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St. Idesbald Dubbel
Brouwerij Sint-Idesbald
- From:
- Brouwerij Sint-Idesbald
- Belgium
- Style:
- Dubbel
Ranked #87 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #25,841 - Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 14.7%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 04, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by The_Bujon from Ireland
4.04/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
4.04/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Pours deep ruby with caramel foaming head, disipation is moderate, lacing reasonably good.
Aroma is nice and spicy, a real wintery brew sense with this one. Figs are prevalent, peppery.
Taste is subtle, a little bit roasted, quite malty, and carries a lingering spicy aftertaste.
Feel is wet, effervescent, sharp and artificial, not at all what I was expecting and quite disappointed.
Overall this is nearly a very good beer, hides the 8% very well, if it had been a little easier on the tongue and smoother, it would be a contender.
May 13, 2020Aroma is nice and spicy, a real wintery brew sense with this one. Figs are prevalent, peppery.
Taste is subtle, a little bit roasted, quite malty, and carries a lingering spicy aftertaste.
Feel is wet, effervescent, sharp and artificial, not at all what I was expecting and quite disappointed.
Overall this is nearly a very good beer, hides the 8% very well, if it had been a little easier on the tongue and smoother, it would be a contender.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle conditioned. I've poured this one leaving most of the sediment in the bottle.
L- Very dark chestnut brown, small amount of sediment/haze, pours with a 5mm fine-bubble tan head. Holds up pretty well even after 15mins of slow-sippin'.
S- I've encountered this same a smell a few times over recent weeks (in beers of similar style/origin) and don't know how to describe it. It's somewhere over between the scent of dried druit (cherries/raisons?) and fresh cut timber.
T- Bright, some fruit then hops followed by an earthiness.
F- It feels every bit of 8.0%. It has a savoury pungency and is dryer than anticipated.
O- Different. Heavy, pungent, not sweet or rich, in fact savoury/earthy/woody. The latter savoury nature sets this apart from the usual expectations of a Belgium Dubbel, and I think being 8%ABV amplifies it. I expect this will work better for some than others.
BB: 11/05/2020 33Cl bottle.
ps the cap is covered down the neck with red Alu foil. As I gently prised off the cap something unusual happened, before the cap was even loosened, just one side lifted a fraction, the CO2 blew out the foil around the neck into a kind of foil bubble - rather than splitting it. A few drips of beer then started forming down the bottle from invisible ruptures in the foil. This is with the cap still 95% in place. This beer had rested for c. a month in a cool place and been handled gently - so, treat this one as a lively brew!
Nov 09, 2019L- Very dark chestnut brown, small amount of sediment/haze, pours with a 5mm fine-bubble tan head. Holds up pretty well even after 15mins of slow-sippin'.
S- I've encountered this same a smell a few times over recent weeks (in beers of similar style/origin) and don't know how to describe it. It's somewhere over between the scent of dried druit (cherries/raisons?) and fresh cut timber.
T- Bright, some fruit then hops followed by an earthiness.
F- It feels every bit of 8.0%. It has a savoury pungency and is dryer than anticipated.
O- Different. Heavy, pungent, not sweet or rich, in fact savoury/earthy/woody. The latter savoury nature sets this apart from the usual expectations of a Belgium Dubbel, and I think being 8%ABV amplifies it. I expect this will work better for some than others.
BB: 11/05/2020 33Cl bottle.
ps the cap is covered down the neck with red Alu foil. As I gently prised off the cap something unusual happened, before the cap was even loosened, just one side lifted a fraction, the CO2 blew out the foil around the neck into a kind of foil bubble - rather than splitting it. A few drips of beer then started forming down the bottle from invisible ruptures in the foil. This is with the cap still 95% in place. This beer had rested for c. a month in a cool place and been handled gently - so, treat this one as a lively brew!
Rated by josanguapo from Spain
2.26/5 rDev -34.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
2.26/5 rDev -34.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
From Beergium. In Grinbergen glass. Playing Avernum 3. Flat and with a slight sourish touch. At least the abv is well hidden though
Jul 15, 2018Reviewed by stcules from Italy
2.99/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Monk's robe brown color, beige foam, scarce, and quickly vanishing.
Smell: cane sugar, red fruit, dark malts, a light toasted note.
Taste: sugary start, but it leaves space to a relatively finishing dryness.
Again fruit, and a decent caramel and malt.Carrob hints, in the adìftertaste too, aftertaste that is fruity and sugary, but with a bitter herbs note, peculiar and not unpleasant.
Not a masterpiece, but not bad.
Mar 14, 2017Smell: cane sugar, red fruit, dark malts, a light toasted note.
Taste: sugary start, but it leaves space to a relatively finishing dryness.
Again fruit, and a decent caramel and malt.Carrob hints, in the adìftertaste too, aftertaste that is fruity and sugary, but with a bitter herbs note, peculiar and not unpleasant.
Not a masterpiece, but not bad.
St. Idesbald Dubbel from Brouwerij Sint-Idesbald
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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