Midnight Sun La Mâitresse du Moine

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Anchorage, Alaska USA

DecemBeer. Sample from a bottle shared by grownfool. Dark brown-red, beige foam. Aroma is fruity, raisins, plums. Taste is raisins, spicy esters.

Pours black with a big dark head and lots of lacing. Flavor is dried fruit, nuts, chocolate. Thick and hearty.

22 oz bottle purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington. This was labeled as Monks Mistress. Notch on the label is between N and D, 4. Pour is mostly clear cola brown with ruby highlights and a one inch light tan head. Aroma of roasty, wet camp fire smokiness and a spiced yeastiness in the back. Interesting nose to be sure, but a bit muddled. Taste is light soured black ckerry skin, followed by a smoky roasty malt, finishing with a spiced, almost banana yeastiness. The yeast has a dubbel character, though the rest of the beer was more like a smoke doppelbock with light sourness. The yeast really comes through strong in the long finish. Interesting combo that mostly worked together. Palate is medium, pretty easy drinking and did not really show much of the 11.5% abv.

Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours a deep dark reddish-brown color with a large, fluffy tan head. Midnight Sun seems to always nail the appearance, and this is no exception. Aroma is dark fruits, brown sugar, molasses, roast, chocolate, and spiced rum. Flavor is very heavy on the molasses, but still very good. Candied dark fruits abound - raisin, plum, cherries, and figs - along with chocolate and spices. Really tasty. Smooth on the palate with medium body and soft carbonation. Drinkability is not outstanding, but overall this is really a great beer.

Bomber from bvc shared with my nephew. Pours classic dubbel brown with some red streaks, surprisingly large, rocky head with nice ’fizzies’ popping. Nose is, I swear, campfire S’mores - milk chocolate and biscuity graham cracker with some sweetness. A little yeasty earthiness in the back. Flavor is a slightly boozy version of the nose, with the yeast more pronounced and the sweetness less so. Carbonation was perfect - though I prefer a little zippiness in the style. Finish shows molasses and light spicy figs. Really a well-done dubbel. Not my favorite style, but this was a good one and the bomber didn’t last long at all. Thanks, B - this was a really nice brew.

Bomber thanks to MrChopin. Pours very dark brown with large thick tan head. Aroma is caramel, raisans, dark fruits, chocolate and malts. Flavor is chewy malts, caramel, molassas, raisans, dark fruits, and maybe a bit of smoke. Thicker mouthfeel but smooth on palate. Solid beer but has a bit soy character to it.

Pours very dark brown with a large, fizzy light brown head. I appears to be a bit thin. The nose is a bit rum raisin or highly alcoholic bread pudding. Maybe a bit of mint and white pepper. The flavor is has a bit of the minty taste. With a bit of chocolate. Honestly, I don’t find this beer all that flavorful. Medium body, but nothing exciting. There’s nothing here to make me won’t more.

22oz courtesy of tastybeer.

Pours pitch black with a large, dark brown, fairly rocky head that has great retention and leaves good lacing. Aroma is graham crackers, marshmallows, milk chocolate, a bit of roast. Overall, it smells like s’mores! Pretty awesome. Taste is dried fruits (dates, figs), roasted nuts, some roast, smoke dark chocolate covered cherries. It’s a bit salty actually. Body is thick, filling. Missing a few normal Dubbel notes, but is excellent just as a Belgian Strong Ale. Yum!