Subsidiaries
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled 33cl (BB 09/2006)
Dark ruby color with a big off-white head. Aroma has malts, leather and fruityness: grapefruit and cherry. Medium-bodied with smooth carbonation. Dry palate with licorice and portwineous finish with some sweetness. Excellent balanced brew.
Dark ruby color with a big off-white head. Aroma has malts, leather and fruityness: grapefruit and cherry. Medium-bodied with smooth carbonation. Dry palate with licorice and portwineous finish with some sweetness. Excellent balanced brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2005
at 11:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft, at the Maple Tree Inn, Blue Island, IL. It may not be fair to rate this when I’m still coming off a cold, but I still find it very interesting. A deep ruby color, brown head with a hoppy taste all its own. Beer itself is a light blend of spices, some allspice perhaps, and dried apple. This was poured from a beer engine, so not much carbonation, and a flannel-type mouthfeel. Found the alcohol to be very strong only after the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2004
at 08:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (brewed 1st Sep 2004)
Nut brown hazy, medium creamy brownish head. Aroma has raisins and grapes - quite soft nose. Medium-bodied. Fruity, malty, a bit citrusy and chocolaty. Finishing fruity, not showing much ABV, soft mouthfeel. This is very trappist dubbel-like brew.
Nut brown hazy, medium creamy brownish head. Aroma has raisins and grapes - quite soft nose. Medium-bodied. Fruity, malty, a bit citrusy and chocolaty. Finishing fruity, not showing much ABV, soft mouthfeel. This is very trappist dubbel-like brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2004
at 14:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Corsendonk products are in my esteem a nice mid quality Belgian brews. Nothing to write home about but solid in their own right. Sampled this one from a 12 oz brown bottle. I was encouraged that it was a 12 oz as most Belgians come in 11.2 oz instead. The brew poured a dark mahogany color with a s large fluffy tan head. A rather pretty beer overall. The aroma was sour, sweet and mildly spicy. There was a nice dark malt element and a hint of maple syrup and molasses. The sharp hop presence is a bit surprising in a Belgian and I liked that quite a bit. There was a hint of ripe fruit on the finish. My only real complaint is that the beer is pretty fizzy and that is a texture issue that I do not much care for.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2004
at 13:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy gold in color with a substantial frothy head that leaves a nice lace on the sides of the glass. Citric flowery aroma. Complex fruity flavor that is sweet at the start with a bit of dryness towards the end. This Belgian is consistently available in my area.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2004
at 05:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark chestnut colour. Fruity, sweet, malty aroma. Spicy, sweet flavour. Quite complex with some coriander flavour. Aftertaste mostly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2004
at 08:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 7.5%. Good fruity and slightly peppery aroma - spicy from the yeast. Almost clear golden colour, sparkling. Big stable white head. The flavour is fruity and spicy. Has a good clove note. Light mouthfeel. Straw finish. More clove in the aftertaste. 7 3 7 3 14
14-year-old rating: Bottle. Nice malty, full flavour, but way too weak flavour for the ABV. 6 3 6 3 13
14-year-old rating: Bottle. Nice malty, full flavour, but way too weak flavour for the ABV. 6 3 6 3 13
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2004
at 19:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml bottle: Just as I removed the metallic protection piece on top of the cork and went to get a glass, the cork popped out and beer started to poured from the bottle – this is already an exciting beer. Quickly poured a glass of dark and hazy brown beer with huge foamy head with excellent retention. Aroma is mostly comprised of spices with some subtle notes of malt and yeast. Taste is more spicy then what I’m used for an Abbey Dubbel but I still very much enjoyed that one, I would have appreciated a bit more roastiness though. Carbonation is perfect and body is above average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2004
at 09:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown (slightly reddish) ,clear body. Brownish frothy head, mostly diminishing. Malty and spicy aroma. Lightly bitter, lightly sweet initial flavour. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet finish.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2004
at 13:04
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy brown coloured body with a super dense off-white head. Aroma of brown sugar, some root veg qualities (potatoes), cherries, nutmeg and definate malt. Medium to Full-bodied; Tart cherry flavour right up front followed by a large malt presence with the spicey qualities arising. Aftertaste is a good astringent maltiness with some sweet flavours and a bit of a drying feeling. Overall, a damn good dubbel, definately one to try! I got this 33 cL bottle courtesy of DougShoemaker at our last party in Toronto and sampled it on 26-May-2004. Thanks again Doug for everything!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2004
at 23:49