. Lacing pretty good. The aroma was very nice once it warmed up beyond the freezing cold serving temperature of the Newark location, coriander, cloves, sweet amber malts. The flavor was solid, great spicing (cloves and coriander), solid yeast presence in the flavor and finish, caramel and fruity malt aspects, highly drinkable, up there among my favorite dubbels experienced to-date. Body was airy fully, nothing sticky or thick about it, though. Nice job, Scott! Re-rate, 11/08, on draft at the WC location: A tad more smokey than remembered, bubblegum noticeable underneath. Not quite as impressive either as my first rating of 4.4, bumping numbers down a tad.

Darker brown color with a light head. On tap at North Wales. Aroma is sweet with lots of caramel and raisin. Flavor is very bready/malty for a dubbel, but the fruit flavors come through nicely. I liked it, but its average for a Dubbel in my opinion.

Draft @ Newark-Pours a cloudy golden color w/a slight white head. Sweet aroma of bread dough. Flavors of bread dough, sugar, banana, & spice. A little drier than a standard Abbey Dubbel makes the flavor seem to come up kind of short. Could use a little more sweetness & spice to punch it up a bit, but not bad. A solid brew.

Light hazy amber colour with a small off white head. malty, caramel and light cookie sweet aroma with some fruity and alcohol notes. Sweet flavor with a light alcohol sting. Light dry finish with alcohol sweet notes.

10oz draft at the new Lancaster, PA location...pours a hazy brownish color, no head to speak of...smell was of ripe fruit, malt and banana...flavor was on the sweet side, dark fruits and evidence of the banana and clove pairing...not bad but not great.