Vintage 2012 (taste in 2018 in Westvleteren Trappist glass and with Rochefort Fromage Artisanal from Belgiuminabox.com). Oba (takze wersja 2007 z Beermania) genialne, praktycznie nie wyczuwam, wlasciwie nie przypominam roznic. Dominuja ciemne owoce oraz suszone Daktyle, hiszpanskie naturalne figi, ciemne winogrona. Winno-slodowy smak, srednia piana i srednio trwala, chyba w pierwszym testowaniu byla wieksza i bardziej trwala. To jedyna uchwytna mi roznica. W obu barwa gleboko czrewona, rubinowa. Doskonale sie starzeje co sprawdzilem po raz kolejny.

Bottle from Mr. Hop, drunk after joining the bookmatched walnut back for the new bass. Rather dark brown, moderate head not loading all too long. Nose is bready brown sugar, caramel, nice complexity. The flavor - wow, very complex yeast notes, well rounded with a fantastic mouthfeel of ultra fine, almost champagne-like carb. Not too sweet and some nice lingering bitterness/woodiness balancing it all. Best beer of the month so far.

I don’t actually like dubbels. But yeah. This one is rather good, eh!

Yay..I finally got one. It was a 2008 bottle (didn’t take down the date...d’oh). 33 CL bottle from Beer Planet in Brussels. I had to buy a bunc of other beer first but the clerk let me in on some which he had hidden behind him on the counter. 8E a bottle is steep for a weak dollar, but worth it.

Finally getting the beer is almost more fun than the actual beer itself. But the beer itself is pretty darned good too. The bottle foamed like crazy when I opened it, which led me to cry when I saw precious Westv being wasted. Anyway it poured into a trappist glass with a nearly perfect symmetrical head. The color was a pretty dark (but not opaque) brown, visible sediment etc at the bottom. Aroma was a bit of spice more so than anything else. Taste was a very well balanced blend of fruits & spices & molasses. A bit of a hops kicker at the end. Worth the wait.

Yes, I finally drank one of these too! On my trip to Europe, when we went to Belgium. Yes it too, like the 12, is as great as everyone says (actually better). I rank this #2 on my all time list of beers. Andech’s Doppelbock #1.