Benediction
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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Brown in color, Benediction has notes aromas and flavors of chocolate, tobacco, and spice. The finish is mildly malty with just enough bitterness from the hops.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1 oz pour at RR
A - Amber hazy pour.
S - Smells like a lot of brown sugar, heavy malts
T - Cough syrup viscosity with orange and honey. Apples and pears.
M - medium carbonation and body.
O - It’s okay. Nothing to write home about. Almost too sweet.
A - Amber hazy pour.
S - Smells like a lot of brown sugar, heavy malts
T - Cough syrup viscosity with orange and honey. Apples and pears.
M - medium carbonation and body.
O - It’s okay. Nothing to write home about. Almost too sweet.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2012
at 17:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught @ the brewpub. Rated on 21.07.2012
Aroma is stale with woody notes, some hay and bready malt. Flavour is sweetish with brown sugar. Malty palate and dry finish. Balanced.
Aroma is stale with woody notes, some hay and bready malt. Flavour is sweetish with brown sugar. Malty palate and dry finish. Balanced.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2012
at 23:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, nuts, fruits, malt and hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2012
at 20:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
@Toronado–on tap-pours a light tan ring for a head and mahogany color. Aroma is mild roasty/peat-medium/dark malt. Taste is roasty/peat/licorice-medium/dark malt with some sweet, wood, spice hops, yeast. Dubbel? Interesting, better as it warmed.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2010
at 18:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours dark amber/brown with a beige head. Nice dark malt aroma. Medium body/mild carbonation. Flavor is smooth dark roasted malt with a slight hint of sour, though that could be citrus. There’s some light fruit in here. Very smooth. Finishes malty, though not sweet, so the 28 IBU must keep a balance. Very quaffable.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2010
at 16:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft, Russian River. Pliny the Younger 2010 release. This is a pretty good Belgian-style ale from RR, but it’s a bit boring, particularly for the brewery. It’s a orange-amber beer with a foamy white head. The malt flavors bring a lot of fruitiness to the beer. There are peaches, apricots, apples, dates and figs. However, despite all that, it has a relatively simple flavor and not enough earthiness or depth. A good beer but not something to go out of your way to try.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2010
at 16:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at O’Brien’s. Listed as an Abbey Dubbel. Pours with a slightly hazed dark brown body and a small, fading brown head. Aroma of raisins, brown sugar and hoppy bitterness. Taste is belgian yeast, and by far the most bitter (hops) abbey ale I have ever had. Finishes strongly bitter. Apple, raisins and dough accompany the bitterness. Water like mouthfeel, light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2009
at 14:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the pub. light brown with a tan head. Caramel flavor with a touch of sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2006
at 15:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at the brewpub. Clear dark amber. Aroma of cocoa and cocktail cherries. Fairly dry and rather sofy with firm mouthfeel and above medium body. Light almond character. Rich flavours of orange and chocolate opens up when it warms, and the relative dryness makes them stand out. Salty finish.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2006
at 03:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught, at the brewery
Burgundy colour. Sweet and bubblegummy and raisiny. A bit effervescent in the finish, which breaks up the rich sweetness. Fairly complex for the style, low on the yeastiness but with a fairly estery aroma. Not cloudy enough for me visually.
Burgundy colour. Sweet and bubblegummy and raisiny. A bit effervescent in the finish, which breaks up the rich sweetness. Fairly complex for the style, low on the yeastiness but with a fairly estery aroma. Not cloudy enough for me visually.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2006
at 17:17