Brouwerij Strubbe Dobbelken Amber

Dobbelken Amber

 

Brouwerij Strubbe in Ichtegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
Score
5.89
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 7
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4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Thanks! 330 ml. bottle sampled. Very pale amber, looks right about the same as the amber version of this beer which is hilarious, tanned head. Smell is oxidized even though fresh supposedly, plastic & metallic. Way too sweet oxidized plastic, sugar, stale candy BE, body is the same. Nope. Better than the Bruin for me but that kind of means nothing here.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2017 at 03:00


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Pours rather clear, warm blonde to amber. Small white head. Smell is sweet, corny, grassy notes. Taste is sharp, bit bitter. Malty. overcarbonated.

Tried on 12 Nov 2017 at 14:25


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

The younger brother of Lokeren’s Dobbelken, now called Dobbelken Bruin to avoid confusion, bottle from Van Eetvelde. Very thick and rocky, thickly cobweb lacing, yellowish white head, colour clear and pure amber. Aroma of green apple, overripe peach, freshly fermented farmland (quite strong), soap, caramel, hazelnuts, redcurrant, bubblegum, fairly strong iron doubtlessly hauling from head stabilizers, popcorn, banana, fresh grass, melting butter, some rubber, vague coriander hint. Simple fruitiness in the onset, some berries and some peach, hints of banana and weak orange, some bubblegum sweetness, soft and slick, bit sticky mouthfeel, soapy, somewhat metallic with a caramelly malt sweetness, very lightly toasted but not quite and unchanged in the finish, where it gets the company of only a very weak grassy hop bitterishness without true bittering power as well as a faint, bittersweet spicy touch. Straightforward Belgian amber, sweetish, simple and far less interesting than its dark namesake; lacks a bit of body for a 6.5% ABV beer, has some off-flavours and needlessly utilizes head stabilizers rending it an unpleasant iron aroma. Not very agreeable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2015 at 18:43


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle as ’neptunus’, brewed for shop De Honte. Hazy amber colour, medium creamy off-white head. Smells malts some mint.. Not a lot of smell. Tastes malty, hay, some iron.. Thin/watery body with quite a lot of carbo.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2013 at 12:31


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared by Dutchdrebus. Hazy dark autumnal orange color, medium sized off-white head. Don’t get any aroma. Taste lightly malts, a slight sourish touch, a touch of caramel. A bit fizzy carbonation, low to medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2013 at 12:55


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Dobbelken Amber (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

8/XII/12 - 33cl bottle from Culinair Bierfestival (Waasmunster) @ home - BB: 10/X/14 (2012-1341)

Clear amber to copper red beer, big fizzy light beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sourish, malts, green apples, bit dusty. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sugary, caramel, citrus, green apple, bitter, fruity. Aftertaste: candy, sugar, a bit off, sour touch, bitter hoppy ending, alcohol warming the throat. (with only 6.5? hmmm)

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2012 at 10:11


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Huge amberish head over foxy amber beer, well carbonated. Creamy, malty nose, parsley and fresh garden weeds. Sweet caramelly flavour. Again flavour as from parsley, especially retronasal. Toasted and close to maltbomb. Warming up, I’m getting diacetyl. Quite creamy, slick MF, medium bodied, lively carbonation. Definitely not bad, if on the sweet side. And certainly one to drink chilled.

Tried on 27 Jul 2012 at 08:22