 egajdzis (2963), Terrapin, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 1, 2005
Tap @ Bullfrog... Poured a prunish mahogany color with a medium sized, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of dried fruits, banana, yeast, roast and light alcohol as well. Taste of plums, dried fruits, cherries, yeast, touch of caramel malt with a touch of alcohol.
Glouglouburp (1935), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 13, 2008 In short: An overly spicy and soapy/perfumed Belgian ale of some kind
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Clear golden copper body with a small beige head.
In long: Spicy nose. Taste has way too much herbal and perfumy spiciness for me. Coriander, lavender, camomile, cloves, rose water, some spices that I use in my unsuccessful Chinese cooking attempts. Second in line was an intense “having my mouth washed with soap” feeling. That thing got gross before the end of my 4oz sample. I think I got a bad batch, a bottom of keg that shouldn’t have been served or something like that. This beer was like seeing my cousin Louis with working-boots on and a lunchbox, you know there’s something not quite right and that’s not how it’s supposed to be.
ryan (1706), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
May 11, 2008 Draft @ Otto’s. Mostly clear amber body with a small white head. The nose is fruity and estery with bananas, clove, plums, candi sugar and dough. The taste is moderately sweet, moderate to light bitterness with plums, light berry, candi sugar and some banana. Medium body is round with moderate carbonation. Finishes with a bit of pepper.
kmweaver (1980), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Apr 4, 2008 Draft @ Otto’s. Shared by artusory. Pours a bright, orange-reddish color; thin off-white head with fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of straightforward cloves and brown sugar and oily dried fruits in the aroma; a bit syrupy. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy dried fruits, bananas and cloves, with lots of chewiness and residual sugar. Sticky, but tasty enough. Lengthy finish from all the sugar; cloves and bananas and dried fruits.
austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
Feb 2, 2008 Wonderful - really candyish and sweet. Lots o’ malt with no hoppage at all. Nice.
CharlesDarwin (1379), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 1, 2008 On tap at the brewpub. Aroma is a lightly coarse phenolic blast, with the curtness of salted ginger and heavy yeast. Very pungent and a bit chalky. Not my most desirable Belgian profile. Pour to the scupper with a rather clear middle red, thin rim of opalescent head above. Flavor rings with the aroma, in a lightly grainy, astringent yeast profile. Pale fruit liqeurs dominate an otherwise lightly chewy malt body. I just don’t get the malt character and soft, estery yeast expression I want. Hops are right on with a blast of juicy cone resin in the back end. Fresh, but the yeast got ugly and takes the beer down. Not my kind of Dubbel.
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