Westmalle Brewery

Dubbel: Westmalle Dubbel The Trappist dark ale that most dubbels get measured against. Westmalle refined its brown ale into this double brown in 1926, and it pours a dark red-brown at 7%, with caramel, malt and fruity notes of ripe banana over a dry finish that comes from refermentation in the bottle. It is rich without being heavy, which makes it the right bottle for a cold evening or a bowl of beef stew. If Belgian beer to you means pale and strong, this is where the darker side begins.