Enjoyable Belgian-styled candi-sugared dubbel blends sweet ‘n sour cider pucker into creamy caramel malting and wintry clove-gingerbread spicing. Lingering white peppered hop sharpness usurps peat-mossy red grape, fig, and raisin subsidy.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ABITA BREW. CO., ABITA SPRINGS, LA.
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BLUEGRASS BREW. CO., LOUISVILLE, KY.
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BLUE MOON BREWERY, DENVER, CO.
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: VAN HONSEBROUCK, INGELMUNSTER, BELGIUM
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Sour yeast-scented bitter-hopped Belgian featuring sweet Scotch malts to dainty butterscotch finish. A bit bland and ashy for pale ale but fine for adventurous pilsner skulls.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BRASSERIE D'ACHOUFFE, ACHOUFFE, BELGIUM
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: HARPOON BREWERIES, BOSTON, MA.
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: HUYGHE BREWERY, MELLE/ GHENT, BELGIUM
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Made at a family brewery, pale-toned foamy-headed ale retains better malted hop depth and fruitier esters than its cousin, Karibik Ale. Plus, it’s fuller, more distinct, and more enjoyable. Perfect balance between sweet wine nuance and rich malt graining achieved, settling into luxurious nutmeg finish.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BRASSERIE JEANNE D'ARC, RONCHIN, FRANCE
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Champagne-styled bottle with cork set-up contains hefty 8% alcohol abbey-styled artisan ale. Sugared barleymalts, musty wheat grass, and highly fermented herbal-spiced yeast provide straw-hued blonde with full-bodied assertiveness alleviated by resinous grain-hopped bittering to buttery caramel finish. Bold after dinner treat makes fine alternative to French wine.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BRASSERIE DUCYK, JENLAIN, FRANCE
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BROUWERIJ DEDRIE KRUIZEN, WEST MAAS, HOLLAND
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Traditional top fermented bottle conditioned Dutch abbey with strong barleywine essence, ripe prune overtones, and loud liquor-stained fortitude (11.2% by volume). Very unusual for Dutch brew: caramel-ish instead of sour malt-y like Heineken or Grolsch beers. Compares favorably with less fruity Belgians.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: VAN HONSEBROUCK, INGELMUSTER, BELGIUM
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Dark chocolate-y brown-bodied ale with sweet barleywine-brandy attributes lingering at back of throat. Soda-like hop fizz nearly overwhelms moderate malt strength.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BROUWERIJ MOORTGAT, PUURS, BELGIUM
- Category: Beers A-Z
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