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Westmalle Dubbel

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
14543.87/5.03.86/5.07%98.8Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
A reddish brown trappist ale, malty and fruit, featuring a 3 week secondary fermentation.
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 wilderthanyou (413), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2008  
The beer pours a deep murky brown with a sticky light beige head. The aroma is very yeasty with light notes of some dark fruits, a little thin for a Belgian. The flavour was pretty decent, mostly of dark fruits, but the finish is what makes this beer, first there is a dry hoppy sour bitterness that melts away to leave behind this dark sour cherry flavour that sits on your tongue until the next sip, friggin awesome.


 matt7215 (955), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2008  
330ml bottle from the LCBO. pours beautiful deep red/brown with a big tan head. dark fruit aromas with yeast coming through with slight alcohol as well. flavours are a slight let down. nice dubble qualities but very rough and boozy. im goin to let my other bottles sleep in the cellar for awhile.


 patricks110 (279), Alberta, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2008  
In 2 words: completely outstanding. My first trappist beer. From bottlescrew bills, Calgary AB. Pours a dark brown with hints of red and purple. Looks almost like Pepsi or Coke. Aroma of fruity hops, sweet malts and slight bitterness. Taste is pretty unique and interesting. Nutty earth fruit flavour and malts which dance on my tongue. Overall, an incredible beer and a wonderful display of brewmanship from Belgium.


 MrBunn (1524), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 3, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a fluffy tan head and aromas of dark fruit and a little bit of tartness. First sip reveals a kind of earthy, fruity mix with some almost smokey moments, a touch of spice and a smooth mouthfeel. Carbonation is a bit out of control during each sip...


 moseslikesbeer (183), conestoga, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/104/514/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Bottle. poured a dark red/brown color with a ton of brown head and a little bit of carbonation and great lacing. The aroma puzzled me a bit. it smells of dark fruit and sour fruit typical of a beer from Belgium but it also smelled like an American lager and the real kicker for me is that none of this smelled very strong at all. Lots going on in the nose but all very subtle. Very malty tasting with a little bit O’ hops. Has a bit of a sour finish that I don’t care for but is very smooth regardless. I’m not getting all of the complexity that most of the other raters are describing and it makes me wonder if my bottle is a bit flat. My overall impression is that this beer is very good but not outstanding.


 Steely (162), , Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Dark hazy red brown color with a small head. Fruity aroma with malt, raisin and dark bread. Sweet-sour spicy flavor with dark fruit, raisin, chocolate and yeast. A rich fullbodied palate with a smooth feeling.


 pj1855 (154), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/518/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Pours dark brown with a small tan head that doesn’t last. Aroma of malts and bread. Very smooth creamy mouth feel Flavors of malts, fruit with a slight bitterness to the end. Very smooth creamy mouth feel. Nice carbonation. Pretty darn good beer.


 mjs (1463), Helsinki, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 28, 2008  
(Bottle, 0.33 l BBE 04/11/09, at Hilpeä Hauki, Helsinki, on 2008-09-27) Dark reddish brown. Hazy, Small white quickly disappearing head. Malts, raisin and chocolate in nose. Full bodied palate with quite lot of carbonation. Malts, chocolate, raisin, bitterness and sweetness in taste. Long lasting aftertaste with chocolate, malts and bitterness.



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