Dubbel
Mareklop in Lokeren, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij De PoesBelgian Style - Dubbel Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.81
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nathanvc (7053) reviewed Dubbel from Mareklop 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Delhaize.
A: hazy brown, small, foamy, tan head.
A: prune, pear, milk chocolate, chestnut, toast.
T: sweet prune & pear, sourish blackberry, mocha, brown bread.
F: herbal hops, dried fruits, bitter nuts & toast.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Clean & accessible.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Dubbel from Mareklop 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
New Mareklop beer, likely a 'downtuned' version of their quadrupel of local acclaim, even if 8% ABV is still quite hefty for a dubbel. Thick, regular, dense, pillowy, plaster-lacing, yellowish beige head on a misty dark chocolate brown beer with ruby red glow. Aroma of dark brown bread, ground walnuts, hard caramel without the sweetness, nutmeg, prunes, iron (unfortunately very strong - and unambiguously confirmed by the 'hand test'), dried fig, old raisinbread, pear, soapy coriander seed, Ersatz chocolate ('koetjesreep'), cooked apple, faint hints of blood pudding, clove, dry tree leaves, dried thyme, old tea bags. Sweetish onset with a sourish undertone, fruity hints of pear, fig and plum but relatively subdued, some banana, medium carb (just a little bit softer than average for a dubbel, I suppose), full and smooth mouthfeel. Ersatz-chocolatey, lightly toasted walnutty and brown-bready malts, filling the mouth cavity and remaining very true to the dubbel standard (Westmalle and the like); slight touch of dull coriander seed spiciness towards the end, a toasty-bitterish malt accent and - again, unfortunately - a clear 'zing' of iron. Herbal, mildly bittering but effective hoppiness in the tail, iron and toasty maltiness lingering, whilst getting the company of quite outspoken phenolic activity (clove, nutmeg, even a vague touch of thyme). I think I get the idea here: creating a lighter version of the Mareklop Quadrupel, logically calling it a dubbel - and making it a bit drier at the same time; this is a perfectly legit idea and the whole feels well thought out (even if I would personally have lowered the ABV a bit further to 6-7%), but then I wonder why it tastes so metallic? Maybe De Poes was not the best choice to have this brewed, as that metallic aspect is present in Poes' own beer as well sometimes and I am left with a feeling that this is something of a missed opportunity - ignoring the fact that you have already impressed with a quad and are now creating something 'below' that level. Generally speaking: this does feel (and look) like a very, very typical dubbel - I might even recommend using this one to teach people about the style rather than Westmalle Dubbel or Chimay Rouge - but the metallic effect needs to be addressed if this beer wants to shine in its respective category the same way the Mareklop Quadrupel shines in the old quad category.