Should you be concerned when the first beer for this month is a Belgian dubbel?
Nah – just strap in and enjoy the ride!
De Graal is a small family brewery with a very modern and surprisingly sizable brewing based in a large shed at the rear of their residential property. The brewery started back in 2002, and over that time brewer and owner Wim has not only brewed a range of De Graal beers, but they also contract brew beers for some of Belgium’s other small breweries.
As most traditional Belgian breweries do, De Graal includes the Belgian classic styles in their portfolio – Blond, Dubbel, Tripel. So here we have the meat in the classic Belgian sandwich, the De Graal Dubbel.
The beer has an inviting brown body and gives off an aroma of caramel malt, dark fruits and a light dose of Belgian yeast.
The taste is a combination of dark fruits and malts with a good level of hop bitterness balancing out the sweetness. There is something slightly herbal late in the beer to offers a spiciness to the dry lingering aftertaste.
A classic Belgian dubbel brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Dubbel style beer brewed with 6 different malts and Saaz hops for a unique bitterness.
by Brouwerij Corsendonk (at Brasserie Du Bocq)
A classic Belgian dubbel style ale, ticking all the boxes as a perfect example of the style.
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
Emelisse's take on the classic Belgian Dubbel style
A typical Belgian dubbel style beer, from a label with an interesting history
A big dubbel that doesn't just copy the Belgian style
La Debauche presents their interpretation of the classic Belgian Dubbel style
A typically taste Belgian Dubbel or Brune/Bruin with a sweet fruity and malty body, balanced by an earthy, spicy and slightly citrus hop bite
by Mokke Bier
A Belgian Dubbel with a rich malty body and a few subtle hints of something a little different
A deliciously malty Begian Dubbel made using 6 different specialty malts
A tasty Belgian Dubbel from an old abbey label, now owned by the might of Heineken
The baby of the Rochefort range; an amber brown dubbed style ale with all the elegance of a classic Trappist ale
The Pater 6 from St Bernardus is in the Belgian dubbel style
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
From the Palm Brewery portfolio comes the Steenbrugge Bruin
A traditional style Belgian dubbel from a little brewery in the village of Damme, just outside Bruges
A proper ginger-infused Belgian ale, from one of Belgium's smallest breweries.
A beer slightly out of the box, somwehere between a big Belgian blond and a tripel style. And it's sugar free!
A powerful yeast creates a sweet and dry wheat beer, technically classed as a 'Double White'.
