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Affligem Dubbel
Brouwerij De Smedt / Brouwerij Affligem
- From:
- Brouwerij De Smedt / Brouwerij Affligem
- Belgium
- Style:
- Dubbel
Ranked #48 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #19,579 - Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 12.34%
- Reviews:
- 319
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 13, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 20, 2000
- Wants:
- 33
- Gots:
- 93
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Ratings by WVbeergeek:
Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia
3.93/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.93/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I have a bottling date of 1/01 and best by date of 02/28/03, let's see about that. Appears: This one Pours with excess foam when I popped the cork it had some umphhh to it, the actual body appears a murky mahogany tone with a massive tan head very amazing due to the head retention and massive thick chunky head just very nice lacing comes in thick evenly dispersed patches beautiful. Aroma: Of the glass without sediment poured in, vinous grapes, sweet sharp tones, mellow apple notes very complex and full of esters from the fruit scented phenols produced in fermentation. Glass with sediment poured in, glass claims a nutty aromatic profile is created let's see if I can detect it a deeper mustier but fuller scent both are exquisite but this one seems to be more balanced with the fruit still in existence I believe the yeast helps aroma here try it both though ways that's just my opinion. Taste: No sediment glass, very smooth carbonation tiny bubbles raisin, over ripened fruits like apples or figs here nice belgian candy sugar here, overall very nice and refreshing. There is definitely a difference to the one without sediment this one seems more robust to the palate with fruit not stealing the show, caramel roasted malts and deeper specialty malts make up a small percentage of the sweetness here, but there is a nut edge on the yeast profile not so much bready as usual but a very almond like flavor arises nice. Mouthfeel: Fluffy, creamy, medium bodied but light on the palate dessert like indulge and enjoy to the fullest, this is a beer that you can't believe the best before date completely b/c it's still amazing well past the suggested date. Drinkability: One beer to indulge in one 750ml at a time and that's about it in my opinion but surely one I would like to experience again.
Oct 05, 2003More User Ratings:
Reviewed by cmb
3.74/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From bottle at De Bruine Boon in Leiden, NL. First time having a dubbel. Liked it, very drinkable with food, medium body, not too sweet, not too bitter, not the best, but I would drink it again.
Jan 23, 2023Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.73/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Sept. 2011: 330 ml bottle, from Carrefour, Cartagena (Spain). ABV is 6.8%. Dark brown colour, decent off-white head. Nice aroma of brown malts and brown kandij sugar and caramel, also spicy notes of Belgian ale yeast. High level of carbonation in the mouth. Moderately malty and spicy flavour, notes of brown bread and brown kandij sugar, but not very sweet. Nice enough.
Nov 14, 2022Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
De color ambar, con un dedo espumoso de buena retención. De cuerpo medio y carbonatación alta. Aroma afrutado y a caramelo. Sabor ligeramente dulce destacando la malta y el caramelo.
Oct 11, 2020Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
4.03/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
scored an affordable bottle on closeout, i think i can make out 2012 from the label, but not sure how its dated and not sure its fully legible, but thats my guess. in any case its old, but i figured this would hold up well and it surely did. cork comes out with a resounding pop, a nice auburn to light brown color here, a high bug bubble tan head on top with great retention, and some flaky sediment when i get towards the bottom but its not too tough to pour a pretty clear one. the aroma is raisin, slight oxidation, maple, unlit cigar, and amaretto, very complex but also very traditionally belgian, equal parts yeast and rich specialty malts. the flavor is similar, definitely a wet tobacco, or pipe tobacco thing to this, a light kiss of smoke maybe, dried fruit like raisins and figs, trace baking cocoa and cardboard here, also less sweetness than it smells like it should have, the age and the vital yeast has really dried this out well beyond the normal range for the style, and i quite like it. the texture is the best part though, creamy and fizzy and alive and just really well conditioned over time, its soft and drinkable, delicate for what it is, and really makes this beer for me. all who shared the bottle really dug this. i wish their stuff came around a little more, i am surprised to see how few of them i have had over the years. this was awesome!
Jun 15, 2020
Affligem Dubbel from Brouwerij De Smedt / Brouwerij Affligem
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
653 ratings
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