Brune
Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu in Aubel, Liège, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.86
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Brown colored. Strong aroma. With its aspect of coffee/mocha, it releases a taste of roasted malt not too deep and not too neutral. Slightly spicy, it reminds you that this beer is essentially for degustation. It can be consumed at the room temperature or slightly cooled.
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Very dark chestnut brown with a tint of red and a handsome and thick, off-white head. Roasted, caramelish aroma. Sweetish flavours of roasted malt. OK, but not exactly a great beer. 111105
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2005
at 06:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 01/2006, so is propably a bit old bottle, what is good of course :))
Clear ruby color, big foamy head, lace. Aroma has leather, hints of horse planket, oak, dry hay and strawberry. Foamy, carbonated mouthfeel. Dry, slightly metallic, some grassy hops. A bit alcohol burn in the finish, more warming alcohol in the aftertaste. Quite hard dubbel, not sweet at all. Aroma is more complex than straightforward flavor.
Clear ruby color, big foamy head, lace. Aroma has leather, hints of horse planket, oak, dry hay and strawberry. Foamy, carbonated mouthfeel. Dry, slightly metallic, some grassy hops. A bit alcohol burn in the finish, more warming alcohol in the aftertaste. Quite hard dubbel, not sweet at all. Aroma is more complex than straightforward flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2005
at 13:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle) Dark amber colour with a big frothy off-white head and nice lace. Aroma of caramellish malts and yeast. Medium body and carbonation with a creamy texture. Malty start with soft sweetness while the alcohol is detectable. Soft, dry and roastmalty finish. Well made Dubbel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2005
at 03:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Deep brown body. Off-white, creamy head. Good lace. Nose of malts. Light bitter, light sweet flavour. Just another abbey dubbel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2005
at 17:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Riecht verdammt lecker, leicht fruchtig. Ein malziger Geschmack ist die Grundlage dieses Biere, es Ist das erste und letzte, was man schmeckt. Den Alkoholgehalt schmeckt man nicht heraus. Anaonsten kann ich Marienkäfer nur zustimmen! Das Blone entäuscht, dagegen punktet das Brune! Tolles Bier dieser Gattung! Test vom 20.4.2005, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,11,7,11,7,11
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2005
at 16:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Great looking beer with a white head and a murky body. The aroma is fruity, strong and fermented, and the flavour is slightly rich but still light with a hint of bitterness and a sweet finish. Overall a reasonable beer.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2005
at 16:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark brown colour, white head. Very malty, but not too sweet. Balanced well by a strong alcohol flavour. Aroma and flavour have a hint of horse or goat, but it suits the beer OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2004
at 11:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thick, creamy, coffee-cream coloured head, slightly irregular; opaque dark brown but with amber shine at the edges. Bit of (sweet) chocolate in the nose; fresh, herbal smell, also musky, but not very powerfull. Sweet, liquorice-like taste, even with a flavour as the aroma of stale, old dry black tea. Again, faint sweet chocolate. Remarkably thinnish texture, I suspect lots of candi sugar, not necessarily dark, fully attenuated. But it ill fits the character of the beer. Sorry to say, but this is lacklustre without being bad on any point. Dreary, even inbalanced, whereas microbrewers ought to excell if they want to concurrence the big ones.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2004
at 15:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at From The Vine beer tasting Jan 9th, 2004: It's not often that I get to try two beers in a row with the word "Dieu" in them. The beer is a dark reddish-brown with a medium thick and somewhat creamy white head. Decent lacing. The aroma consists of faint nuts and malt. Medium bodied and bubbly, with lots of malt and alcohol at first, then accompanied by hops and raisin flavors shortly after. The finish is mostly fruity alcohol with a touch of sourness. Not too bad.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2004
at 20:48
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2023-08-30, bottle, best before 08/2006, about 20 years old, 6-3-6-2-11=28
This is one more old Belgian beer that, although not excessively oxidized, is weak, sweetish, and with nothing else to mention. No carbonation left. Poor.
2003-12-14, bottle, 8-5-8-3-16=40
Very dark color; giant, rocky head. Sweet malt aroma, chemicals, cookies. Original flavor for an Abbey Dubbel: malt, dry roasted malt, light coffee, light liquorice. The final is sweeter and simple, just caramel and liquorice, not enough hop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2003
at 11:37