CS8 - Belgian Dubbel

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Permalink Reply by Stu H on May 23, 2012 at 9:10pm

Ah wow, I've been running around like a headless chook the last week while and haven't come back to check this! I'm glad you guys seem to like the beer! I personally I'm still be given a Belgian style beer that really makes excited, but hey, fun to brew!

Permalink Reply by Martin Bridges on June 10, 2012 at 9:18pm

Pours a beautiful chestnut colour with an off-white head that doesn't hang around. Slight haze, but that could be my dodgy pour. Aroma has whiffs of treacle and an unmistakeable Belgian-ness.

I don't think this is too sweet at all - it finishes nicely dry. Nice fruitiness with hints of raisin. Possibly a little thin in the body but overall this goes down very well. Only other thing I'd try and fix is a slight solventy note, almost like some hot alcohols although the fermentation temps look fine.

Lovely drop, thanks Stu.

Permalink Reply by Matt Smith on June 21, 2012 at 8:18pm

I had this a while ago whilst watching movies with some folks and was slack with getting any notes down I'm sorry. I didn't pick any faults though and I remember thinking how close it was to my version of the same recipe. I used Wy3787 in mine though, and it finished a point higher at 1.009. I think we have similar taste in Belgians re the sweetness, I've been struggling through my version for that reason. I don't remember having the same issue when Ive had commercial versions of dubbels..perhaps they run the IBUs up a little higher? I'm not sure.

Anyway this was a well made beer all the same, thanks for sharing !

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