7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a tumbler. Clear medium amber colour, good moussy off-white head, good retention, light lacing. Restrained aroma, roasted malt, caramel, dark dried fruits, some apple peel. Smooth taste, medium sweet, slightly bitter, roast, malty, caramel, light fruity notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, smooth sweetbitter aftertaste, sugary and light spicy notes, lacks some depth but otherwise very nice.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear mahogany brown colour with thin head. Lots of malts and candy. Perhaps a touch of caramel too.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

The dubbel in this classically conceived series, bottle from De Centrale in Diksmuide. Beautifully 'Brugse kant'-like lacing, creamy, regular-bubbled, pale yellow-beige, dense and frothy head, lying very stable on a cristal clear, warm 'autumny' bronze beer with glowing copper hue and strings of lively sparkling rising up from the bottom, turning lightly hazy with sediment. Aroma of dry peanuts, hard caramel candy, dried apricots, dried apple peel, burnt brown sugar, dry cookies, muesli, coriander seed, hint of iron, some damp earth and old bayleaf. Rounded, restrainedly fruity onset, hints of dried banana, dried apricot and fig but 'cleanish' in terms of esteriness, lively carbonated with minerally side effects but not too harsh, smooth and resinous mouthfeel; relatively light-bodied, slick and streamlined caramelly and lightly peanutty maltiness, sweetish with a bittering toasty edge but subtly so, at least not soaked in residual sugars (though a brown sugar touch is there) like many sweeter dubbels. Ends a tad herbal and very vaguely metallic, with a lightly leafy hop bitterishness, showing up quite late but accentuating the toasty-bitter edge of the malts. Minerally effects and spicy accents linger. Straightforward, but very drinkable dubbel, with the same clean, streamlined, semi-industrial and clearly mass market-intended profile as their other beers; enjoyable enough, but lacking soul and depth, also like their other beers.

7

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Deep dark red-brown almost purple color, off-white head. Smell and taste malts, sweetish, but also slight bitter notes, some caramel. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Decent beer. 7-4-7-4-14.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle from Prik&Tik Kampenhout. F: big, creamy, pale tanned, good retention. C: very dark brown with coppery hue against the light clear. A: malty, chocolate, bit caramel, dark fruits, bit sour cherries like touch, herbal. T: medium malty base, nutty, caramel, mellow fruity, chocolate, medium body and carbonation, not star yet quite good balanced for the style, enjoyed.

5.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Nachtraaf Dubbel-Bruin (by De Nachtraafbrouwers):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

27/X/18 - 33cl bottle @ Poperings Bierfestival, BB: n/a - (2018-1616) Thanks to my wife for driving me around today!
Clear red brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, dissipates quickly, little adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, soft caramel touch, cow fodder. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: malty start, soft roast, caramel touch, slightly sourish, bitter. Aftertaste: caramel, malty, raisins, soft bitterness.