Ter Doolen (Dolen) Donker (Double Dark)

Brewed by Brouwerij de Dool
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Helchteren, Belgium

Brown colored brew. Aroma is malty and brown sugar. Flavor is sweet with some roasted tones.

09-08-23 330 ml bottle. brown colour. big creamy head. papery old smell. caramely tatste.

Bottle at The Penguin. Dark ruby with red glints and a tall initially rocky cappuccino head. Sweet dunkel/doppelbocky aroma with malt loaf, choc coated raisin, brown sugar, some discreet strawberry Hubba Bubba and an undercurrent of piney menthol hop. Quite boozy on the palate for the ABV; brown ale eisbock and Kasteel Donker shandy impressions, prunes, slight lactic softness, choc, lingering raisin. Milky, dried fruity, hazelnut-hinting and wafting with alcohol. Thinnish, but with some yeasty interest. Pretty good.

dark brown coloured body with a off white head a spicy malty aroma a spicy malty sweet caramel little fruity taste with a little alcholic bitter finish

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. A pretty good dubbel to be honest, decent malts, some fruit, Yes, it’s basic and simple and the malts could be fuller but I do like it. Again very drinkable and very likeable. Drank it whilst quite drunk and it didn’t jar, so it must have been good. Solidish

Clear brown coloured beer with a bith reddish shine, a medium diminishing off-white head and medium carbonation. A malty and yeasty aroma mixed with some alcohool snuffies. Full creamy and sparkling palate. Finish is yeasty ending bitter and dry. Nice one, I liked it.

Dark brown coloured with a rather small off white head. Fruit and roasty aroma. Taste is a bit average, with caramel sweetness and raisins. Warming alcohol and bitterness at the end.

Bottle, bought @ Willems, Grobbendonk.
7.1%
Pours very dark mahogany - bordering on black with red edges. Fine, frothy, staying, off-white head on top. Nice fruity aroma, lots of figs, plums and raisins. Good yeast, some chocolate with a milky touch. Highish carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, dried fruits with a surprisingly large amount of sweet milky chocolate. Almost coffee-like in a dry and relatively bitter finish. Better than its rating suggests, though there is a bit of a metallic off-flavour that brings it down a bit.