La Mare au Diable Frère Hubert

Brewed by La Mare au Diable
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Sherbrooke, Canada

My Bottom Line:
This Belgian Dubbel attempt is the victim of a yeast strain gone awry, adding unwanted sourness and dustiness to this fruity and already frail number.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam rests atop the murky brown.
-Some coriander is perceived in the nose.
-All ingredients seem endemic to the style, but the execution is quite shaky to say the least.
-Some caramel maltiness is mucked up by the dirty yeast.
-Carbonation is fizzy and surely distraught at the surrounding chaos.

On tap at the brewpub.

In short: Basic fruity and unbalanced Belgian amber ale (not a dubbel)
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Cloudy amber body with a small beige head
In long: Coriander, some other herbs and fruity yeast jump to the nose. Some grainy malts take the backseat in this rather yeasty and rather sweet beer. Orange pulp and a small notes of citrus are the main fruity flavours. Lively carbonation. Body is fluffy and dusty. Noble hops or any hops for that matter are cruelly missing. A dubble this is not, however the beer does have a Belgian feel to it (close enough considering the brewpub). Reminds me of my ex cooking: an approximate mess of stuff thrown in together that somehow end-up being comestible.