Dubbel
De Achelse Kluis in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.95
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Laat je verleiden door de harmonieuze combinatie van zoete karameltonen, subtiele kruidigheid en een vleugje donker fruit. De voormalige trappist heeft een verfijnde volmondige smaak en een natuurlijke hopbitterheid die uitmondt een droge, lang nazinderende afdronk.
Hergisting op fles.
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HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Dubbel from De Achelse Kluis 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy and moderate yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Inoven (3737) reviewed Dubbel from De Achelse Kluis 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Fles gekocht bij de brouwerij en thuis gedronken.
Robijnrood bier, flink schuimend bij inschenken.
Aroma is kruidig en fruitig.
Smaak is eveneens kruidig.
De bittere kruidigheid blijft lekker hangen.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Dubbel from De Achelse Kluis 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
I spent a holiday in the beautiful province of Limburg back in August 2019 and visited the Achelse Kluis abbey again that time to sample their beers from tap - but on the same evening, upon returning to Sint-Truiden and enjoying a wonderful evening at Gebrande Winning, got talking there with a representative of the brewery, who informally told me that the brewery was soon going to be a laymen brewery, as it was already clear at the time that the last trappist monks were about to leave the monastery. Lo and behold, exactly one year the last of them left for Westmalle - so that by definition, their operations ceased to be trappist operations. The brewery was sold to a private investor who so far is determined to keep the name Achel alive as a beer brand, managing to get it officially recognized as a brand of 'authentic abbey beers' - and unusual ones at that, because even though physically not much has changed, they are brewed within the walls of the abbey... Claiming not to have touched the recipes upon the time of his purchase of the brewery, I was eager to check for myself if indeed the renewed Achel Dubbel and Tripel are still the same as the Achel 8 Bruin and Achel 8 Blond I have enjoyed so many times in the past couple of decades. This one produces only a thin and loose, pale greyish off-white, open, tiny-bubbled, fizzing head during pouring - not being very stable, but I recall from twenty-odd years ago that this was not the case with Achel 8 Bruin either; initially clear, burgundy-bronze robe with copper-reddish glow, darker and misty with sediment. Aroma of wet pure caramel, dried apricot, dark candi sugar, prune, brown bread pulp, ruby port, candied fig, old raisins, 'kramiek', vague hazelnut, touch of cinnamon faraway in the background, clove. Sweet onset though not in a cloying way, candied fig, dark raisin, medlar, dried peach and some baked banana, moderate in carbonation with smooth, slick body, actually on the thin side for this ABV. Caramelly maltiness fills the middle with a brown-bready core and a thinly hazelnutty edge, but the whole remains remarkably light-bodied and it is easy to determine that most of it consists of candi sugar, which also leaves its somewhat spicy, sweet trail behind. Soft floral hops in the finish add mild bitterishness but the caramelly and candi-sugary sweetness remain the dominant factors; vague clove-like phenols appear retronasally as in any typically Belgian dubbel or quad, while the 'tail' is warmed by port- and eau de vie-like alcohol. Straightforward, sweet and easygoing, yet 'natural' oldskool Belgian dubbel: is that not what Achel 8 Bruin used to be? Too bad I did not stock one away to compare, but merely from memory the differences with its trappist predecessor seem limited: this beer may have lost its crown due to a simple change in who makes it, it inherently still reminds me of the earliest days in my beer tasting career, delving into the then-available trappist diversity and having the original Achel on many occasions. Granted, this one does not have the gravitas, body and complexity of its elders (like Westvleteren 8 or Rochefort 8), but it does convey a very genuine feeling - I personally think that its trappist pedigree, having come to a halt five years ago, helps it to hold up strongly amidst its new brethren, the other 'recognized' abbey beers. Compare this with e.g. Leffe Brune or even Tongerlo Dubbel - I rest my case. Purely from memory, I would say this new 'abbey version' of a former trappist beer seems a thinner, sweeter and more one-dimensional than its own forefather, but I still got some distant Achel vibes - I visited the place three times in total during my 'formative years' as a beer taster and keep fond memories of it, so I admit I may be biased here...
Franclh (7477) reviewed Dubbel from De Achelse Kluis 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Fles 33cl thuis. Caramel, vrij zoet, pruim, rozijn, appel, donker fruit, maltig. (6-6-2025).
Maakun (16597) reviewed Dubbel from De Achelse Kluis 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Clear mahogany with big fizzy head. Red apple, plums, a bit of brown sugar, bread crust. Medium sweet, less bitter. Just medium bodied. Quite thin and bland and also doesn't taste like an 8% abv dubbel. It's not bad, though not what Achel used to be.