LAurore de la Salm

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Aubel, Belgium

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Clear orangey brown with an off-white head. Lightly tart and spicy nose. Medium body, roasted malts, overripe fruit and spicy accents. Rather alcoholic finish. 141208

33 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours clear and golden hazzlenut brown with a n orange glare and a diminished off-white head. Mild fruity, yeasty and roasted malty aroma. Sweet malty and phenolic yeasty flavoured. Mild bitterness showing through. Slight bitter finish.

Bottle 33cl. @ [ Fastelavns Tasting Ulfborg ].
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, mlaty, caramel notes, light hoppy, fruity notes, light yeasty, peat - sod notes, alcohol notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, finish has a peat - sod and alcohol - peppery burn. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20090221]

Bottle, 8.3%. Caramelly aroma, some roasted grain. Clear brown colour. Small tan head. The flavour is roasted and nutty. There is some malt, a bit of yeast. OK alcohol note in the finish. Not very clean, but not bad either.

Bottled (from belgianshop.be). Deep hazy amber colour with mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, some fruityness as well as yeast and mild alcoholic sweetness. Flavour is caramel malts, some yeast, fruits and slightly earthy and raisiny notes as well. As it warms up it gets some spicyness as well. Mild alcohol shows in the flavour too as it warms up.

Hazy light chestnut. Sweet aroma is very fruity (fig, plum, apple). Dryish palate is quite yeasty, but with light figgy-datey accents. Some alcohol in the finish. Decent stuff, actually.

Hazy dark amber with medium biege head. Somewhat swetet aroma with hints of roasted malt and phenol. Sweet flavour with roasted malt and caramel notes. Hints of chocolate followoed it up.

Bottled (Bs, BB 03/2010). Dark amber color, good creamy off-white head. Dusty and spicey nose. Caramel malty, sweetish with dark fruits and spices. Alcoholic kick. Quite typical, although decent, dubbel with extra alcoholic punch.