Bottle, dark ruby beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, metallic, malt, caramel. Taste is the same, sweet, sugar, metallic, bitter, bitter, fruity. Ok, average

Bottle. Pours clear dark ruby / copper brown with stable light tan head. Clear aroma of malt and caramel, with notes of yeast and touches of fruit. Bitter flavour of hops, with floral and fruity notes and touches of caramel malt. Bitter and acidic aftertaste with notes of malt and yeast. A nice one.

Bottle, 7.8%. Good brown sugar aroma. Seemingly clear dark brown colour with a red shine. Big stable creamy light brown head. The flavour starts off sweetish with a mild brown sugar note. There is a little dark bread and some spicy sugar and a faint metallic note in the finish.

7 3 7 3 15Bottle at Kim Jong Un Buurtcentrum, Zaandam, mostly used for cooking. Brown with a tan head. Aroma of malt, candy, yeast, caramel and overripe dark fruits. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

F: big, pale tanned, good retention. C: dark coppery to brown, clear. A: caramel malty, mellow fruity, bit iron, cherries, bit spicy, floral. T: sweet malty, vaguely fruity, bit herbal, banana, quite simply sweet malty and fruity yet not bad, medium to full body, medium carbonation, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Prik&Tik Kampenhout bottle shop in Belgium.

One of many (primarily Western Flemish) WW I remembrance beers, a dubbel (confusingly named 'dubbel-tripel') by Strubbe, accidentally encountered in some random pub in Antwerp, shared by Craftmember. Very thick and frothy, egg-white, lacing, very stable and moussy head over a dark bronze-brown beer with burgundy hue, darker than average for a dubbel. Aroma of hard caramel candy, strong iron (head stabilizer), dry tea bags, tree branches, coriander seed, old coffee grounds, walnut shells. Sweetish onset with light sourish edge, dried berries and figs but in a very subdued way, fizzy carbonation; straightforward, cereally and caramelly maltiness, dryish and with a clear, bothersome metallic edge, simple herbal hop bitterishness in the finish with toasty malt bitterness accentuating the hops. Not too sweet in comparison with many 'commercial' dubbels, but still rather thin, simple, bland and metallic, hardly a tribute to the brave men who perished at the front lines in both World Wars.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Oudstrijder Dobbel-Tripel (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

30/XII/16 - 33cl bottle @ Delft - BB: 29/VI/17 (2016-1518) Thanks to Jerre for the bottle!

Mainly clear, slightly hazy red brown beer, creamy brown head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: ripe banana, caramel, dried fruits, some chocolate, little dusty, spicy. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: some alcohol, little sourish, caramel, ripe banana, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: banana peel, alcohol, dried fruits, soft roast, some chocolate.