Apparently a second, blonde version of that brown Stanneman, which I read about some weeks ago, is also in existence already, also brewed by Pirlot. At tderoeck’s Belgian ticks tasting. Loosely structured, off-white, quickly dissipating head, clear pale golden robe. Aroma of banana, sweet breakfast cereals, apple peel, dried thyme, old bread, old potatoes, turnip. Sweetish onset, some banana ester but not overdone, hint of pear peel but altogether low in estery fruitiness, medium carbo, grainy malt body with a hint of bread crust, leafy and rooty hop bitter finish, floral, drying. One of these beers where the malt and ester departments are a bit too thin to carry a firm hop bitterness, bringing things out of balance a bit, feeling a tad wry in the end. Not nearly as good as the Extra Dubbel.

Hobby brew now apparently commercialized through Pirlot. Shared by tderoeck. Moussy, pale greyish beige head, forming flat ’islands’ in the middle but well-retaining around the edge; hazy caramel brown robe with ruddy mahogany tinge. Aroma of caramel candy, dried plums, brown sugar, banana, candied dates, molten candi sugar, rum, sugared tea, liquorish, cloves, hazelnuts - but no off-flavours. Fruity onset but in a relatively ’clean’ kind of way, banana ester, peach, pear, touch of fig-like sourishness, medium carbo, smooth and full body. Thick caramelly and pleasantly nutty maltiness with a soft toasted bitterish edge, residual brown sugary sweetness on top, touch of spicy phenols, earthy and mildly spicy hop bitter ’kiss’ in the end - followed by a quite strong, wodka-like alcohol afterglow, becoming a bit wry in the end; toasted maltiness lingers after swallowing. Quadrupel-style Belgian (rather than a dubbel even if the meaningless "extra" is put in front of it), very stereotypical for its style and though being a tad too alcoholic in the end for me, a well-made, clean example of it, without any technical errors or uncontrolled side effects. Neat.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Stanneman Extra Dubbel (by Pirlot):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

21/VII/17 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk), shared @ Belgian Ticks Tasting (home) - BB: 5/V/19 (2017-1071)

Clear dark brown beer, big aery foamy beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: pretty decent, lots of chocolate, malty, soft roast, caramel, dried fruits. MF: lively carbon, medium to full body. Taste: pretty roasted start, chocolate, bitter, some dried fruits, more chocolate. Aftertaste: very roasted, bitter, coffee, hoppy, cocoa powder, some dried fruits, hint of vanilla, caramel.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Stanneman Blond (by Pirlot):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5

21/VII/17 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk), shared @ Belgian Ticks Tasting (home) - BB: 23/III/18 (2017-1066)

Clear blond yellow beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, yeast, sweetish, some banana, spicy touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit spicy, pretty bitter, sweet touch, some banana, yeast. Aftertaste: metallic, pretty bitter, yeast, sweet touch, banana, correctly brewed yet utterly boring.

Thank you tderoeck! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “Belgian Ticks Tasting Ghent”. An extra dubbel at 9 % ABV, yeah, that is not really the idea,… Dark brown amber, little tanned head,… Nose is heavy sweet BE liquorice, mocha, bark, cloves, more BE liquorice,… Taste is liquorice, mocha, cacao, thin roast, chicory coffee, mocha, sugar, cacao,… Fails when you drink more, thin chicory body & cloves. Very BE but actually not bad for what it is even if it feels like it should have been richer at this ABV, not the best but decent compared to others especially their Blond which I disliked entirely.