A very rich and malty style, the Dubbel is often full-bodied and slightly sweet with some dark fruit flavors - though generally not as many as a Belgian Strong Dark Ale.
As is the case with Belgian beers, the yeast give fruity esters and spicy phenol flavors, and although the malts generally give the beer a dark amber to dark brown appearance - the caramel malt flavors seldom to never venture past sweet and toasted. Hop bitterness is generally fairly low, with the upper single-digit alcohol well hidden.
Serve at cellar temperature, 55-57 degrees, in a chalice or stemmed tulip glass.
Starr Hill’s Taste of Honey Belgian-Style Dubbel is our rendition of the classic Belgian Dubbel in which we substitute wildflower honey from our friends at Hungry Hill Farm in Shipman, Virginia, in place of the traditional Belgian candi sugar.
Imported from Belgium. A dark robust abbey ale brewed by master craftsmen in the classic Belgium dubbel style. Rich and malty, with notes of port, raisins and black chocolate on the palate, and a yeasty, fruity and slightly smoky bouquet.
Maimed in an accident that left him with a hunched back, Brother Joseph Zoettl worked in the St. Bernard Abbey power plant shoveling coal.
