Sly Fox Abbey Dubbel

Brewed by Sly Fox Brewhouse
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Royersford and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Poured a brownish red color with a medium sized, off white head that quickly diminished and left no lacing on the glass. Aroma of dark fruits (cherries, berries), candy sugar, yeast, and caramel. Tart cherry taste, some yeast, sweet malts, and light alcohol comes through as pepper. Round mouthfeel.

On tap at the Blind Tiger in NYC. The pour was slightly murky-ish red-brown to orange, decent initial head, lacing nice too. Aroma was spices, dough, some light floral notes. The flavor followed, nice yeasty bready touch, finishing with a touch of bitterness, spices present with some zesty zing, other fruits, dark and light perhaps. Caramel and chocolate also underneath it all. The mouthfeel was moderate, pretty nice for the style, could have used some nutty notes along with the rest of the beer, pretty good stuff.

On tap at the Phoenixville location. Pours a darker brown amber with really no head. Aroma of dark fruits, toffee, candy sugar, yeast, belgian spices and light alcohol. Flavors of the same with some banana.

Draught @ Sly Fox: This one poured a clear, yet almost opaque brown color. Tinges of red in there too. There was no head to it at all, with very little carbonation. No lacing at all. The aroma is a somewhat sweet caramel malt nose Some dark fruits. Also somewhat spicy. The taste is similar to the aroma. Last year’s was a bit overly sweet, but I didn’t find that in this year’s version. Very Nice.

Poured a very deep red brown color with a small beige head. The aroma was mildly sweet with some dark fruit and tobacco. Some doughy notes. The flavor is a little eastery and earthy with chocolate on the tail. Light hoppy finish. Semi-dry with a medium body and some warmth in the throat.

Draught at Royersford. Clear, ruby-brown body with a velvety beige head. Dark caramelized aroma with notes of bread crusts, cocoa, light rubbery clove-like phenols, and an element of cooked bananas. Moderately sweet flavor with some toasty edges and modest bitterness. Has some lingering raisin flavors, but not a great deal of depth otherwise. Still, this is a solid American dubbel overall.

A nice Belgian dubbel. Good candi sugar odors and flavors. Strong alcohol presence. Finishes with the typical dubbel super sweetness and slight sourness.

On tap at the Sly Fox in Royersford. Poured a medium reddish-brown color with no head. Aromas and tastes of dark fruits (raisins and plums) and candy sugar. Lightly sweet.