Triangle Belgian-Style Abbey Dubbel

Brewed by Triangle Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Durham, North Carolina USA

Growler from the brewery. I love Triangle... Two growler fills, including glass, for $24. Pours a dark reddish brown color, semi-clear, with a thin head. Poor head retention and lacing. Aroma is brown sugar, molasses, brown sugar and faint smoke. Taste is toasted bread, molasses, brown sugar, bitter hops, faint figs and raisins and light smoke. Smooth, low carbonation, medium bodied.

(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy amber-brown body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of toasted grain, raisins, fig, and vinous. Flavor of raisins, toasted malt, brown sugar, caramel, and light cocoa with a somewhat thin mouthfeel and dry finish.

On draft at Rue Cler, Durham. Absolutely lovely beer, deep garnet pour with a very attractive and cloudy head. Soft, fruity yeasty notes in the nose with some sticky malts too. The taste isn’t as complex as it needs to be, and there’s a shade too much booze in there. But this is certainly a solid offering from the up-and-coming locals.

Cloudy copper pour fluffy off-white head and spotty lace. Strait forward flavor dark fruits, bubblegum and some yeast.

Tap at WBF in Durham. Amber/brown pour, barely hazy. Decent off-white head. Sweet and malty with some Belgian sugar and a bit of fruit. Bit of spice. Really a very average dubbel, but I’m also not really feeling this style right now, so perhaps I wasn’t overly into it for that reason. Probably the best Triangle brew.

Sampled at the WBF. Pours a hazy copper with a creamy light tan head. The nose was sweet, spicy, earthy, some candy and bubblegum, fruity. Definitely bubblegum in the flavor, spicy, citrusy, lemongrass, alcohol, sweet, coriander, orange peel. Warm and spicy on the palate. Actually a pretty nice dubbel. Doesn’t have the rusty/meaty character of most traditional ones.

I’ve had this before but I recently had the pleasure of re-trying it at the James Joyce for it’s annual release. The party was awesome. The Dry Heathens and Rat Jackson played. Killer sets. Killer sets. The beer was brown and had a large tan head. I picked up raisin, molasses, toffee, brown sugar, and some subtle prune notes at the finish. Strong flavor without too strong alcohol. Good job fellas!

On tap at the Durham WBF. I had the pleasure of speaking to the brewer, Rick, for a few moments during the beer mosh pit that is the WBF. A well traveled guy, used to brew at one of my NJ faves, Flying Fish. A very pleasant guy! Anyway, lightly hazed dark copper with a pure white head. Textbook dubbel nose, dark fruits and a bit of yeastiness. Fruity flavors, prune, fig, raisin all coated with a sweet maltiness. A pleasant surprise finding this - I hope Triangle does well!