Vanilla Tree Dubbel
Westbrook Brewing Co.
- From:
- Westbrook Brewing Co.
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dubbel
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 19.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 21
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 04, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 29, 2011
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
Vanilla Tree is a Belgian-style dubbel brewed with a variety of dark crystal malts and dark Belgian candi syrup. After fermentation, the beer is aged on whole vanilla beans and toasted oak chips. The result is a wonderfully smooth, malty ale with notes of dark fruit, spice, and (naturally) vanilla and oak!
20 IBU
20 IBU
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Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida
3.34/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Thanks to dogdoc for this bottle! Reviewed from (very long-standing) notes. Poured from the 22 oz. bottle into an El Catador teku glass. 2012 vintage bottle, consumed about three years ago.
A: Very hazy to turbid chocolate brown, with a good amount of visible carbonation, especially for a bottle with some age on it. Forms a half-finger of light tan head with decent retention. Pretty, other than oddly murky.
S: Sweet malts, toffee, and sweet molasses. Modestly sweet fruit esters – fleshy fruit mostly. Mild vanilla, and some mild cardboard-y oxidation - but not much.
T: Toasted malts, sweet sugar candy, and molasses. A bit syrupy, then some oak dryness. A touch of oxidation here as well. Modest amount of sweet dark-fruit esters at the swallow. A touch of vanilla finally shows up on the exhale.
M: Body is on the light side of average. Low carbonation sensation. The alcohol flavors seem a bit too prominent.
O: Not particularly good. I don’t know that the age has helped this one (i.e., the oxidation isn’t adding anything), but the adjuncts/flavorings are still there. It's just not a particularly good dubbel. The sweet flavors don’t have the delicate rock sugar or the balanced ester-derived fruity flavors (CHECK DESCRIPTION).
Apr 04, 2020A: Very hazy to turbid chocolate brown, with a good amount of visible carbonation, especially for a bottle with some age on it. Forms a half-finger of light tan head with decent retention. Pretty, other than oddly murky.
S: Sweet malts, toffee, and sweet molasses. Modestly sweet fruit esters – fleshy fruit mostly. Mild vanilla, and some mild cardboard-y oxidation - but not much.
T: Toasted malts, sweet sugar candy, and molasses. A bit syrupy, then some oak dryness. A touch of oxidation here as well. Modest amount of sweet dark-fruit esters at the swallow. A touch of vanilla finally shows up on the exhale.
M: Body is on the light side of average. Low carbonation sensation. The alcohol flavors seem a bit too prominent.
O: Not particularly good. I don’t know that the age has helped this one (i.e., the oxidation isn’t adding anything), but the adjuncts/flavorings are still there. It's just not a particularly good dubbel. The sweet flavors don’t have the delicate rock sugar or the balanced ester-derived fruity flavors (CHECK DESCRIPTION).
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