La Trappe Dubbel (Koningshoeven / Dominus) - Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven B.V.

cokes

Wisconsin

4.18/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a gleaming glass of scarlet-brown fluid. Huge, fluffy tan head explodes upwards and sticks around.
Nose is bombarded with toffee, rum soaked-raisins, bread and clove.
Taste is not quite as complex as the smell would indicate, but pleasing nonetheless. Lively, peppery yeast mingles with the clove. Fruitiness leans toward prune, with a hefty companion of grape. A touch of carmel. Ghosty chocolate hues linger in the finish. Alcohol is nowhere to be found.
Light to medium bodied. Spritzy, but not as charged up as some. Carbonation is perfect. Only complaint is the slightly thin mouth.
A solid dubbel that could be consumed in quantity.

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2002 22:36:05 | More by cokes

inebrius

Michigan

4.22/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Huge nose of bananas and phenols. Malt sweetness in abundance, but quelled by a hearty dose of bittering hops. The wonderful earthiness one comes to expect from beers of this quality is here in abundance and my taste buds are happy now. I like Mulder's description of this beer, how it will haunt you. Seems rather fitting actually. Quality!

Serving type: bottle

08-15-2002 22:03:06 | More by inebrius

budgood1

Minnesota

4.13/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

murky and dark in color...a huge tan head that sticks. fruit aroma...lots of apple overtones. a layered and complex taste of candied fruits and flavorful malts. minimal hopping. the mouthfeel was a bit lacking for a brew of this sort, but i didn't mind. a welcome but slight alcohol burn in the end leaves the mouth tingling in delight. divine.

Serving type: bottle

07-27-2002 13:22:53 | More by budgood1

Jason

Massachusetts

3.9/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Presentation: 11.2 oz slender euro style brown bottle with raised glass above the label. No freshness date.

Appearance: Dark leather brown in colour with a thin light tan lace that sticks around for a while.

Smell: Wildly phenolic with a medicinal aroma, slight tartness with hints of lemon rind.

Taste: Medium bodied with a rounded crisp and smooth mouth feel. Spicy peppery clovish palate from the alcohol and yeast which is enhanced by the carbonation. Light tartness and a hint of chocolate add to the complexities, the spiciness tingles the tongue right into the finish and the alcohol warms the mouth a bit. Hops are very subdued and don’t even make a fuss to appear. As this beer warms up a little more of the malted grain and chocolate flavour becomes more apparent.

Notes: A prime example of the style, flavours meld together perfectly with out becoming confusing or vague. A semi sharp cheddar would make a ideal pairing.

Serving type: bottle

07-21-2002 11:50:09 | More by Jason

Wildman

Ohio

3.98/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This beer poured a nice dark reddish color and formed a nice off white head that left some lace. Some cirtrus, spice and hops aroma to it. Finish seems to have some sweet elements to it. Seemed to have a light to medium body to it. Some spice elements and malt. Couldn't detect any alcohol, which I prefer.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2002 17:09:25 | More by Wildman

AaronRed

New York

4.47/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dark tan with a creamy head. What I loved about this beer, was its smoothness. I could not get over how subtle the hops and yeast combine with a medium bodies malty thinkness. Sort of a caramel flavor, with a hint of sharpness that keeps it from being boring. I had this with a meat suace and pasta, and it was great.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2002 19:55:01 | More by AaronRed

aracauna

Georgia

4.22/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This was my first foray into the world of Belgian and Trappist ales. It was a wonderful experience. Medium-dark reddish brown in color, the Dubbel has a nice fruity complexity in smell and taste that I had been previously unfamiliar with. It was also missing the spiciness of the alcohol and unusual yeast flavor present in many belgian ales. The only reason it took me so long to rate it was because the bar had it listed as simply La Trappe Trappist Ale. Just recently found out from the bar's website that it was the dubbel.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2002 11:24:32 | More by aracauna

rastaman

United Kingdom (England)

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Ok, but maybe a bit sweet and cloying sometimes, still, very well made trapiste beer, pretty good, but theres better examples of the style out there.

Serving type: bottle

02-17-2002 20:45:02 | More by rastaman

John

New York

4.05/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A nice dubbel with fruity, sweet, mild spice and faint alcoholic undertones. A good changeup.

Serving type: bottle

11-08-2001 08:49:50 | More by John