Putting this months packs together, I had the thought that we don’t really include that many Dubbels. The style is a staple in most Belgian brewery portfolios, and there is always at least one Dubbel on tap in your average Belgian bar. So regretting not having sourced more Dubbels, I’m please to include Postel’s in this months pack.
Postel was an abbey beer label, produced in its own right from 1953 to 1988, at which time is was bought my the Alken-Maes brewing company. The Affligem Brewery then continued to produce this Postel beers, and was itself acquired by Heineken in 2000, with the beers still produced to this day.
Potentially good news in a topical conversation with a couple of recent acquisitions of Aussie breweries by the big players!
This is your classic Belgian dubbel, with a big dark fruit and yeasty aroma, and that beautiful brown body with a thick white foam. Lots of dark, ripe stone fruits like raisins and prunes, caramel, lightly toasted malts, a moderate hop bitterness with a herbal, spicy 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
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 brewery label which has done the rounds of Belgium, this is their classic Belgian Tripel
The Postel Tripel is a stock-standard Belgian style Tripel brewed at the Affligem Brewery, for the Heineken-owned Alken-Maes group
