 jfenglish (198), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nov 7, 2009 Pours a huge head, crazy foam. Aroma of spice, candy, some apple. First sip is biting- heavy carbonation...Need to let it settle down. Rich, chocolate, coffee, sweet and malty flavors, with spice and raisin. Like eating a thick slice of dark brown candied bread. Enjoyed it.
jredmond (1015), New Jersey, USA
Oct 24, 2009 Bottle split with Pat. Pours a hazy, murky brown body with small white lacing. Aroma is cherry, raisin, sweet. malts. Taste is fruiit, cherry, hands down, best abbey dubbel ive had.
bierkoning (5980), La Tropica, Netherlands
Oct 22, 2009 Corked bottle, bought @ De Molen. Dark brown color. Maltaroma with hints of herbalness and dried fruit. Malty sweet flavor with toffee, milk chocolate, alcohol, butterscotch, raisin and lciorice. Well balanced ale.
Skinnyviking (4142), Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct 17, 2009 Bottle. High creamy and long lasting off-white head. Hazy dark amber body. Apple pear plum raisin caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel raisin flavor with a good deal of hops bitterness and a hint of alcohol as well as a spicy note. Pretty carbonated and a long bittersweet aftertaste.
Jblauvs (528), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Oct 16, 2009 Dark Red brown pour with a small offwhite head. Aroma is sweet fruit, raisin, some dates, craisins. also some yeastiness. Flavor is a bold sweet caramel and fruitiness with some booziness. well ballanced, complex, and sticky. a Delight
oteyj (713), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
Oct 15, 2009 This is one of the best of the style I’ve had so far. Hazy reddish brown pour with small white head. Aroma is cranberry, raison, and loads of dark fruit with lost of caramel sweetness and mild yeast character. Flavor is sweet, balancing dark fruit, booze, and light fruit surprisingly well. Lots of different sugar types make the flavors complex and unique. Palate is full, leaving a sticky smacking finish.
JensenTaster (1585), Denmark
Oct 15, 2009 (on bottle) Red, somewhat murky, small, white head.. Huge esterish nose; peach, liquorice, abricot, strawberry; the fruits gets dominating. Perfect carbonation. At first the caramels are in front, but the alcohol blends figs and toast very nicely into it all.
daleharshman (181), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 13, 2009 750 mL bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar. Not much of a pop when I pulled the cork. Pours a lovely maroon-brown. The off-white head fizzes quickly and then disappears into absolute nothingness. Aroma is sweet with brown sugar, maraschino cherries, gooey semi-dried dates in a Middle Eastern market (sorry--was recently in Israel and Jordan), caramel, and light yeast. A great nose on this dubbel. Flavor has plums and cherries lightly covered with chocolate, brown sugar, caramel, and just a hint of booze. The main problem here is that it’s flat and that takes away from the potential richness of the flavors. I don’t know if this is part of the carbonation problems that Lost Abbey has supposedly been having, but it’s unfortunate. It’s still a very good dubbel, but could be better if they fix the carbonation. I may have to try this on tap next time I find it and re-rate.
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