Nice-looking dark brown body with big and creamy tan head. Musty and yeasty aroma with notes of spice and malt. Flavor is alcoholic, but not enough to overshadow tastes of of fruits — plum and banana — and spice. Medium to long finish and a pleasant enough mouthfeel if not slightly overcarbonated.

330ml bottle (bb.08.11.2007). Large beige foam mostly diminishing. Fair lacing. Russet coloured body. Light spicy aroma improving after a while in the glass. Medium syrupy palate. Yeasty flavour some of it covered with the sweetness of malty chocolate. The ending is sweet and dry. Solid mouthfeel.

cloudly yellow with white head. Very spicy and strong tripel. Lively carbonation. Filling and has a long warm finish!

Best before 11/07/07. Pours gold into a trappist glass with mounds of unformed foam. Earth notes. Spicy, sweet full alcohol palate with lasting metallic finish.

330ml bottle (bb.17.11.2007). Pale yellow. Big foamy white head that leaves great lacing on the glass. Citrus and cherry aroma. Full bodied. Taste of fruit, yeast and warming alcohol. Strong and powerful. Moreish. (01042006).

Bottled(330ml). -deep red-mahagony coloured, medium beige head, slightly sour and fruity flavor, malty and mild coffee aroma with fruity hints and spicy notes, dry fruity finish

0.33l bottle, Westmalle Trappist glass, at Tolkien’s House, Zagreb The bartender claimed that this was the best beer he ever had, and the scores here would pretty much confirm it, best Trappist Dubbel. And I agree (not the best beer ever part, the best Abbey Dubbel one), but I’ll come to that later. It poured a very nice very-dark-nearly-black colour. Small thick tan head that went away at a medium pace. The nose... is a damn void, and a huge disappointment. It wasn’t even too cold. And it didn’t show up as it warmed. Surprising, seeing the big marks in that department in the other reviews. Ah, well. Only some faint acidity/deep malt here. The taste is very pleasant. Not really typical, though (not that sweet). A bit mild, but lovely maltiness, countered by the pleasant Belgian-style acidity, some yeast, weak fruitiness. Weak but pleasant chewy hopiness that goes into the aftertaste. A great quaffer, no doubt about it. I’ll try another, just to see if I was wrong about the aroma.