And here's the other Konings Hoeven Ale. This should be more comparable to, I believe, the Rochefort 8. Here's to another find Belgian beer.
This beer pours a wonderful auburn color with a nice off-white head and a cloudy, gritty appearance - common for most Belgian ales. It smelled a little fruity - mostly citrus. It was also pretty hoppy and sugary - nice and sweet. The taste was very similar to the smell, but lacked in departments. Moved from sweet to bitter with notes of citrus. But, that's about it. A little lacking and a little disappointing. The texture was very disappointing though. It was far too carbonated for a dubbel, it was kind of bland, and not sweet or bitter enough to be classified as anything. It almost couldn't make up it's mind of what kind of beer it wanted to be.
This beer needs an identity. It's far too similar too all the other dubbels we've had - and that's comparing it to the more baseline dubbels. Not the upper-class ones like Rochefort. It's trying to find it's way - once it does, I'm sure it could be a real contender.
Appearance - 3.9
Smell - 3.7
Taste - 3.6
Texture - 3.4
Overall - 3.65/5
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