t Smisje Dubbel

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

33 cl. Opaque, plum-brown color with a small spit of foam that leaves spots of soapy lace. Aroma of dark fruit, brown sugar and red wine. Flavors of dark fruit, earthy cellar, leather, nutmeg, tart cherry, red wine and oak. These all usually add up to an outstanding taste rating from me, but something is slightly amiss with this one, maybe the wateriness or near flatness. Medium body is watery, smooth with very little carbonation, and dry.

On tap at the Oldsmar Tap House (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark brown with a thick foamy tan head. Good retention and lacing. Aroma is sweet, malty, maple syrup, ripe dark fruit, molasses. Flavor is sweet, malty, musty, some woody notes, some faint smokiness. Generally medium to full body with a malty and slightly oaky finish.

Bottle froom the Foodery II. Pours a very dark cloudy chestnut brown with a thin tan foam head. There is a nice spiciness in the aroma complimenting the chocolate maltiness, dark fruit and earthy hops. The flavor is a nice balance of choclate, maltiness, plum, raisin, date, fig. Well balanced throughout with a dry bitter finish.

Draft at the Thirsty Monk. Thanks Zoe ;) Very different. Not the typical yeast flavor I’ve come to expect from belgians. Some banana, nuttiness, farmhouse.

Bottle. Hazy brown with a big foam. Aromas are caramel malts with soft spices. Some vanilla. Flavours are yeasty with soft malts. Caramel and cream with spices. A bit different.

lots of sludgy goodness on the bottom of the bottle and I’m damned if i’m not gonna get it all in my glass. that leads to a murky, hazy, muddy brown, sparse head, and a varied aroma of figs, oak, brown sugar and nutmeg. Dark malt dominates, more spice and sugar. It’s a little chewy and with all of the heavy character I’d like a bit more weight to the body.

Bottle, 2008 Pre-GBBF Chris_o Shindig. Honey colored pour, translucent white head. Aroma is firmly in the compost heap: veg in decay, but an interesting sort of decay. Some soft melons, a bit of caramel sans sweet. Messy but interesting.

Bottle at chris_o’s i’ll go out back and glass myself tasting. Alround rating: This must be the same beer as all thier other beers just like a little more brown malt, its like the house yeast just dominates everything.