Abbey Of The Dead
HopDog BeerWorks
- From:
- HopDog BeerWorks
- Australia
- Style:
- Belgian Dubbel
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 06, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 06, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.77/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.77/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
How could I possibly walk away from this crazy limited experimental beer from HopDog (Doc’s favourite experimental Aussie brewer)? Let me read to you a list of the ingredients in this magic elixir [btw my voice sounds like Barry White]: Sugar skull candies, marigolds, hibiscus flowers, Belgian malts and 2 Belgian yeast strains - reads like a list of crazy awesome things to me. Err, you can stop imagining my smooth baritone voice now... no, really, aww yeah. I love the sexy slither of a lady snake. There - you happy now?
Poured from a 330ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: Yeast particles in a HopDog brew? Yep you know it! Presents with a cloudy deep ruby/brown body with a blanket of a dense tan head on top. If it tastes as imposing as it looks, well it’s going to be one tasty brew! 8/10.
S: Unable to ignore this dense cake-like aroma - fruity and dirty - that’s how grandma likes it (I’m talking about Christmas cakes - mind. out. of. gutter.). It’s hard to get past the earthiness of this brew, must be the marigolds - never tried a beer brewed with marigolds before. Other than this there is a sherbet candy note, must be the skulls. 9/10.
T: Sour sherbet candy, I wonder if chief HopDog Tim used a lactobacillus yeast strain? If so that would account for the upfront sourness of this brew. Background floral/dirty/earthy notes are present from the marigolds and hibiscus flowers. Other than that there is a slight herbal bitter finish. Not getting much in the way of malt sweetness to balance out these hop/herbal characters. 7/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with a tight medium carbonation. 7/10.
D: The bitter/sour pairing is a bit amiss with this brew. I’m left wanting sweetness and wondering if the sourness was intended or if was spoilage related - this is the second HopDog brew I’ve had that seemed to be spoiled (other being The Pale). However in the case of this brew the damage done was minimal - it’s still quite drinkable, if not quirky. As Shakespeare was once incorrectly attributed as saying by me right now: “Them is the breaks when brewing ye small batch”. This won’t of course by any stretch of the imagination stop me from buying HopDog beers, HopDog are still lekker. 7/10.
Food match: Mushrooms or something earthy... magic mushrooms? Not earthy enough space cadet. Space cadets? That’s cannibalism yo.
Jan 06, 2016Poured from a 330ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: Yeast particles in a HopDog brew? Yep you know it! Presents with a cloudy deep ruby/brown body with a blanket of a dense tan head on top. If it tastes as imposing as it looks, well it’s going to be one tasty brew! 8/10.
S: Unable to ignore this dense cake-like aroma - fruity and dirty - that’s how grandma likes it (I’m talking about Christmas cakes - mind. out. of. gutter.). It’s hard to get past the earthiness of this brew, must be the marigolds - never tried a beer brewed with marigolds before. Other than this there is a sherbet candy note, must be the skulls. 9/10.
T: Sour sherbet candy, I wonder if chief HopDog Tim used a lactobacillus yeast strain? If so that would account for the upfront sourness of this brew. Background floral/dirty/earthy notes are present from the marigolds and hibiscus flowers. Other than that there is a slight herbal bitter finish. Not getting much in the way of malt sweetness to balance out these hop/herbal characters. 7/10.
M: Mid to light bodied with a tight medium carbonation. 7/10.
D: The bitter/sour pairing is a bit amiss with this brew. I’m left wanting sweetness and wondering if the sourness was intended or if was spoilage related - this is the second HopDog brew I’ve had that seemed to be spoiled (other being The Pale). However in the case of this brew the damage done was minimal - it’s still quite drinkable, if not quirky. As Shakespeare was once incorrectly attributed as saying by me right now: “Them is the breaks when brewing ye small batch”. This won’t of course by any stretch of the imagination stop me from buying HopDog beers, HopDog are still lekker. 7/10.
Food match: Mushrooms or something earthy... magic mushrooms? Not earthy enough space cadet. Space cadets? That’s cannibalism yo.
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