t IJ Natte

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Light brown colour, tan head. Aroma has red fruits. Flavour has malts, red fruits and some candy. Weak.

11.2 oz capped bottle [Bottled Nov. 2002 - opened Feb. 2004]: Red orange hue turns cloudy and murky. . . Thick cream floats on top and reminds me of melted ice cream. Musty cherry aroma with some floral and bitter plum accents. Moist palate with nicely rounded flavours: red delicious apples, sugary bubblegum, lemon grass and pepper. Finish was fairly bland and short and a little disappointing after a nice aroma.

33oml bottle. Aroma is slightly sour. Doughy. Cactus and agave perhaps but with a definite underlying tartness. Weird. Pours a cloudy and chunky dark amber with a very frothy brownish white head that lasts forever. Good amount of bretty tartness on the tongue. Doughty malt. A touch of sugary sweetness. Fairly dry. Medium body with a tad too much carbonation. Yeast addition adds a whole lot of dustiness to the flavor . Finish is rather abrupt and dry. A very unique dubbel. Thanks Alan!

Brown colored brew. Large head. Sweet aroma, some yeast and sourness. Flavor is sweet, sugary, caramel and some fuits and spices.

Pours to an electrified shade of mahogany red, thick with sediment. Aromas of molasses, charred prunes and figs, cherry favor syrup. Tastes very earthy and dirty - honey, iron, and rotted oak. Rather rich and heavy palate - both intensely carbonated and also sort of lifeless. Lacks gracefulness.

a medium-brownish color with an adequate beige head..mostly lasting. aroma is very spicy and also has a hint of citrus and poo. flavor is spice and citrus. not bad.

Bottle: The deep brown colour looks good in the glass and the head stays firm and crisp. There is a cloying nature to this beer that tends to suggest that it hasn’t been fully through the brew cycle. While this is not a bad beer to consume I found it somewhat lacklustre.

Medium brown color with a funny little sprinkled nutmeg head. Sour nose, but only slightly tangy on the sides of the tongue. Some nutty flavors, but mostly a fizzy explosion. It's difficult to grasp a taste because it's so overly fizzy that it just sort of stings.