t Smisje Dubbel

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

Bottle sampled at Toronado San Diego with Katie. We wanted to try something random, so we plucked this one off the bottle list. Clear mahogany color with low carbonation and some beige lace. Aroma of sweet smoke, dates, and toffee. Flavor is very sweet with a bit of raisin bread and sweet dark malts. Honey flavors kick in at the end. A bit too sweet for my tastes, but a good one to try.

Bit of fruit, honey. Not like any other Dubbel I can think of. All the aroma is there, but this odd malty taste lingers. Can’t pin it down.Maybe a bit tart.

Bottle. Hazy amber coloured with a foamy off white head. Aromas of dark fruit, caramel, sweet malt, hops and yeast. Flavour of hops, raisins, caramel and malt.

Bottle. Spicy, slightly hot nose, big yeast with a dollop of honey and really thick, rich malt. Hazy dark amber pour with a luscious, lacing creamy head. Taste is (surprisingly, really) extremely dry and actually pretty bitter, honey on the side with rooty spice and some real earthy malt up front. Hint of ginger and orange peel, touch of toffee. Prickling throughout. Smisje house yeast, no sign of candi. Medium body, very dry, herbal aftertaste. A bit hard to finish, but gosh, they can turn out some good ones if you keep them away from the mustard seeds. Probably won’t have again, though.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, cloudy, good head, nice brew

An amber/red colored beer, with a medium beige head. It disappears quickly. The aroma is a little sour, with brown sugar, caramel and honey. The taste is a little sweet of brown sugar, a little sour, dry and a bit of alcohol. For a beer of 9% it hasn’t a full taste. Aftertaste is dry.

Flaske. Mørkebrun øl med et fint skum. Ikke så meget bundfald som i en del andre t smisje øl. Meget diskret duft, og faktisk også overraskende nedtonet smag i betragtning af 9%. En metalsmag i eftersmagen trækker en smule ned, men udmærket øl.

Bottle purchased at Gordon’s in New London, CT. Pours dark caramel, thin off white lacing. Now this bottle had a lot of shelf dirt on it, so that could be a good thing or a bad thing, me thinks.

Aroma is malty and spicy with caramel and dried fruits. Flavor is similar and not as sweet. Has some metal and organic offness to it. Perhaps it has to do with the age. I couldn’t find a date on the bottle. Anyhoo, you may want to avoid this one if you heart dubbels.