Westmalle Dubbel

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

Very nice and smooth beer, with a little bitter tast in the middle and ende. Brown color with choclate, raisine and burned caramel test. One of the Trappist beer.

Bottle at Le Moules in Prague. Unclear brown - offwhite head. Chokolate, raisins, apple, licorice, fruity, malty, roasted, smooth. Too high carbonated.

From the bottle, 2/26/06: Opaque maroon-brown with a fortress-like crown of foam. Sweet and fruity aroma. Incredibly complex combination of flavors with some spice, toasty malt, sugar, cherry, and light caramel. Beautiful.

(Bottled, BBE 01/2006, the last bottle I’ve saved from back when the Finnish monopoly, Alko, still sold this one, from De Koninck glass) Very dark brown color, slightly tanned, small but lasting head. Caramely, lightly roasted malt, hops and chocolate, dried fruit - even some rye-pudding can be found in the sweetish aroma. The flavor is well-balanced: slightly sweet, very malty and hoppy with rhum, raisins, orange-peel and a bitter, quite carbonated finish, some anisey spiciness - even banana. Long, lingering, sticky-hoppy, very enjoyable aftertaste. Quite full-bodied and carbonated, warming palate. An excellent, quite full and complex dubbel, only slightly too carbonated.

nut brown with white head. creamy texture both when on tap and from bottle. Little carbonation. very gentle but satisfying medium sweet finish. A fine Belgium dubbel! (easy drinkable).

Rerate of slightly aged version: Bready/woody aromas, raisiny esters. Reddish, cappucino head. Taste is spicy, estery, toffee and raisins. Somewhat weaker old than in a fresh version, especially the bananalike flavors and aromas are gone. The body is not as deep as it could be, finish is actually a bit weak.

Bottle. Beautiful beer with a big lasting head. Aroma is spicy and sweet. Taste is complex and lasting.

Poured a cloudy dark brownish purple color with a large very light tan head with some lace. Sweet aroma of dark fruits, in particular plums. Taste was sweet, fruity and had hints of chocolate and roasted maltiness.