20. oz Bottle
Came as part of a gift set that I bought at the brewery with Smoke From The Oak Rum Barrel Version, Smoke From The Oak Apple Brandy Version, and a Captain Lawrence goblet. A little pricey, considering the package was 50 bucks, but they do sell each of the smoked from the oaks for $20 a bottle and St. Vincent's for $10, so essentially I just got a free goblet out of it.
Anyway, the beers pours a medium brown with a strong red hue to it, very visible carbonation. About an inch of light khaki colored foam on top. In the nose I'm getting primarily bits of wheat and alcohol, and a little bit of sweet fruit, maybe raisin. As the beer warms up, the raisin becomes a little more profound, though the scent continues to lack in terms of strength.
Interesting on the first taste, the beer is a lot lighter than I thought it would be. There's a very tiny bit of alcohol presence (8%), but it isn't as profound as it is on the nose. There is some strong raisin flavor, particularly in the aftertaste (the dark fruit sweetness of this one is actually very nice). There's also a bit of strong Belgian wheat in there. Strangely, there's a sourness (almost like a very lemony prune flavor) to this beer that seems out of place with the rest of the flavors - very unexpected and not the most welcoming addition. Carbonation is moderately present.
Definitely not what I thought I'd be getting from a Belgian style dubbel. There are a lot of qualities that seem out of place about St. Vincent's, 2 in particular that caught me by surprise, those 2 being how light this beer is on the palate and the strong sourness that seems out of place. I really wish some of the flavors that I normally associate with a dubbel were more profound - the wheat and sweet raisin/dark fruit qualities need to be the real stars.
Overall Rating: 2/5
Came as part of a gift set that I bought at the brewery with Smoke From The Oak Rum Barrel Version, Smoke From The Oak Apple Brandy Version, and a Captain Lawrence goblet. A little pricey, considering the package was 50 bucks, but they do sell each of the smoked from the oaks for $20 a bottle and St. Vincent's for $10, so essentially I just got a free goblet out of it.
Anyway, the beers pours a medium brown with a strong red hue to it, very visible carbonation. About an inch of light khaki colored foam on top. In the nose I'm getting primarily bits of wheat and alcohol, and a little bit of sweet fruit, maybe raisin. As the beer warms up, the raisin becomes a little more profound, though the scent continues to lack in terms of strength.
Interesting on the first taste, the beer is a lot lighter than I thought it would be. There's a very tiny bit of alcohol presence (8%), but it isn't as profound as it is on the nose. There is some strong raisin flavor, particularly in the aftertaste (the dark fruit sweetness of this one is actually very nice). There's also a bit of strong Belgian wheat in there. Strangely, there's a sourness (almost like a very lemony prune flavor) to this beer that seems out of place with the rest of the flavors - very unexpected and not the most welcoming addition. Carbonation is moderately present.
Definitely not what I thought I'd be getting from a Belgian style dubbel. There are a lot of qualities that seem out of place about St. Vincent's, 2 in particular that caught me by surprise, those 2 being how light this beer is on the palate and the strong sourness that seems out of place. I really wish some of the flavors that I normally associate with a dubbel were more profound - the wheat and sweet raisin/dark fruit qualities need to be the real stars.
Overall Rating: 2/5
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