Iron Hill Bourbon Dubbel

Brewed by Iron Hill Phoenixville
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at P-ville. Pours turbid rusty brown color with off-white head. Nose was fruity, with plum, fig, bourbon, malt, peaty earthy notes, wood. Tasted very complex, with fruity and bourbon notes matched by earthy, peaty, woody, caramel, and mild vanilla notes. Came off like 2 parts barleywine, 2 parts dubbel, and 2 parts bourbon soaked fruit medley, and was a very good beer.

Draught at IH Phoenixville: Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, and slight spices. Poured dark brown/deep amber in color with a medium beige head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Good lacing. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of bourbon, vanilla, slight yeast, alcohol, slight spices, wood, and slight tobacco. Medium body. Creamy, dry texture. Average carbonation. Bourbon, oak finish.

On tap at IH Pville during a MUG Club event. Pours a deep amber with prety much no head. Aroma of some vanilla, light bourbon, dark fruits and some woody notes. Flavor of vanilla, caramel, dark fruits, bourbon and woody. Kind of flat. Decent aroma and flavor...but could have been better. Dubble Trubbel was much nicer.

22oz mug at the Phoenixville location. Poured a medium amber color with no head at all. Compared to the Dubbel Trubbel, this one was lighter in color and clear. Aromas of wood, vanilla, and bourbon. Tastes of bourbon, wood, chocolate, caramel, and dark fruits. Tastes thin side. Body was also thin and flat.

Poured a hazy red brown color with no head or lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, wood, raisins, dried fruit, vanilla, and bourbon. Taste of vanilla, caramel malts, bourbon, tannic wood, light spices, dried fruits, and a bit of alcohol in the finish.