Ovila Abbey Dubbel
The 750mL bottle is corked and caged. The label tries to be over the top traditional with embossing and die cut label but its kinda phony. Poured a brown amber color with a huge creamy-frothy white head in color, with ruby highlights. Dense, creamy head with good retention. Aroma is certainly dubbely. There ares nice hints of dark fruits and apple. Yeasty. First thing I pick up on is the dryness of the finish. Taste isn't quite there in terms of a Belgian dubbel. Belgian yeast is there. There is a nice hop bite though. Hints of an unsweet cherry syrup and dried raisin. Slightly musty and earthy tasting. Belgian spicing is not strong enough. The feel is surprisingly thin. Not bad at all but I had hoped for more.