 posikyle (165), Alabama, USA
Jun 18, 2008 A very good dubbel ruined with raisins. The aroma is raisins, the flavor is raisins with some malt...too many raisins...
bp (451), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 14, 2008 Bottle: pours a dark reddish color with a thin and quick disappearing head, aroma of dark fruits and spices, taste is very similar - dark fruits and spices but a bit more subdued than I was expecting, fairly thin mouthfeel as well. Solid dubbel.
bsierra (213), Vista, California, USA
Jun 13, 2008 On tap @ Backstreet Brewing, Vista. Nice nose of vinous raisins, caramel malt, good and spicy. Interesting. Dark amber in color with a thin head that fades. Interesting flavor that reminds me of bubblegum esters with a strong malty flavor and fairly spicy finish. Complex and interesting, but drinkable. Nice palate, quick dry finish.
Angeloregon (2024), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jun 12, 2008 From a 750 ml bottle purchased at By The Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a dark brown-amber body with a big off-white head. Esters of yeastiness, fruitiness, and medicine. Caramel, dark fruits (raisins and figs), and a boozy candied bite. Very easy to drink and quite delicious! Not as yeasty as the nose indicated initially. Very subtle flavor complexities that ruminated for sometime. Yum!
chimaybier (51), Redding, California, USA
Jun 7, 2008 750ML Bottle purchased at City Beer in San Francisco. Served at 59 degrees F. The pour: spritzy, murky brown color. Head: appropirate for the style, but collapses rather quickly. The bouquet: indeed yeasty, with strong notes of figs and raisins. The palate: estery, fruity, with nice hoppiness in the finish. Enjoyed it with Romeo & Juliet- (Brazilian Goiabada & Catupiry Cheese)
Sparky27 (1559), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Jun 5, 2008 Sampled at the Tomme Arthur/Lost Abbey Beer Dinner at Chandler Whole Foods. Pours an opaque brownish amber with a tan head. Nose is raisins, figs, brown sugar and alcohol. Palate is yeasty with dark fruits, caramel and malts with a dry alcohol hop finish. Medium mouth feel. Paired with ancho chili rubbed pork tenderloin.
CharlesDarwin (1823), Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
Jun 2, 2008 750mL Bottle. This took forever for me to get around to drinking. This beer was approximately 1 year old. A 2007, drank in 2008. Corked with a light spritz and slowly dying carbonation. Aroma cast a glow of settled, alcohol infused tannic fruits. Definitely some undeniable golden raisin shadows over a glow of lightly toasted caramels, sweet onion glaze and fruitcake. Typically phenolic and still a little warm. Poured in red-brown, lightly hazed with a rim of off-white. Flavor presented well-melded characters running the gamut from condensed sugar raisin bread to salted figs and balsamic, back to the lighter side of apricots. Fruity and minerally. The Lost Abbey yeast and mineral character settles in and braces the alcohol against the malt. Works well with Carne Adobado. I do appreciate that the malt flavors are well-intergrated, sweet, but not syrupy and playing well off of the alcohol. Complex, but not crazy. Starting to show a nip of age. The faintest, dustiest wisper of hops hopes to corner some of the gin sugars, but doesn’t get very far. Obviously a decent Dubbel, but maybe not one that I would grab again, as I would look for a little more darkness, depth and drinkability.
skortila (2875), Bunnik, Netherlands
May 30, 2008 Bottled. Tasting @ Kolding Bryglaug. Aroma is very fruity, lots of raisin. Hazy, brown coloured with a lasting, off-white head. Taste is sweet with a little sourish touch. It has raisin.. Lots of raisin. Some sugar as well. Bit dry and smooth. Good, enjoyable beer.
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