Westmalle Dubbel

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

Pours a deep dark brown with full frothy head. Aroma of caramel, fruits-- mostly bananas, apricots-- bread, yeast, Taste is mostly spicy and malty, the caramel malt comes through as well as the yeast and banana. Very well-balanced, though less complex than most dubbels. Dry finish, nice carbonation, Overall, and excellent brew.

I got a bottle of Westmalle Dubbel on the Outer Banks. It was $4.99 for an 11.2 oz bottle at Chips Market ’Great Wall of Beer.’ I like this one a little better than several other Trappist/Belgians I tried this week. It is smooth, with a nice finish. A little less alcohol than the others; only 7% rather than 9-10%. Nice dark brown color, nice light brown head. Thumbs up...

Bottle. Pours a beautiful dark brown, with a brown tinted frothy head. Aroma is sweet caramel and just a little yeast, not as much fruit as other dubbels. Well carbonated and a creamy mouthfeel and smooth malt,slightly sweet and alcoholic. A pleasant slightly dry and hopped short finish.

33 cl bottle - Hazy brown beer with a great head. Fruity aroma without as much dried fruits as most dubbels have. Instead a more pleasant mix of yeast and bananas. Flavorwise this beer feels more refined than the tripel. Smooth maltiness and banana esters mixed nicely with a dryish hoppy finish. This is probably what the monks at westmalle prefer over the tripel.

330 ml bottle. brown reddish colour. foamy creme head. nice spicey dark taste.

Beer that has a good start in the taste but that ends quickly. Rather weak and short.

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One of the most well balanced Belgium beers! Yet it has a rich complexity that comes through when this beer is served at the correct temperature.