Belgian Style Dubbel - Flying Fish Brewing Company

Onenote81

North Carolina

3.83/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

12oz bottle poured into a chalice. Pours a ruddy mahogany with a thin off-white cap of foam on top. This fleets away quickly, leaving just bits of lace on the glass. Aroma of fig, raisins, yeast, syrup, wet hay. Moderate body bolsters this beer. Not overly carbonated as some tend to be. Rich syrupy finish.

Dark fruits pervade. Fig, plum, toffee, bits of ginger, rounded out with a touch of spicy yeast. This isn't overly "Belgian" by any means. Definitely an American stab at it, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. A good representation, and a tasty cap to my evening. I think this would make a good one to draw someone into these Abbey-styles. Nice work, FF.

Serving type: bottle

02-05-2013 01:15:36 | More by Onenote81

nick_asian

Nevada

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-19-2013 06:39:17 | More by nick_asian

ppvora

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-17-2013 19:21:55 | More by ppvora

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-17-2013 13:01:35 | More by InspectorBob

touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -15%

05-15-2013 13:05:39 | More by touchmeimsac

marlinsfan4

Maryland

3/5  rDev -15%

05-15-2013 03:25:35 | More by marlinsfan4

DudMan

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-13-2013 23:44:40 | More by DudMan

ridgeline23

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +13.3%

05-12-2013 01:05:15 | More by ridgeline23

mportnoy

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-11-2013 20:28:54 | More by mportnoy

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-10-2013 19:29:37 | More by twenty5

silverking

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-05-2013 01:40:10 | More by silverking

Gatordaddy

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-04-2013 00:29:20 | More by Gatordaddy

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -22.1%

04-25-2013 18:18:07 | More by Jason1337

Nucleozoid

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -29.2%

04-25-2013 03:53:17 | More by Nucleozoid

AlkaholTester

Nevada

3.25/5  rDev -7.9%

04-23-2013 20:01:52 | More by AlkaholTester

clemtig76

South Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

04-22-2013 19:28:48 | More by clemtig76

chinchill

South Carolina

3.59/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle of re-formulated(?) 7.2% ABV ale called "Abbey Dubbel". Consumed from a snifter near the best by date on the label: 30 March 2013. Pours a nice orange-mahogany color, clear despite a tiny amount of sediment, The head is small, short-lived, and leaves little lacing.

Aroma/Taste: nice and true to style; sweet with plenty of dark fruit; brown sugar, toffee/caramel. The flavor largely follows the nose. Still sweet, and a tad too sweet, but not as sweet (or yeasty) as the nose indicates.

M: not bad but a bit too asteingent and thin.

O: Not up with the finer Belgian dubbels but certainly respectable and far less expensive in the US

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2013 23:20:05 | More by chinchill

Bromine

Florida

4/5  rDev +13.3%

04-04-2013 01:09:08 | More by Bromine

alaimoa

Connecticut

3.2/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours with very little foam but nice dark brown/amber color. Smells like bitter fruit. Mouthfeel pretty good with weak coating but nice carbonation. Overall with 7.2% alcohol it's fairly easy to drink and nothing spectacular about it. Average but good

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2013 21:35:09 | More by alaimoa

IPAchris

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

03-25-2013 13:42:37 | More by IPAchris

JakeDebus

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -7.9%

03-23-2013 15:54:00 | More by JakeDebus

pkalix

California

3.93/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

different label on bottle? and a 7.2% abv onthis one?
poured flatly into my tulip glass; thin, transparent brown with no foam or fizz on top.
not much aroma, although i think i'm getting a candy-something in there...
taste is thin, kind of bland. some fruit, lots of malt. here is the website to this one in case it isn't the same as the one i'm writing on: http://flyingfish.com/beers/belgian_abbey_dubbel.html
definitely flat. easy to drink for a 7.2%, but like most of theri beers i've tried, there is a 'fishy' taste to it. i just cant get into much of the stuff from this brewer, but it's not bad. maybe it's just psychological....

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 00:32:00 | More by pkalix

brheuer

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +13.3%

03-17-2013 23:31:33 | More by brheuer

rfgetz

New Jersey

3.29/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Pours a golden orange color, light haze, soapy head. Scent is quite yeasty and peppery, lacing many other qualities of the style. Taste follows suit... Mostly yeast and spice, lacking firm malt presence and fruitiness. Moderate carbonation. Weak sauce... Nothing too bad, but nothing really good either.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2013 17:22:51 | More by rfgetz

tbeer40

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

03-03-2013 02:26:04 | More by tbeer40