Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 19;08/24. Deep chestnut brown with a light beige cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is stewed fruits, toffee, herb, nutty, candy bar, yeast tickle. Taste comprises tangy dried fruits, dates, herb, light funk, toffee, brown bread, vinous strains. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol. Not bad for a Dubbel ... carries a bitter bite about it and doesn't go silly sweet.

Crowler: Poured a translucent brown red with a huge beige head. Aroma is esters, yeasty, dark fruits. Taste is dark fruits, plum, esters, drying.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice three centimetre tall tan head with a solid opaque brown glow - nice looking for the style. Aroma of roasted malt, candy sugar, a dash of caramelised sugars, some toffee, a good deal of earth and some softer nuts along with some subdued alcohol. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malt flavours dominate with a ton of caramelised sugars and a good deal of pitted fruits, with a lot of peat notes and a smooth bitterness, mainly from the earth, but also from some nuts, caramel and alcohol astringency. Aftertaste shows the sweetness at first with pitted fruits, alcohol, peated malt, grain and caramelised sugars along with some of the more noticeable nuts and earth flavours toward the end. Overall, a nice and respectful dubbel with a nice backbone, but also a solid complexity that has a good sugar, pit fruit and peated malt set of flavours. I sampled this sixteen ounce pint on draught at Busch Gardens (Germans Festhaus Tent) in Williamsburg, Virginia on 16-November-2019 for US$9,79.

Tap at the brewery. Pours reddish brown. Aroma of green vegetation, brown leaves. Flavor is tangy fruit, light caramels, grasses, brown leaves. A little tart up front.

Decent dubbel. Light smoke and some fig. A hint of florals. Dark amber pour with OK head. Light sweet finish. Tap at Heavy Seas Rosslyn.

Draft: Maraschino cherries and nail polish on the nose, volatile. Cloudy rust, headless. Very sweet maraschino cherry flavor ending in plum skins. Creamy, ethereal mouthfeel. It goes from very nearly cloying to very bitter in dramatic fashion, but good.

32oz growler I picked up from Lost Rhino after their Apocalypse tap take over. Pours a translucent, deep, purpley amber with one ring of white head. Nose has a ton of candy, clove, big banana bread, some vanilla, caramel. Flavor is very sweet, tons of candy sugar, some plum, bubblegum, banana, some caramel, pear. Finishes sweet with a touch of black pepper. A bit too much.

Draft at Beer Run. Pours a murky dark amber color with a thin tan head. Aroma of bread, brown sugar, stone fruits, banana. The taste is caramel, brown sugar, bread, spice, mildly hoppy finish. Medium bodied.