Keg at Cafe Gollem. Pours deep brown, light toffee, quite chocolatey as it warms.

Bottle @ The One, Brugge. Dark red with a thick frothy head. Comes in a glass without a round base and requires its own wooden eggcup hole to keep it upright. Blonde in style with a recognisable nose that includes a small darker fruit sweetness, but not too much. Has a similar taste.

Bottle at Jack of all Trades, Sliema, Malta. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy off white head and some broken lace. The aroma is malt, light liqourice. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a malt earthy light alcohol biter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

sample, bruinrood met beige kraag. aroma van mouten, rozijn en caramel. smaken zijn matig zoet, caramel, moutig, gedroogd donker fruit, redelijke body, licht bitter in de afdronk.

Dubbel (certainly not a true Bock) since 1997 and named after a bottom-fermented real ’bock’ this brewery made till the twenties. Served in a tumbler without a foot, held by a wooden holder. Had this several times in the past but got a bottle as a gift, so time for a re-rating... Very thick and rocky, dense, very thickly lacing, pale beige head towering over a clear rusty bronze beer with fierce sparkling. Aroma of caramel, raisins, hint of milk chocolate, iron, toasted bread, cane sugar, rye bread, dried plums; sweetish onset of dried fruits, candied dates, raisins, ’deep’ and basic sourishness but not very refreshing, soft and ’fluffy’ mouthfeel with medium carbo; slick caramelly and toasted, bit nutty malts, straightforward but not unpleasant, paving the way for a simple finish of lingering caramel malt sweetishness, ’sourdough’ yeastiness and herbal, earthy hop bitterishness; brown sugar sweetishness remains. Acceptable dubbel, does share some similarities with the top-fermented Dutch bokbier classics, but not confident enough to achieve its own position in the Belgian beer world, so actually rather forgettable among so many other ’decent’ dubbels...

0,33L bottle, BB 18.03.15. Pours deep ruby with light tan head. The head stays, Aroma is caramel, malt, black bread. Flavor is sweet, caramel, black bread, dark fruits, yeast, metallic notes. Finish is malty bitter with some alcohol burn. Overall: very nice brew.

Botella de 75 cl de el c. Ingles tomada en julio de 2000 ( fecha de cons pref para 31-12-2002) color oscuro con sabores y aromas maltosos ligeramente tostados y dulces. Cuerpo medio con 7.5 vol con buena sensación alcohólica. No esta mal.

BOTTLE 33CL

Look: hazy red-brown, big beige frothy head.
Aroma: spicy, alcoholic, caramel, toast.
Taste: spicy, light body, dubbel-esque maltiness and breadiness.

Dark brown colour, beige foam. Medium carbonation. Sweet aroma with notes of caramel, chocolate and brown sugar. Some fruitiness. Sweet/bitter taste. Decent beer.

Bottle. Dark red brown color with medium off-white head. Malty aroma with fruit syrup. Dark fruits syrup, malt in taste.