Belgian Dubbel
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.13
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12 oz bottle-pours a dissipating off white head and cloudy orange color. Aroma is medium fruit-peach/apricot, light/medium malt and wheat, yeast. Taste is medium fruit-peach, light/medium malt-caramel and wheat, yeast, secondary hops bite with some metallic, musty and tangy. Good effervescence. Occasional.
cheap (9533) reviewed Belgian Dubbel from Magic Hat Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
No outstanding aroma. Swirling dark wheat like appearance somewhat burnt orange. Soapy looking oily bubbles on top. Some creamy mild carbonation. At times, difficult alky like attributes. Unique ale with some malt alky bitter character. Cannot hold a candle to Corsy Pater or Bornem Dubbel .
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Belgian Dubbel from Magic Hat Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught goblet at Bukowski’s Tavern, Cambridge on 10/18/07
Not sure what possessed me to order a magic hat beer, but anyways, here goes.
Deep mix of black and red raspberry body, with a beige head that recedes slowly to cover, leaving little/no lacing. Crystal clear.
Some light dates, raisins and dried cherry notes in the nose are complemented by a fairly honest dose of toffee. Encroaching black pepper phenols and bready medium malts. Sweetness definitely well-attenuated, and ther are no uncharacteristic (for a dubbel) alpha hops or anything out-of-place. But aside from some gingerbread, and interesting fruity esters, it’s barely recognizable as a Belgian ale. Belgian yeast? Maybe. If it is, it’s been quite fitered (not surprisingly) and there’s just little character left. Not that I’m expecting it should be pumped full of esters and phenols, but there just is really anything substantial, hence my wordy, yet not very descriptive review.
Chewy medium malts and black pepper notes combine with raisins and light cherries. Some waxiness, obnoxious carbonation and no malt softness round out the typical Magic Hat qualities. Nothing going on here. Bready, lightly caramel-sweet malts and spicy phenols with absolutely no interesting character. About as pseudo-Belgian as it gets. Alcohol well-concealed, surprisingly.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Orange/brown amber color...tan head...cloudy body...some cherries on the nose, very faint aromas of malt and yeast, just not too fragrant....1st sip is silky and a tad of alcohol...I taste a muddled cherry and a bit of spice, but its all wrapped up in a silky package....my blind tasting guess was a barley wine...as it opens up in the glass the citrus becomes apparent in little doses...sediment in glass
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap @ Half Time Bev. Actually has a nice appearance. Pours very thick, muddy brown, no light getting through, no clarity, and a small head. Aroma is pickled carrots over a sweet Belgian yeastiness. It’s weird but that’s what I get, seems like something went wacky with the yeast. Taste is vegetable like with cheap wood and a weird sweetness, while all being wrapped up in something actually resembling a traditional Belgian flavor. A light body and a bit above average carbonation. 10oz filled to go bottle, Duvel large goblet glass.