Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I’ve been battling my bi-yearly upper respiratory infection. Glad I’m getting it done now before my vacation next week. I’m finally starting to get back to normal a bit now and I hope to be at full strength come the weekend. I will have a new review up shortly and a cool announcement for the 2nd Anniversary Party as well. So be on the look out for those.
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
Time flies when you’re having fun. That’s how the old saying goes and it pretty much sums up my time doing this blog. And during all that time two years have past since I started this little thing. Originally it was just started as a way of me tracking what I have tried and just sharing it with my friends and family. Over time so other bloggers came across my site and more folks came across it and it kind of just took off. It’s absolutely crazy to have met people in public that know of my blog and say “Hey! You’re Mike from MikeLovesBeer!” It just never gets old.
And over the two years I have formed some bonds with these people in the craft beer community down here. And thanks to them I can do what I’m about to announce.
We will be celebrating my 2nd Anniversary of blogging on this site with a good old party on June 19th at my favorite beer bar, the Coffee District in Delray Beach. Chung was the first bar owner that I met and has been a top notch guy the entire time. He has helped me find many a great brews and many a great folks. The festivities will begin at 6 pm and go until we can’t go anymore. Chung is talking with the distributors to see what kind of special goodies he can pull in for the event. So definitely check back with announcements on these. There will probably even be a few more even more special goodies to share with everyone.
So I hope to see you out there if you can. I figured a month is good enough notice for everyone to mark down on their calendars. This should be a great time.