Milou
Lamplighter Brewing Company
- From:
- Lamplighter Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dubbel
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 13.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 01, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Rich flavors of molasses, caramel, and plum complement this beer’s sweet and somewhat strong malt profile. The addition of Belgian yeast helps the beer finish out with notes of cherry, fig, cinnamon, and clove. It’s a traditional yet approachable beer, brewed as an homage to the Belgian style. Named after the dog in Tin Tin, a Belgian classic.
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Reviewed by mpat from Massachusetts
2.48/5 rDev -32.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.48/5 rDev -32.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Just pulled the last of a 4 pack out of the back of my fridge. If you're sick of IPA's try this caramel flavored, heavy dubbel. Tricks you into thinking its flat on the front end but the bubbles come on slow and they are there. Props to lamplighter for the effort but this will be a 1 time purchase for me. Definitely a solid Dubbel though just not quite my style.
Nov 25, 2020
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.85/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is brown when viewed from afar but when held up to a bright light it is dark red in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short beige head that quickly died down, leaving a narrow collar of off white bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate flavors of dark fruit are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of dark fruits such as plums and raisins along with sweet hints of candi sugar.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is a good representation of the Belgian Dubbel style.
Serving type: can
Aug 16, 2020S: Moderate flavors of dark fruit are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of dark fruits such as plums and raisins along with sweet hints of candi sugar.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is a good representation of the Belgian Dubbel style.
Serving type: can
Reviewed by Pentastar from New York
4.11/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Look: Pours a garnet red with very little foam or lacing.
Smell: Burnt malt and sweetness, not much hops.
Taste: Roasted malt and earthiness with a faint hint of some hops. Not much bitterness.
Feel: Good carbonation, some sticky sugar components.
Overall: Somewhat heavy but not overly so.
Aug 10, 2020Smell: Burnt malt and sweetness, not much hops.
Taste: Roasted malt and earthiness with a faint hint of some hops. Not much bitterness.
Feel: Good carbonation, some sticky sugar components.
Overall: Somewhat heavy but not overly so.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.32/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.32/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Canned 1/03/20
Pours an off white frothy foamy head with great retention, soapy lacing, dark semi hazy auburn chestnut reddish brown color
Nose is nice, dark fruits, raisin date plum, mild holiday like spices, sweet candy malt with biscuity toffee, little caramel, fig and nut mix, Belgian candi sugar, little pome fruit esters
Taste rich malt, sweet candy malt, biscuity toffee and caramel, Belgian candi sugar, little molasses, mild fruits with more candied date, brown sugar raisin, mild candied plum, light holiday spices on the background with light phenols, touch of bitterness and light warming perfumey alcohol, drier finish but mild sticky and a touch more alcohol
Mouth is med to fuller bod, a little syrupy, mild warming alcohol that's pleasant for the style, medium foamy carb
Overall solid dubbel, as expected from Lamplighter, quickly becoming one of my go-to local breweries
Mar 01, 2020Pours an off white frothy foamy head with great retention, soapy lacing, dark semi hazy auburn chestnut reddish brown color
Nose is nice, dark fruits, raisin date plum, mild holiday like spices, sweet candy malt with biscuity toffee, little caramel, fig and nut mix, Belgian candi sugar, little pome fruit esters
Taste rich malt, sweet candy malt, biscuity toffee and caramel, Belgian candi sugar, little molasses, mild fruits with more candied date, brown sugar raisin, mild candied plum, light holiday spices on the background with light phenols, touch of bitterness and light warming perfumey alcohol, drier finish but mild sticky and a touch more alcohol
Mouth is med to fuller bod, a little syrupy, mild warming alcohol that's pleasant for the style, medium foamy carb
Overall solid dubbel, as expected from Lamplighter, quickly becoming one of my go-to local breweries
Reviewed by ScaryEd from New Hampshire
2.79/5 rDev -24.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -24.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Poured from a 16 oz can into a stemmed tulip glass.
Pours a clear mahogany color with thin off-white head. No retention or lacing to speak of. Pretty color, but that's about it.
The nose is overly sweet, with notes of brown sugar, sugar plums, molasses, and cherry pop tarts. There's a hint of bread on the back end.
The flavor is just ridiculously sweet and cloying. Caramel, brown sugar, sugar plums, fig newtons, and sticky molasses. There's some yeast and bread in the background but it's buried under all the diabetes.
The feel is medium bodied with moderately low carbonation. Smooth, yet a tad syrupy.
Overall, a poor Dubbel that is far too sweet and lacks the subtle nuances and balance you come to expect from the style. The carbonation was lower than expected and felt like drinking a flat Dr. Pepper. Very disappointing beer.
Dec 15, 2017Pours a clear mahogany color with thin off-white head. No retention or lacing to speak of. Pretty color, but that's about it.
The nose is overly sweet, with notes of brown sugar, sugar plums, molasses, and cherry pop tarts. There's a hint of bread on the back end.
The flavor is just ridiculously sweet and cloying. Caramel, brown sugar, sugar plums, fig newtons, and sticky molasses. There's some yeast and bread in the background but it's buried under all the diabetes.
The feel is medium bodied with moderately low carbonation. Smooth, yet a tad syrupy.
Overall, a poor Dubbel that is far too sweet and lacks the subtle nuances and balance you come to expect from the style. The carbonation was lower than expected and felt like drinking a flat Dr. Pepper. Very disappointing beer.
Reviewed by DBosco from Massachusetts
3.53/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Rosy honey deeply colored but clear, with just a film of head, some carbonation streams rising. Malty candy aroma. Somewhat sweet dubbel taste, but there is a slight soda taste (like a mineral water, maybe coming from one of the malts?), and the dubbel phenolic flavor should be richer. Mouthfeel is a little watery. Overall, this was OK and a nice style for them to try but hopefully they can do better with this. Too expensive for this current quality.
Dec 09, 2017
Reviewed by SebastianOwl from Massachusetts
3.64/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
I have loved just about everything I have tried from Lamplighter, until this beer; total miss for me, I may have been generous with my rating upon retrospect
Dec 04, 2017
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
3.71/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Guess I'm the first to write about this interesting little beer by Lamplighter. These guys have done some very cool off-kilter stuff outside of the realms of "hyped" styles (though they've done their fair share of hazy IPAs as well), such as a dark saison, a traditional Berliner weisse (not a gose!) and several others. This one is a smaller Belgian-style Dubbel clocking in at 6.5% ABV. This is the absolute low-end of alcohol content for the style according to BeerAdvocate, and seemed shockingly low to me when I picked the can up at the store to check it out earlier. My curiosity piqued, I took it home, threw it in the fridge, poured it into my glass and, as they say, the rest is ancient history...
Pours an absolutely gorgeous deep garnet color with some slight mahogany tones peeking out around the edges. The head, however, is slight and barely builds up to a quarter-finger, which I found disappointing. Retention is poor, lace is nonexistent and there's no notable carbonation activity present in the pour. Thus, I'd say this is a confusing beer, as the hue of the ale itself is fantastic, but all of the supportive elements put forth are rather weak and unconvincing. Guess we'll see how it fares going forward!
The nose here is heavy on dark fruit, caramel and clove-like spice with a supporting character of bold, herbal hoppiness. I really like how aromatic this is, with some slight undertones of brown sugar, molasses, fig paste and nutmeg, but it just doesn't sell itself as well as I feel like it probably could if it clocked in closer to 7% or 7.5%. There's a slight yeast funk here, which, when combined with the brown sugar element, gives off the impression that this is under-attenuated and likely could stand to be pushed a little bit more.
The flavor is heavy on sweet, sugary caramel along with some nuttiness, a pleasant yeasty kick and some slight notes of dark fruit. Not much happens here overall, though. It's dusty and overly-sweet with an immature complexion; I'm just not getting any of the complexity or spice character that I know Belgian dubbels can provide. Like I just mentioned, this seems under-attennuated... there's too much sweetness going on here in the finish.
The feel is solid here for the style, I suppose, but it's just way too one-dimensional when all's said and done. Carbonation seems fine but I'm not getting any detailed notes or nuances from it; it just slides across the tongue with no excitement or impression. Of course, I get no heavy alcohol or imposing aspects on the palate either, but this also doesn't feel as "friendly" as it wants to given its ABV. It's the perfect time of year for a 7%+ ABV dubbel, so why not provide? I'm left a little cold by this new Lamplighter brew. Maybe next year they can beef this up a bit or at least prove the "low ABV dubbel" is a style worth its salt, because, as it stands, this isn't even great as a "Belgian Dark Ale," and we all know those fade into ignominy fairly quickly.
Dec 02, 2017Pours an absolutely gorgeous deep garnet color with some slight mahogany tones peeking out around the edges. The head, however, is slight and barely builds up to a quarter-finger, which I found disappointing. Retention is poor, lace is nonexistent and there's no notable carbonation activity present in the pour. Thus, I'd say this is a confusing beer, as the hue of the ale itself is fantastic, but all of the supportive elements put forth are rather weak and unconvincing. Guess we'll see how it fares going forward!
The nose here is heavy on dark fruit, caramel and clove-like spice with a supporting character of bold, herbal hoppiness. I really like how aromatic this is, with some slight undertones of brown sugar, molasses, fig paste and nutmeg, but it just doesn't sell itself as well as I feel like it probably could if it clocked in closer to 7% or 7.5%. There's a slight yeast funk here, which, when combined with the brown sugar element, gives off the impression that this is under-attenuated and likely could stand to be pushed a little bit more.
The flavor is heavy on sweet, sugary caramel along with some nuttiness, a pleasant yeasty kick and some slight notes of dark fruit. Not much happens here overall, though. It's dusty and overly-sweet with an immature complexion; I'm just not getting any of the complexity or spice character that I know Belgian dubbels can provide. Like I just mentioned, this seems under-attennuated... there's too much sweetness going on here in the finish.
The feel is solid here for the style, I suppose, but it's just way too one-dimensional when all's said and done. Carbonation seems fine but I'm not getting any detailed notes or nuances from it; it just slides across the tongue with no excitement or impression. Of course, I get no heavy alcohol or imposing aspects on the palate either, but this also doesn't feel as "friendly" as it wants to given its ABV. It's the perfect time of year for a 7%+ ABV dubbel, so why not provide? I'm left a little cold by this new Lamplighter brew. Maybe next year they can beef this up a bit or at least prove the "low ABV dubbel" is a style worth its salt, because, as it stands, this isn't even great as a "Belgian Dark Ale," and we all know those fade into ignominy fairly quickly.
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