Brother David's Belgian-style Double Ale
Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Brother David's Belgian-style Double AleBrother David's Belgian-style Double Ale
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From:
Anderson Valley Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
Dubbel
Ranked #77
ABV:
9%
Score:
82
Ranked #24,562
Avg:
3.64 | pDev: 12.64%
Reviews:
267
Ratings:
445
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 18, 2023
Added:
Dec 11, 2003
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  38
Inspired by the classic Dubbels of Belgium, our Brother David’s Double has a dark brown body and aromas of warm cocoa, banana, and cloves. Specialty malts impart a toasted, nutty character and flavors of chocolate-covered cherries and candied fruits, while the subdued hop profile and Abbey yeast create spicy, herbal notes to compliment the warm, slightly sweet finish. Winner of a Gold Medal in the 2011 Great American Beer Festival™, Brother David’s Double is a truly complex and potent ale meant to be savored or shared with friends.
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Ratings by biboergosum:
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.63/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
650ml bottle. No discernible Bootling language lessons here. As for the Jesus allegories - that's another story...

This beer pours a clear, dark bronzed amber hue, with two fingers of tightly foamy, bubbly beige head, which leaves a solid painted wall of barely broken lace around the glass as it slowly ebbs away.

It smells of bready caramel malt, cinnamon and cloves, and herbal leafy hops. The taste is more lightly toasted biscuity caramel malt, a sugary toffee essence, some banana and plum esters, much attenuated Christmas spices, a slightly acrid yeastiness, and earthy, leafy hops. Very little in the way of booze warming lies evident this stage.

The bubbles are average, and generally supportive, the body a stolid medium weight, and mostly smooth, as a slowly rising heat provides a slightly unwelcome distraction. It finishes on the sweet side, but moderated well enough, the muted spice, neutered yeast, and stout earthy hops aiding and abetting.

A decent enough dubbel - the fruit and fervent malt, in accordance with some real deal Belgian yeast, render a pleasant warming tipple, especially as the 18-proof booze remains very well obfuscated (in the unusually positive sense of the word). Another bahl hornin' offering from this NoCal institution.
Nov 09, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.06 by rpmello81 from California

Mar 18, 2023
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Rated by iguanodon from Utah

3.31/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
[Original rating 2012-08-10] Pours brown/red with a tan head. Aroma is caramel and booze. Taste is malty, sweet caramel with a boozy finish.
Oct 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.67 by heddar33 from Pennsylvania

Sep 16, 2018
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Reviewed by tp1962 from Illinois

5/5  rDev +37.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Extremely good double. I always am pleased when I purchase something new and it doesn’t disappoint. This was exceptionally beyond expectations . Well done! I know where I can purchase this just 5 minutes from my house! I will be keeping this on stock!
Aug 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.06 by cwd from Kentucky

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by brittanylicious from Indiana

Apr 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by heysuz from Indiana

Apr 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Mar 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
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Reviewed by jeffdr123 from Florida

3.67/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Dark caramel color is a good hint of the taste to come. Not a bad imitation of a Belgian dubbel, but not as complex. They say they were going for a roasty, chocolate covered cherry taste, and that's what it is. More interesting as it warms.
Jun 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by bshefftz from California

Apr 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by mrfrancis from Kentucky

Apr 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.62 by CaptainHate from Ohio

Jun 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by 8BaconBits from California

May 03, 2016
 
Rated: 2.92 by Rick778 from California

Apr 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.67 by killcore from Russian Federation

Apr 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Apr 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by AnitaBrewski from Massachusetts

Feb 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by GRG1313 from California

Feb 08, 2016
Brother David's Belgian-style Double Ale from Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 445 ratings