Brugse Zot Dubbel
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.74
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By using the Czech Saaz hop from Zatec, the beer has a complex pallet of roasted malts and a distrinctive flavour. Brugse Zot Dubbel is known to leave a warm glow in the mouth with a bitter and hoppy finish leanding towards liquorice and even coffee roast.
EBC 75, 16.5° plato.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Somehow ended up with an absolutely massive chalice of this stuff. Aw well, here goes. Sorta ugly, muddy brown. Notes of malt, fruits, caramel, earthy, red fruits. Medium bodied. Finish is a touch on the sweet side but nothing crazy. I was honestly expecting a travesty but this was fine.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a not too attractive opaque brown with a medium sized off-white, slightly yellowish head; quite good retention, though not much lacing. Pretty good intensity and complexity in the aroma: a deep malty base with well integrated caramel and shortcrust pastry notes, plus hints of honey and brown sugar. Vivid spiciness (anise upfront, clove too), a hint of licorice and red fruits. Taste notes follow the aroma quite closely, with a slight hint of not too clean earthiness. Good intensity as the smell suggested, so-so in terms of taste definition and tidiness (though indeed quite typically belgian at that). Quite some sweetness in both taste and aftertaste, but overall well attenuated and never over the top; feels actually in good balance. Medium or slightly above medium bodied, average carbonation (a bit less carbonated than usual per style i guess), resulting in a relatively easygoing per style mouthfeel, though the beer still has enough of a slow sipper character. Overall: very much recognizable as a belgian dark/dubbel, but also quite peculiar, and definitely nailed in the overall balance.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
A dark brown beer, a head is qiut big and yellowish beige. Aroma has dark fruitness, prune, also some sweeter fruits. Taste has dark fruitness, light spicyness. Medium bodied, high carbonation. Pretty simple.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 05-06-16 - 330ml bottle brought home from Belgium. Pours a reddish-brown colour with a beige foamy head. Aromas of sweet dark malt, caramel & honey. Tastes of caramel, honey, banana, vanilla, nuts, brown sugar, grassy hops & sweet dark malt. Aftertaste is smooth with a mild bitter hoppy sweet malt finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
(Bottle) Dark brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, spicy nose with dark bread, caramel, dried fruit, raisins, prunes, spices and a touch of yeast. Malty, spicy taste with notes of dark bread, caramel, prunes, raisins, brown sugar, chocolate and a balanced spicy bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a certain sweetness. Tasty and well balanced dubbel. Nice one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Aroma of malts, caramel, and lots of dark fruits, such as cherry. Contrary to a lot of Dubbels, this one goes easy on the sweetness, much to my satisfaction. I was already fond of Brouwerij De Halve Maan, and this one only confirms it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Весьма сносный дюббель. Аромат слегка сладковат. Вкус в основном карамельный. Также четко ощущается легкий жженый солод а также черный хлеб. Послевкусие черного хлеба, имеется кислинка.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Ruby-brown with small beige head, Ok retention. Aroma has a sweet malt, nuts, treacle, hint of spice. Taste has a moreish brioche like malt with some chocolate, treacle and sultanas. Medium bodied, fine lively carbonation - goes down well. Very nice.