Jovial
Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Rotating|
Score
7.08
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Originally brewed for Chris’ wedding, we decided Jovial was just too good a union of dark stone fruit character and evocative notes of toffee, chocolate and molasses to make only once. You may kiss the beer.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Quite an excellent example of the style. Great carbonation for a US version, truer than 90% of the stuff I try. Brown sugar, caramel, fig. Really nails it.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2026
at 21:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pour is a murky brown with a large white head. Aroma is a little dark fruit but a big vinegar. Flavor is a little dark fruit brown ale malt with some tart fruit. Finish leaves a little sweetness on the tongue. Better than the triple but still not a world class dubbel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2025
at 22:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Aromas are fairly mild dark malt, roast, yeast and Belgian candy sugar qualities. Flavors are similar to nose, again on the mild side. Slightly more sweet than bitter or carbonic tang. Nothing to distinctive. Good body and excellent carbonation. Not bad but kind of a disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
from Belgian Style Ales / Monastery Greetings
on 21 Mar 2025
at 04:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured a brown color with honey highlights and a large foamy tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was cola, malt, bread and some dark fruit. The flavor was malty with bread crust, caramel and some vague dark fruits. Medium length finish. Medium body. Decent but disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 14:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from bottle caramel brown nice lacing with a tan head. Aroma is toffee dark fruit brown sugar and light spice. Taste follows aroma with a nice effervescent mouth feel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2018
at 02:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
375 ml caged and corked bottle. Pours a copper brown color topped by a dens foamy beige head. Sweet malt nose is dark fruit and light cocoa. Subtle toasted malt flavor has notes of plums, raisins, carob and yeast. A bit earthy in middle with toasted pecans and brown sugar. Finishes soft and smooth with over ripe stone fruit notes. Warm alcohol notes. A bit tame for a Belgian style Dubbel. Good though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2017
at 21:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured into a tall tulip, the appearance takes a deep dark muddy brown color with a lasting eggshell white foamy finger’s worth of head. Rimmed with rings of lace, the head dissipates gently.
The aroma takes on some dates, plums, raisins, figs, brown sugar, Belgian yeastiness, sweet breadiness, red delicious apples, light Belgian spices slight chocolate and then a warm boozy spread sticking all around those previously mentioned aromas.
The flavor take all of those previously mentioned aromas and surrounds with a nice sticky bready to spicy and sweet aftertaste running into a quick finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice crisp smooth sweet yet spicy sort of sliding feel.
Overall, this one was a very Abbey Dubbel, I would love to have this again. Practically perfect for an Autumn night.
The aroma takes on some dates, plums, raisins, figs, brown sugar, Belgian yeastiness, sweet breadiness, red delicious apples, light Belgian spices slight chocolate and then a warm boozy spread sticking all around those previously mentioned aromas.
The flavor take all of those previously mentioned aromas and surrounds with a nice sticky bready to spicy and sweet aftertaste running into a quick finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice crisp smooth sweet yet spicy sort of sliding feel.
Overall, this one was a very Abbey Dubbel, I would love to have this again. Practically perfect for an Autumn night.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2016
at 20:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle from Jeremy. Dark amber body with lasting beige head, one finger thick. Aroma is malty, bready, kind of dusty. Taste presents more bready quality, not the pit fruit/ raisin flavors I was expecting. Kind of flat too, and a tad watery. Finishes tangy and fizzy, another downer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2016
at 23:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle pours out a brownish amber topped with a sand head. Nose is bread malts toast and a nice belg yeast note. Taste is more of the toasted notes yeast belg notes and spice
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2016
at 21:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12.7 oz brown bottle corked and capped poured into s Trappidt glass. Translucent Amber with medium beige head. Aroma is dark candy sugar, medium carbonation, and pretty good small-bubble lacing. Taste is dark candy sugar, caramel malt, spice, and dark fruit (mostly fig).
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2016
at 20:19