Westmalle Dubbel

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

A nice beer, but a bit light in taste for me. Pours a deep brown with reddist overtones. Nice hop presence with a very smooth, dry finish. I would have liked to have seen a bit more punch from this, but even the light flavor of this beer hides the alcohol very well. Easy to drink, you could have a few of these.

I like this beer. A dark ruby-red brown with some fine sediment and a light brown head. Aroma hits you had with sweet malt, like molasses, and some dark fruit in the background. The taste is well balanced, with a large malt backbone (a bit of chocolate) with some sweetness followed by a bit of hop bitterness and spice. Low carbonation. Not a trace of the alcohol. I could drink this all night.

dark fruity nose with subdued yeast. sweet taste and dry finish. Just in case anyone makes the same mistake: make sure to let this warm up properly before drinking it’s worlds different and much better at the proper temp (same can be said for all the Trappist beers)

Opaque brown with slight head; some lacing. Aroma is a very pleasant malty sweetness. Flavor is a little less than expected. It was good but I wanted more of it. Subtle malt flavor; finished a little dry. Palate a little thin. Not unpleasant at all. I just wanted more.

Bottle: Pours a silty brown with a bit of light let thru at the edges of the glass. A frothy tand oily head gives way to thicker rings alongside the rim of the glass and covers 3/4 over the beer. Nose of sweet cherries with some whisps of oak. Tounge is enveloped with velvet of gentle malts and hops that build to a stong tinglyness of fruit..mostly cherries but a whip or two of ripe mellons. Taken over then by the superb chalky chocolate/pale malt mixture thata lso has hints of nuts and earth. Good medium finish speaks of patience and confidence.

33 cL bottle. Pours murky brown with a lacing tan head. Aroma is light fruity, subdued malt and with a distinct dough yeasty note. Flavour is smoothly balanced between caramel malt, fruit notes. chocolate and a mild mellow yeast note. Ends with a lingering fruity and mild bitter finish. Solid dubbel, but in my book the weakest style made by the trappist brewers. This one is quite reminiscent of the Westvleteren Dubbel.

pour is brown with red tint, bubbly beige head. smell is of dark fruit, sour, caramel, sweet cocoa. taste is tart red grapes, prunes, raisins, caramel, a little chocolate in the back, nicely bitter ending.

Did not really enjoy nearly as much as I thought that I would. Its quite possible that I happened to have abad bottle, but I thought it was overly bitter and flat....with not much distinguished in the aroma or palate, other than the bitterness and overwhelming flatness. But as I said..maybe I had a bad bottle. Will have to try again at some point.