St. Sebastiaan Dark
Brouwerij Sterkens in Meer, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Van Den BosscheBelgian Style - Dubbel Regular
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Score
6.67
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The St. Sebastiaan Dark is a dark, medium to heavy high fermented abbey beer that tastes both sweet and bitter on the tongue. This St. Sebastiaan has a strong, sweet aroma of caramel and malt and gives you a full taste in the mouth. It is re-fermented on the jug and on the bottle by the brewery. The result is a nice, clear beer with a wonderful aroma and, for those who love it, a nice touch of yeast at the bottom of the bottle.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thick greige head leaving fine lace; dark, red-brown beer. Very bready nose - and then there’s (some) coffee. Dark malts in evidence. Coffee-ish taste, quite clean, ending more moccha-like, slightly sweetened. Bitterish more roasted malt than hops. Good balance, nevertheless. Very faint sourish in the finish. Rather light bodied, even a bit watery for a dark ale of 7%ABV. Rather dry. Reality or suggestion? I seem to like this better since it’s brewed at Moortgat. Good dark beer, rather original flavour profile.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2005
at 09:26
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Ceramic bottle nice aroma: Raisins (including sulphur) , plums, port, burned toast. Cherrywood coloration, no head. Not sure I like the flavor too much: Oaky, burned caramel, coffeground bitterness and somewhat medicinal. Disappointingly light body and flat mouthfeel. Burned sugar aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2004
at 14:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to bu11zeye for the 16oz bottle of this Belgian. Pours a murky dark brown with a burgundy tint. Thick beige head and nice lacing. The aroma is malty and nutty, but has some characteristics of a Flemish Sour too. Medium-bodied and smooth with flavors of burnt malt, raisin, sour fruit and yeast. The finish is on the thin side and is rather fruity. All in all this is a decent Belgian. At times it is well balanced and at others it is not, but more often than not it is pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2004
at 12:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nut brown with ruby notes. Minimal head with nice lacing. Fruity and rich. Caramel and alcohol. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2004
at 13:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Amber-burgundy colour. Aroma is light, with treacle notes and a slight peach fruitiness. The body is light, but offers a vibrant character. Toffee and light orange notes abound, but are drowned out by too much alcohol in the finish.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2003
at 11:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Nut brown. Cloudy. Sugary sweet with notes of toffee. Medium bodied, lightly woody.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2003
at 14:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy brown beer with a beutiful beige head. The aroma is fruity with notes yeast and apples. The flavor is very complex with a good malty sweetness, yeast, apples, and spices.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2003
at 06:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy dark amber color; generous head. Some malt, caramel, liquorice nose. Same impression in the mouth, lacking a character and some more bitterness; a bit astringent in the beginning, sweeter when more oxydized. Not my favourite Dubbel.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2003
at 15:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep reddish brown with lasting tan head. Fruity heavy malt nose.Sweet and heavy with lighter dry finish.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2003
at 10:19