I'm honestly surprised how this isn't big hype beer. Sure, it's 'only' a dubbel, but c'mon. Westmalle (the kings of style) together with Rochefort ( one of the best breweries in the world) collabing ? This is insane. Even as a person who can say Dubbels are amongst my least favorite beerstyles, this find made me really happy !
Pours hazed , red-caramelbrown. Medium small, medium stable white head. Scent is expressive on the dark sugar, mild BE yeast aroma ( spicy phenols and banana esters) Tad dark bread-like malty base. dried fruit - a certain 'old' factor to it almost. Taste is fairly sweet, brown sugar very noticable. Caramel, dark bread, sugary finish. Surprisingly simple. Some banana (rises up towards the end) . phenols are much more silent than the scent. Fairly thin, fairly high carbonation. Not a huge fan, I expected far more complexity (guess thats why this isn't a big hype?) . As it warms up, the banana intensifies, and so does the sticky (sugary) finish.

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Beautiful Beers. Pours cloudy dark gold with a tight, creamy, off-white head. Medium sweet flavour with lots of toasted grains, burnt candi sugar, light yeast, orange peel, hay. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Finishes with more toasted grains, bready malts, well toasted sugars, earth, leaves, rind, straw, mild yeast expression. There’s plenty going on and it comes together alright.

Heerlijke dubbel

Appearance: Orange golden, more or less clear. Cloudy later. Small, fizzy off-white head. Aroma: Ripe, medium fruits. Honey sweetness. Some spices. Taste: Ripe fruits, some herbs and spices. Floral. Honey sweetness. Slight yeast. Enjoyable. Bought: amstein.ch, 330 ml, CHF 6.69 Info: 26/12-2021, BB: 30/4-2023

330ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from Beautiful Beers and drunk at home. Dark almost reddish gold and clear with a large ring of off-white head. Sweet spicy aroma - some pepper and honey - with light yeast. Bittersweet herbal taste with more honey, some stewed fruit, capsicum. Peppery and fruity notes in the aftertaste. Heavy carbonation. This is pretty special indeed.

330ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, brown-ish, ruby colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Yeasty fruity and slightly nutty, toasty, malty aroma, hints of plum and cherry, dried dark fruit, raisin, date, whiffs of chestnut, coffee. Taste is slightly nutty, minimally chocolately, dark malty and yeasty fruity, notes of dried fruit, raisin, a touch of date, plum, cherry, some milk chocolate, chestnut, whiffs of orange peel. Slightly creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation. Pretty rich and complex, thereby mild and harmonious - good.

Flessie thuis na Sniester (kutnaam). Eerste live muziek in 2 jaar ofzo, thuis afkicken met 1988/01/23 reciprocal studio sessie van Nirvana. Het bier stond koud en is een dubbel, zacht en glibberig als een bitter zwarte moutpaling. Beetje monnikenpij ook.

Bottle shared, dark brown beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, fruit, caramel, malt. Taste is the same, sweet, malty, fruit. Not bad