Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

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Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by Tim Gregory » Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:03 am

Sorry I haven't been commenting much on the exchange beers but I've been enjoying them a lot. The quality has been really high this year.

This is a Belgian Dubbel with espresso:
OG 1.070 FG 1.010 abv 7.9%

3kg Pilsner malt
2kg Munich malt
300g caramunich
Mash at 67C

Boil 1 hour
1 oz hallertauer 60 min
.5oz hallertauer 30 min
500g sugar added in the last 5 minute.

Fermented on wlp550 Belgian ale at basement temp (we had a warm spell when it was fermenting and it was a bit higher than I wanted).

I added 3 cups of espresso at bottling.

Hope you like it!

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Re: Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by KB1138 » Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:05 pm

This was really solid. I thought the espresso was pretty subdued, but blended in well. Too strong of a coffee flavour I think wouldn't have really worked with the style, so I think you did well with the balance. The underlying dubbel was nicely done. Thanks for sharing
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Re: Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by Taylor Vanbrewer » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:45 pm

This is really good. On paper I would write off this idea, espresso in a dubbel is not really a thing I think I would want. In practice, however, this works so well. It tastes like a really great central american coffee, rich, notes of brown sugar, dark fruit, touch of caramel. Well done Tim.
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Re: Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by CartoonCod » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:21 pm

Thanks for the delicious beer. I thought the coffee flavour is coming through a lot and slightly overpowered some of the dubbel malt character. Thanks for the treat!

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Post by GCR » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:34 pm

I agree - would never think of putting these together and on paper wouldn't think this would work so well, but it was great. I first saw the style and got really excited and then I took the first sip and did not expect it all (thought it reminded me of tobacco?), and then I realized what was going on and my taste buda settled into it and we had a nice, flavourful time. Image

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Re: Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by mumblecrunch » Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:44 pm

I enjoyed this quite a bit and agree with Taylor about it bringing the best of New World coffee notes to a beer. My only observation would be that there wasn’t a lot of classic Belgian yeast character coming through, especially in the aroma. Could be that the coffee masks it. Regardless, this was delicious and I would happily drink more of it. Thanks!

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Re: Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by mdentremont » Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:49 am

I sipped on this last night, if was delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Dec 30, 2020 Dubbel Shot

Post by jmacdonald » Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:23 pm

Odd combination but it works! Thanks for sharing.

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