Cloven Hoof
Rockingham Brewing Company in Derry, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
7.06
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Poured from bottle thanks Willrunforbeer dated 4/19/16 reddish brown with a tan head. Aromas of dark fruit Belgian yeast malt. Taste is yeast malt fig raison and caramel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Poured into a chalice, the appearance was semi-dark red to brown color with a thin white foamy head that held, glistened and fell off at a decent pace. Light stringy lace.
The aroma had some dark and milk chocolate, some caramel malts, light earthiness, dried wood, some apples, clove and butterscotch. Some light floral hops at the very end.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side at first and then some of the clove spice tried to make a decent effort of blending. But the malts did stay towards the front for the most part. Slight aftertaste of the malts which pounced into the finish in the same sort of way.
The feel was about medium bodied with a decent sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, honestly, I didn’t this as much of an Abbey Dubbel as I didn’t get a whole lot of that \"Belgian containment\" about it. It’s decent as a beer but didn’t seem to really make me think the Belgians would want to drink this.
CLW (16859) reviewed Cloven Hoof from Rockingham Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
650 ml bottle purchased from Prost Beer and Wine. Date bottled 7/10/2015. Deep ruby in color with very thin bubbly head. Aroma is spot on the style. Belgian yeast showing light fruit, candy sugar and traces of dark fruits.
Much like the aroma the flavor follows the style guidelines. Caramel, Belgian candy sugar, light yeasty fruity hints with a dry/ sugary texture. Very mild spice hints. The carbonation gives the mouthfeel a smooth velvet feel over the tongue. Very well crafted for the style!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Tan micro head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Plum, dark caramel and yeast aromas. Soft with dark caramel and toffee upfront turning to a mild buttery earth finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from The Drinkery Derry Solid dark amber/ brown color with a decent sized bubbly tan head that shows moderate retention. Big caramel brown sugary chocolate on the nose with hints of earthy spicy phenols. The flavor follows the aroma quite well! Sugary caramel with hints of chocolate maltiness. Light earth and spice flavors to counter. Medium full body, silky almost creamy mouthfeel with a moderate level of carbonation. That is a pretty tasty Dubbel right there.