Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,5ltr: Bought it at the National Brewery Centre, Burton-on-Trent. Hazy dark brown coloured brew with red glow, very active foamy and gushing brew. Taste of apple, brown sugar, caramel and some sourness, an Burton Abbey Double.

Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Label: 7.5% abv. Pours a murky chestnut brown colour with no head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, caramel, brown bread and flowers. Quite a unique musky aroma. Taste has more dry dark fruits (figs, raisins, prunes), more caramel, more flowery notes and a lot of peppery spice. Thin body, low carbonation and smooth oily mouthfeel. Could do with more body but has big dark fruity and caramel flavours with lots of warm spices and alcohol on the finish. Very good unique beer I like it.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(Bottle) Pours slightly hazy brown with small head. Lovely rich spicy aroma. Nice mouthfeel - medium bodied with plenty of soft bright carbonation. Nice rich complex taste. Quite boozy. Spices that I cannot name that remind me of Christmas. Some funky and peppery hints. Unusual and very enjoyable.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle purchased from Beers of Europe and drunk at home. Mahogany/dark amber and only a little translucent with a small film of beige head. Overwhelming aroma of dates and figs with a little bit of woodsmoke. Taste is sweet with a medicinal hoppy bitter/sour character and a surprisingly dry finish. More fig appears fleetingly in the aftertaste. Big body with heavy carbonation. A dubbel? Hmmmm. It's very English, which is not what you want from a supposed Abbey style. If I'd been out drinking cask ale all day in traditional pubs and this one was the last of the night, I might be raving about it. But as it stands it's a bit messy, of an indeterminate style. It is close to the Best Before date to be fair. All in all: drinkable, bordering on good, but doesn't hit the bullseye.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beers of Europe - looks like I had this before with friends at my house, as their ratings are there, but must've been too pissed to rate it. Anyway.... Appearance - dark honey to brown colour. Very slightly off white head. Nose - sultanas, honey and syrup. Taste - more honey, sultanas, orange peel. Palate - rich bodied, tangy sour texture. Bittersweet, tangy finish. Overall - very interesting beer, though not really a Dubbel. A bit challenging but interesting all the same.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle: Poured a rusty copper brown with huge tan head. Aroma is sticky sweet caramel malt. Taste is fruity, strong candy malts.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at ash's. Pours deep reddish Amber, nose is fruity, malty, slightly nutty, taste is sweet, fruity, malty, toffee, caramel.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared with Stuu666 and Ashton McCobb. Pours clear red-brown with a thin white head. Aromas of stewed fruit, apples, raisins. Taste is tea tannins, stewed fruit. No Belgian notes. Terrible label.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle at home, clearing the rot box pre house move, 24/08/16 .... big gush ... 40% bottle gone, thankfully in the sink, despite having 3 months left on its BBB ! Chestnut brown with a decent light beige cap. Nose is earthy fruits, tangy, dates, toffee, spice, horse blanket. Taste comprises fruit cake, spice, toffee, dates, tangy fruit rinds, light spice, biscuit. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, drying close with a lick of alcohol. Infected and still in date ... not great ... largely liberated down the sink!