Mike Loves Beer

Name – Westmalle Dubbel
Country – Belgium
Type – Dubbel

Appearance – Poured a dark mahogany type color with some red highlights.  A big tan head tops it off.

Smell – Pretty traditional Belgian smells with the dark fruits and candi sugar.

Taste – I usually hate saying it’s the same as the smell but it really is.  Very nice dark fruits like grapes and figs and plums mixed with a sweet candi sugar.  You get a bit of the booze as it warms up some.

This is one I’ve really meant to try for quite a long time but just never got around to it.  The nearly $5 price tag kind of put me off too.  But I figured it was time to indulge on this being one of the true Trappist breweries.  I really enjoyed it.  I typically like the quadrupels more but this was very pleasant and drinkable.  Will definitely go back to it again.

Overall Grade – A