Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Valentines Day! Pours clear, red-brown with a huge, off-white head. Some dark fruits in the nose, berries. Medium sweet flavor, ripe fruits, very faint caramel. Fairly juicy. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Sweet finish, more berries and other ripe fruits, some lightly toasted malts. A pretty easy drinking dubbel.

Bottle from Alcampo. Dark brown colour, medium off-white. Nose is brown sugar, dark fruits, raisins. Flavour is dark fruits, malts, molasses, raisins, bit of spices. Fairly sweet and slightly bitter finish. Pleasant.

Bottle @ home. Dark brown color, average sized beige to light brown head that diminishes fast. Smell malts, raisin and lightly roasty. Taste dark malts, raisins, some caramel and some sweetness. Firm carbo, medium body.

Bottle @ Kaisla. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt and caramel. Flavours the same. Well carbonated. Very similar to Leffe Brune. Enjoyable.

Bottle 33cl. @ home.Clear medium orange amber color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, orange, citrus, light yeasty, soap. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily ot watery, carbonation is soft. [20090509]Earlier Rating: 12/1/2007 Total Score: 3.3Bottle. Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is light malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is lively to soft. (181107)

33cl Bottle. Very dark brown with red sparks. Huge foamy light brown head. Roasted malt and coffee aromas. Sweet malty taste with lots of roasted flavors as well. The only let down is the surprisingly light body. Otherwise it would be excellent.

Bottle from bu11zeye. Pours with a light brown head and a murky dark brown body. Aroma of clove, a bit of leather, flowery with dark fruits. Taste is leathery and chocolatey with spices. A bit on the fizzy side.

Huge amberish dense head over bright shining amber beer. Sweet, almondy, with roasted malts and strange spices in the nose. Taste: ah. the strange spices are called coriander. Right. Parsley and very sweet. Bit sticky, slick MF, and quite empty, bland. Medium bodied, maybe. Bwègh. Du Bocq at its worst. Labelbeer for...Earlier Rating: 10/15/2004 Total Score: 3.4Very dark brown beer; yellow-brown head, creamy at first but dwindling. Sweet nuts, bread, buttery (but not diacetyl-like), leafy & yeasty aromas. Sweet-bitterish taste, but with a sourish balance (CO²?). Leafy and nutoil, dark malts, yeasty. Chestnut flour and bitter roasted malts retronasal. Very carbonated mouthfeel, nearly fizzy, tittilating, and much lighter bodied than than the flavour would suggest. Not half bad. A bit rough, but the balance is there. Better hops, less aggressive dark malts would do it no harm.

Bottled. Deep murky reddish brown colour with huge beige creamy head. Aroma is spices, caramel malts, some yeast and slightly metallicness. Flavour is fruity, sweet malty as well as bready and yeasty. Solid and wellbalanced brew.