Westmalle Dubbel

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Malle, Belgium

Pours a dark reddish orange with a tan small head. Aromas of sour green apples, caramel, spice, and vanilla. Tastes like plums, sour apples, cloves, malt, vanilla and a warming effect from the high alcohol content. Soft carbonation, what you would expect from a dubbel. A little boozy but still pretty nice.

Dark brown with two fingers of light tan head. Prune aroma, light but bready sweet malts. Tastes are sweet with a tingly carbonation, caramel, prunes, and a yeasty spiciness.

I drank this Dubbel at 10 degrees Celsius. It poured out a normal head, not too huge, and with little scent. The taste starts with a sweet appearance, then bitters come in and accompany this fine dubbel.It has tasty but slightly too little bitter after tones. It has hints of caramel and cinnamon. These could have been a bit more pronounced, to allow us more than a educated guess of what it is that we taste here. A good Dubbel though.

Pours a thick-hazed burnt umber into the glass, with lots of "yeasty floaties". The head is a nice tan froth which keeps 1/4-inch retention down the glass, leaving soapy lace. Some toasty caramel and aerated sugars to the nose. The flavors are dry, of roasted caramel balancing nicely with sour fruity hues. The finish closes cleanly, with hints of roasted light bitters. The mouthfeel is thick, although a bit overcarbonated, with light alcohol notes to pepper the back-palate. Somewhat simplistic in nature, this brew is a nice offering on the Trappist Dubbel style.

Pours cloudy reddish brown amber. The aroma is very sweet, of molasses and caramel, with notes of toasted malts, and almond. The flavor is about like the smell, though a bit less sweet than expected, and has a nice lightly bitter finish. The mouthfeel is thinner than expected for a beer this sweet. Overall, this is an enjoyable beer that’s not as complex as other Trappist beers.

Comes out of the bottle a dark, hazy, chocolaty brown with a fairly thick beige head. (Be careful - it foams like all-get-out!) Strong aroma has a fruity overtone and an appreciable malty component with hints of caramel. Satisfying flavor is malty with a strong apple/pear tone and hints of caramel and smoke, and a hoppy undertone. Finish is subtly bitter and has a touch of sweetness. Smooth texture helps it slide down the pipes pleasantly.

Bottle at home, drank with Pieter. Very good flavourful beer. Smooth, not too much kick. Very tasty.

Great beer. Pours a deep reddish brown. Well balanced, slightly sour flavor. As with others, the flavor improves as it warms to room temperature. Perhaps not the most well structured of the Trappists.