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

On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours clear dark copper with beige head. Aroma of caramel, dark dried fruits, some ethanol. Tastes pretty sweet with some bitterness. Medium bodied, alcoholic warmth.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap, as Capucijn Dubbel, at Cardinal, Stavanger. Brown colour, white (or slightly off-white) head. Pleasant malty aroma and flavour of caramel, brown kandij sugar syrup and dark dried fruits. Low bitterness, smooth mouthfeel.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

200ml draught at Tromsø Mikrobryggeri. Deep ruby-brown body, bubbly ring to the rim of the surface, scattered lacing. Moderate smell of dark caramel, hints of ripe fruits. Fine balanced caramel-fruity flavours, mid-dry. Prolonged caramel-fruity ending. Clean on the swallow. Fine bodied. Pretty good. (Tromsø, 14.04.2023).

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Mørk brunrød med beige skum. Lukter karamellmalt. Myk og søt. Svisker, karamell og plomme.

Super clean, big mouthfeel, abundant sweetness yet balanced with the chewy body. Yeast driven, belgian style with lots of caramel. Online beerwulf (3.8 apr 2020) Again for bierkong ams. (June 2023) super malty sweet but i feel about the same.

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

30cl bottle as from De Achelse Kluis bottle shop. F: huge, tan, long lasting. C: coppery to brown, clear. A: malty, caramel, nutty, bit banana, spicy, bubble gum touch. T: rich malty base, sweet dark bread, bit vinous, banana, caramel, decent bitterness, spicy, medium to high carbonation, quite simple yet not bad for the style, enjoyed.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Ruby red color, frothy head. Caramel and orange aroma. Caramel flavor, rather vinous, with hints of sourness. Pleasant, but unconvincing.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Abbey beer-style dubbel from this old Dutch brewery, bottle bought at Achelse Kluis. Creamy, regularly shaped, pale yellowish beige, dense and mousy, fairly thick but slowly opening head on a cristal clear 'autumny' mahogany brown beer with deep orangey amber glow. Aroma of spice bread, cookie dough, hard dry caramel, chewing gum, fried apple with brown sugar, cloves, nutmeg, banana, dry autumn leaves, candi sugar, freshly ironed cloth (pasteurization). Sweetish, rather clean onset, bubblegummy banana ester effect, pear, medlar, quite sharp carbonation with minerally side effects, distracting a bit from the flavour; light brown sugariness goes on to sweeten a lightly walnutty, very caramelly maltiness but refrains from becoming too sticky anywhere. Slick, supple body, mild spicy notes in the finish, some soapy coriander, cloves, hint of nutmeg and even some cinnamon, light toasty malt bitterness matching with a somewhat leafy hop bitterness, lasting quite long, blending with ongoing caramel malt and sugar sweetishness, but countering it adequately. The sharp carbonation bothered me a little bit and so did the pasteurized 'cooked cloth' smell, but in terms of balance, this is quite exemplary, never becoming too sweet like most mass-marketed Belgian abbey dubbels often do. The toasty malt bitter edge feels pleasant enough, but the fact remains that this is a rather simplistic, pasteurized and filtered abbey beer; its clean, almost lager-like profile reminds a bit of (Dutch) bok as well. Decent, for a semi-industrial beer at least.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

27-11-18 // Bottle thanks to Beerhunter. Clear amber chestnut with a beige head. Sweetish malt nose. Aroma of red fruity, caramel and toffee. Solid.