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OMMEGANG BELGIAN-STYLED ABBEY ALE

Luxurious dry burgundy-like Belgian dubbel pleats spicy citric sweetness with dry earthen dankness, securing tofutti dessert profile. Sweet orange peel zest coats advertised licorice root and cumin herbage. Sugar plum, bruised banana, coriander, fig, date, anise, and ginger illusions pep up medicinal candied cherry finish of beige-headed red-wined elixir. Suitably fruity, moderately creamy, and always elegant. Barleywine fanatics will be pleased. On tap, sharper hop spritz envelops mustier dried fruited affluence.

ST. PAUL ABBEY DOUBLE ALE

In peculiar small-necked wide-bodied cask, this raisin-esque brown ale goes down like mellow plum wine; bold and determined yet serene and mild. Artisan water adds refreshing silkiness to luxuriant perfume-hopped fig-date souring resonating to earthen peat bottom. Creamy chocolate-covered raisin finish lingers. Perfect aperitif for seafood, lamb, and veal dishes.

SCHOUNE REB’ALE

Ethanol-charged bottle-conditioned Belgian-style dubbel with explosive champagne fizz, cloudy amber turbidity and large bottom-floating yeast clumps. Zippy orange blossom entry ripens apricot-peach-grapefruit tang after lustful carbonation and lengthy alcohol burn subside. Off-dry sour-fruited finish picks up oaken acridity.

BOAKS TWO BLIND MONKS ALE

Resilient ruby amber Belgian-styled dubbel amps up burgundy-barleywine essence with candi-sugared cocoa-caramel malting, sharply spiced prune-fig thrust, chocolate-covered raisin transience, pureed cherry tease, and tertiary blackberry bramble. Curtailed port-rosé illusions come and go. Earthy peat bottom secures frangible smoky wisp. Brewery defunct: 2016.