Westmalle Dubbel

750 ml bottle. Dark brown with orange hue. Thin beige head that totally disappears quickly. Aroma is pungent almost sour fruit taste, malty with light chocolate sweetness. Flavor is also lightly chocolate but predominately fruit, yeast, hoppy bitterness (specifically in finish), and caramel.

Not a bad dubbel. It has a nice maltyness to the flavor. The aroma was not as strong as I would have liked. It has a good head. Not a great beer, but okay.

330 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a dark brown with a touch of red and a nice big, creamy tan head. Fairly mild nose with fruit, raisin and toffee notes. Full of taste with lots of dark fruit and a slight hoppy bitterness. Medium+ body, fairly fizzy. An impressive beer.

Bottle from LCBO. I was expecting much from this and perhaps that’s where the letdown come from. Huge fan of Trappist ales. This one didn’t have as much taste as I’d hoped. I tried the Chimay Trappist the day before and it was so delicious that this seemed almost dull in comparison. Poured nice and dark didn’t have any strong scents. The head was phenominal. The taste though, was like a good dark ale. Not as spicy and diverse as I’d come to expect from other Trappist ales. I think I’ll try again though cause if anything deserves a second chance then its a trappist ale from Belgium!

330 mL Bottle. Brown / burgundy body with a big fluffy tan head that settles after a few minutes and laces the sides of the glass generously. The aroma is very complex; ripe dark fruits including prunes, figs, and raisins, vanilla, innuendos of toffee and cherry, sweet malt and grains, and a floral spiciness to it. Bold, complex, almost wine-like flavor includes black coffee, figs, prunes, and a very faint hint of cherry. A bitter-sweet spiciness comes through in the aftertaste followed by a nice dry bitter finish that lingers. Hey Belgium, you’ve got another ace.

0.33L bottle, big fluffy pale mocha head, hazy brown colour with some burgundy red taints. Extremely complex aroma, i detected vanila, coffee, dates, dried figs, dark honey, caramel and spiciness to roung off. flavour quite dry but with a touch of sweetness, coffee bitterness, bittersweet chocolate, licorice, woodiness. medium to full body, exquisitly balanced, long bittersweet aftertaste. Wonderfull to linger on.

What a tasty little find at a Burlington LCBO. 33cl, 7% a/v VERY generous head (be careful not to overpour) of a tan colour. Aroma is kind of boozy, with some caramel notes and dark stone fruit. The taste is quite complex.. very boozy and spicy, with some chocolate, licorice and cinammon all showing up to the party. The aftertaste is great, and reflects the original taste. Overall a fantastic sipping beer!