Pours a deep amber color with a tiny head that dissipates quickly. Almost all the sediment stays in the bottle, which is nice. This beer has a very strong Belgian smell: Mostly alcohol, with a bit of caramel maltiness. The flavor, again, is very much like a strong Belgian ale. There's a bit of astringency to it that other tasters say they don't notice, but it gives me an itchy burning in the back of my throat that I've never experienced before. It's not pleasant, but it has faded the more it has aged (and, as I said, other people say they don't get that). Overall, a decent Belgian dubbel.
