 The_Beer_God (2838), Newport News, Virginia, USA
Sep 24, 2005
Bottle. Thanks to Pailhead for this! Can’t believe I haven’t rated this yet. It hasn’t been available in my area in at least 2 years, so that may be the reason, but I’ve had this more times than I can count "back in the day". Pours a muddled reddish brown with a small tan head. Nose is malty and sweet with lots of raisins, figs, and perhaps cherries. Light cocoaa and hints of caramel. Taste is rich and chewy. Big sweet maltiness, caramel, more dark fruits (raisins, figs and maybe prunes), hints of cocoa and light hints of alcohol. Body is moderately carbonated with some smoothness at times. Finishes much the way it began - dark fruits, sweet malts, cocoa, light alcohol notes. Nice stuff and seemingly much like I recall from days past!
lievenvh (13), , Belgium
Sep 7, 2008 caramel, toast, brown, sparkling, tan foam, full body, average carbonation, long finish,
trapez (199), Hilleroed, Denmark
Sep 7, 2008 Stone bottle. Clear dark red-brown colour with almost no head. Ripe fruits aroma. Also fruits - maily raisins in taste - rather sweet. A bit alcoholic bitter aftertaste. Low carbonation.
mjs (524), Helsinki, Finland
Sep 3, 2008 (Draught at Old Bank, Turku, on 2008-08-29) Dark reddish brown. Clear. Hardly any head. Light malty nose. Full bodied palate with little carbonation. Chocolate, bitterness, fruitiness and slighty berry like flavours in taste.
Kiwi_Jonno (41), Christchurch, New Zealand
Aug 29, 2008 500mL Bottle. Pours a red beer with a fast disappearing head. Aroma of spices, with yeast and malt. Sweet beer though most Dubbels are. Tastes similar to its aroma. Cherry-Fruit flavours evident. This Dubbel seemed lacking flavour and was short finishing compared to others. Perhaps I was too wow’ed with the bottle and expected more. Very drinkable though.
Skidds (180), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Aug 26, 2008 Like all trappist beers; this one is very flavourful and well balanced. Darker fruits (prunes, raisins), roasted malts, caramel, coffee. Finish is a tad bitter. Excellent
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