Tasted in August 2011. Aroma: Molasses, jujube, candied sugar. Appearance: Hazy amber, small and fast fading head. Taste: Molasses is coming back with a nice bitterness and a smooth feeling of malty and caramel notes. Flavors are missing a bit of definition but good product.

600mL bottle from the LCBO. Poured cold, a murky dark brown with a fine 1.5cm whitish head, not as frothy as some German versions. Aroma sweet, dominated by banana and caramel malts, just a little roasted. Also some bready yeast and spices, a little clove. Taste is dark malt and fruit, banana especially, a little spice, a woody note, fairly dry finish. Medium bodied, very soft carbonation but not as creamy as it could be. A little more dubbel-ish than German versions I’ve tried, prefer a Weihenstephan but this is a good effort.