Notes on beers in the style
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IF this were a Dubbel it would be the best looking Dubbel on the planet! Allow me to explain. Almost without exception, Dubbels have that, "oh so unattractive" dirty dishwater brown hue. This on the other hand has a spectacular, mid-copper clarity...
The usual Bon Secours presentation with the flip-top. Solid, mid to dark brown pour with a decent head. Retention good, some lace but limited. Nose offers some light, sweetish mocha. and some roasted notes. Nicely balanced with some malty alcohol...
Chestnut brown pour with some murk. A few orange highlights. Better color than those words might suggest! Super head, decent retention, good lace. Nose has a ton of lighted roasted malts. Same initial tastes with some lightly bittering hops cutting...
Big, rocky, tan head on top of a dark brown body. Lace is great. Is it a Belgian Dark or a Dubbel? I'm going with the latter for now. This starts off a bit roasty and stout-like. Eventually it backs off a bit, gets back to it's Dubbel roots, and...
12oz single from the six pack. Not sure that I'm keen on the Belgian Style Red Ale moniker, but this is what I have to live with in America. On the plus side, this beer does drink like a Lightly hopped American red that has been made with Belgian...
Dark brown (close to black) pour with a modest, pitted, light beige colored head. Lace is medium, retention OK as the beer settles to a pleasing film and collar on, and around, the surface of the beer. A LOT of floaties - a lot. The (presumably)...
12 oz single, thanks go out to finewinemike as part of my Secret Santa 2010. Pour is a murky brown, Dubbel like affair with some decent head and some fairly significant lace. In that respect, pretty nice to look at. Some Belgian yeast notes in the...
Happy to come across this on my recent trip to NY. This never made it to GA (The Bruery got here after this was done), so happy to hook myself up! Also glad to to see a more sensible ABV from The Bruery on this one for a change. Popped the cap on...
Apparently the house beer brewed by Ommegang for BXL in NYC, NY is actually not a new beer at all, but it's actually Rare Vos. Reported as an alias in the BA db at the time. Consumed today at BXL East on 51st. This hits a bit different on draft and...
750 mL corked & caged bottle, plastic cork (I hate those), $13.99 from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. BA pghlee at The Brick Store gave me a sneak taste of this a couple of weeks ago, now I get a chance to have a proper crack at it. Pour is almost...
This has been sitting in the DBF for a while - how bad can it be? I guess we're about to find out! Pours a light amber color with some carbonation from the 500 mL bottle. Has a malty, sweet nose and a taste to match. Very sweet with some cloying....
Not at all sure what to make of this - a bit odd in many respects. 750 mL corked & caged. First off I bought this several months ago at Minks on Delk Road, Marietta, GA, USA. When I took it to the register the guy tried to convince me that this...
Purchased as a single from Michaels (I think). 11.2 oz bottle. Poured into the Koningshoeven small goblet. Good depth of color with a deep brown body, but small head and virtually no retention. Plenty of caramel notes in the nose with a little...
11.2 fl oz bottle, Green's, Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. $3.99 purchased in conjunction with the Blond. Notched label with Lot number ABDE showing and a date of Best Before 2/06. Some moron as written "Belgium Beer" on the label. That REALLY pisses me...
12 oz bottle, thanks to BEERchitect for the trade. Mild Belgian characteristics but this is NOT an authentic Belgian Dark by any stretch of the imagination. Pretty weak and insipid. Somewhat murky brown pour, Dubbel looking. Small head with no...
Original notes: 11/05/2006 On tap at Pazzo's, Lexington, KY, served in the Leffe glass. Bottle pictured from Jan 2021. Several years ago this was one of my favorite beers - I used to drink it a lot on regular trips to Northern France and Belgium....
Overall a rather disappointing experience. Special? I don't think so. Belgian Dark? Not in my book. Poured into the Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs chalice I get a golden body with thin, watery lacing. That's fitting because the whole experience is...
Thanks to zrrbrrt for the trade (this was before this got to Atlanta). 750 mL corked and caged. Poured into the Duvel tulip, the color is VERY black, almost of Guinness proportions, and is completely opaque without a hint of any other kind of...
Pictured 10/16/22 Original notes 03/19/06 In the Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs goblet it sits as a murky orange with a decent head that hangs on with some impressive retention. Lots of sweet fruits dominate, but there is a definite dry and bitter...
Dark, dark brown with plenty of ruby red highlights. Not much head and what little lacing there is, is fairly watery. Nice malt aroma with a very sweet, burned sugar type taste. Reminds me a lot of a brown ale crossed with a schwarzbier. Above...
Poured into the St. Bernardus Chalice with a mid-dark brown body, a fantastic looking half-inch creamy, dense head with excellent lacing that fades to a stout-like, spotty and creamy film. Carbonation is very nice with miniscule bubbles making up...
Additional notes 05/23/24 (pictured) Sadly, a can. At some point. in the past this beer was classified as a Belgian Dark, now i see it more often classified as a Belgian Pale. I think both have their merits, and Ommegang has always gone for a...