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Brother David's Double Abbey Style Ale
9% ABV
 Exceptionally Great; something special
Celebrator Beer News Blind Tasting Panel - Oct. / Nov. 2005
Rich mahogany appearance. Firm and substantial head that slowly fades to dry fruit aromas including apricot, figs, raisins, as well as malt and spice notes. The full body of this Belgian style ale
supports initial fruit flavors that give way to malt notes and chocolate covered cherries, while suffused throughout with the distinctive flavor of the Belgian Abbey yeast. It finishes rather spicy
and quite dry, with the warmth of its 9% alcohol. The flavors become more pronounced, blending and complementing each other as the beer warms. If you like Belgian beer, you owe it to yourself to try this American brewed Belgian-style beer.
Brother David's Triple Abbey Style Ale
10% ABV
 Very Good; worth seeking out
Celebrator Beer News Blind Tasting Panel
A bright dry aroma tops off this deeply complex Belgian-style beer that has over tones of
malt, fruit, and freshly mown fields. The intensity of the higher alcohol is
rounded out by the deep richness of the malt and the light hop flavors. Light
and pale in color, a nice malt backbone holds up the highlights of spicy hops
intermingled with yeast esters and aromas. The triple (or "tripel" as the Belgian's call it) is a medium-bodied strong
Belgian-style beer, with just a touch of mild malt sweetness and a dry finish on the palate.
The comparatively light body of this beer is achieved by substantial additions
of candy sugar in the kettle and medium-high carbonation level. The hopping has
been kept low, with the use of classic European hop varieties to give just a
hint of spiciness.
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