Grimbergen Dubbel | Brouwerij Alken-Maes
Brewed by:
Brouwerij Alken-Maes
Belgium
maes.be
Style: Dubbel
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 09-11-2001
Ratings: 1,054 | Reviews: 503
3.28/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.91/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.64/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
330 ml bottle - pours dark amber-brown with a substantial meringue tan cap - aromas are spicy, toffee, toasted grains and light leafy grassiness, some fusel is detectable. Rounded mellow character - flavor is toasty with light caramel tones some hazel nut, just enough hops in the background to avoid sweetness becoming prominent, clean toasty lightly bitter finish - tasty satisfying
384 characters
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
330 ml bottle - pours dark amber-brown with a substantial meringue tan cap - aromas are spicy, toffee, toasted grains and light leafy grassiness, some fusel is detectable. Rounded mellow character - flavor is toasty with light caramel tones some hazel nut, just enough hops in the background to avoid sweetness becoming prominent, clean toasty lightly bitter finish - tasty satisfying
384 characters
3.63/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
4.28/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap, lovely chalice pour. Hazey reddish brown with a retentive, tan head.
Smells fruity with some light wisps of bread and chocolate. Bright and lively for the style.
Tastes quite nice, almost everything I look for in a dubbel. Plums and raisins in the front, more fruit and some bready yeast, finishing with refreshing fruit and some dry yeast.
350 characters
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap, lovely chalice pour. Hazey reddish brown with a retentive, tan head.
Smells fruity with some light wisps of bread and chocolate. Bright and lively for the style.
Tastes quite nice, almost everything I look for in a dubbel. Plums and raisins in the front, more fruit and some bready yeast, finishing with refreshing fruit and some dry yeast.
350 characters
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.07/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.98/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured into chalice. A Belgian ale with no head? Spots of lace. Nice ruby brown shade.
Nose is mostly grape, with some other dark fruits and underlying breadiness.
Taste: A dry bitterness over dark fruit, particularly figs. Notes of bitter chocolate and honey.
Mouth is a little thin, with some alcohol bite.
A fruitier dubbel, generally smooth and drinkable.
363 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured into chalice. A Belgian ale with no head? Spots of lace. Nice ruby brown shade.
Nose is mostly grape, with some other dark fruits and underlying breadiness.
Taste: A dry bitterness over dark fruit, particularly figs. Notes of bitter chocolate and honey.
Mouth is a little thin, with some alcohol bite.
A fruitier dubbel, generally smooth and drinkable.
363 characters
4.05/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is chocolate/cocoa, caramel malts and mild fruit. The flavor is fruit/berries, chocolate, caramel/malts and a mix of tart and sweet in the finish.
153 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is chocolate/cocoa, caramel malts and mild fruit. The flavor is fruit/berries, chocolate, caramel/malts and a mix of tart and sweet in the finish.
153 characters
4.24/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.88/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.52/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.56/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Grimbergen Dubbel from Brouwerij Alken-Maes
3.76
out of 5
based on 1,054 ratings.
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75