Westmalle Dubbel

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

A red-brown beer with a good gead and a fruity aroma. The flavor is slightly sour and fruity. It definatly a great beer.

(Bottle 33 cl) Beautiful, hazy, brownish beer, with a fruity, sweetish nose. Lots of sediment. Nice chocolatey body. A pleasant trappist indeed. 060493

Beautifully chestnut brown colour, hazy and crowned with beige head. Slightly bubble-gum/banana estery nose. Balanced sweetness and soft maltiness turning into a dry, hoppy finish. These Trappist monks know their stuff, but it’s not as good as, say Westvleteren. But then - what is?

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.

Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Brown colour. Powerfull caramellic and hopy aroma. Nice flavor very bitter long finish.

Draught. Brown colour, white head. Not very sweet or full-flavoured, quite bitter aftertaste.I cannot really trace much complexity.

Bottled. Brown colour with beige/brown mediumsized head. Leaves nice lacing. Caramel and malt in aroma. Very fresh aroma. Fruity and malty taste with hints of hops. Aftertaste is made of citrus and hoppy bitterness. Very wellbalanced.

Brown clour with a beige head. Sweet malty aroma with notes of dried fruit. Sweet flavor with notes of plums and raisins, and a well balanced bitterness.