"The taste of the beer."Leffe "Brune-Dubbel." Brown Abbey Ale, Alc. 6.5%, kost. 1.01€
A wise man once told me, "a man will drink a finite, predetermined number of beers during his life. Every bad beer you drink will decrease the number of good beers you will drink by one."
Following this advice and motivated by this story a friend sent me yesterday I picked up a few "good" bieren to go with dinner last night. Above I posted a picture of one of them. Immediate lesson: camera phone inside at night does not a great picture take.
Fortunately, and as expected, the beer looked, smelled and tasted much better than the photo.
This a brown ale, called "double," some descriptions say, because if you found this beer in a pub between its siblings of varying strengths its medium alcohol strength would be notated by some distinction of "2" on the barrel (vs. 1, 3, or sometimes 4).
The Dubbel is dark, frothy and sweet in appearance, smell and taste. Its slight carbonation imparts a tingly mouth sensation that builds and lasts over the course of the drink. The taste and "finish" are rich and light, making me think simply of herbs and caramel at once, as opposed to a "blond" or "tripel" that have different yeasts and often more complex citrus-y flavors.
According to my friend, Mr. Jackson, this beer is named for Notre-Dame de Leffe abbey in Dinant, Belgium. Similar to other actual abbey brews, the Leffe crew hasn't actually produced its own beer since the first Bastille Day. They resumed production strictly in order to raise maintenance funds for the abbey itself. Not because the beer tastes great and everyone wants to buy it or anything.
Yum! Also, that glass is outstanding. It makes me want to pour Rice Krispies in the beer and eat it with a spoon.
ReplyDeleteNot a terrible idea, sir! Yes, we knew we were in Holland when our furnished apartment had beer chalices included in the kitchen set.
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