6/10
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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.
Tried
on 12 May 2017
at 10:50