What does "Dubbel" mean on a beer label?!
What does "Dubbel" mean on a beer label?
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it means "double ale" or two fermentations, usually a dark beer .
Belgian ales often carry additional wording on their labels indicating their strength. This applies to their original malt strength not their alcoholic strength. Variations may appear as follows:
Single:
Dutch/Flemish - enkel (pron. 'ankle')
French/Walloon - ?
Double:
Dutch/Flemish - dubbel (pron. 'double')
French/Walloon - double (pron. 'doobluh')
Triple:
Dutch/Flemish - tripel (pron. 'treepel' or 'trippel')
French/Walloon - triple (pron. 'treepluh')
Quadruple:
Dutch/Flemish - quadrupel (pron. 'quadruple')
French/Walloon - quadruple (pron. 'quadrupluh')
Also on the Trappist Ale "La Trappe" you will see the Latin versions: Angulus, Duplus, Triplus, and Quadruplus.
Dubbel means twice the amount of malt but don't be fooled these belgians pack a kick!! Their alocohol content can be as much as 9%. I learned my lesson once drinking 3 on a Friday night waiting for my date, by the time he arrived I couldn't stay on my stool. Damn they're good!
Subject: 1-13. What does "Dubbel" mean on a beer label?
Belgian ales often carry additional wording on their labels indicating their strength. This applies to their original malt strength not their alcoholic strength. Variations may appear as follows:
Single:
Dutch/Flemish - enkel (pron. 'ankle')
French/Walloon - ?
Double:
Dutch/Flemish - dubbel (pron. 'double')
French/Walloon - double (pron. 'doobluh')
Triple:
Dutch/Flemish - tripel (pron. 'treepel' or 'trippel')
French/Walloon - triple (pron. 'treepluh')
Quadruple:
Dutch/Flemish - quadrupel (pron. 'quadruple')
French/Walloon - quadruple (pron. 'quadrupluh')
Also on the Trappist Ale "La Trappe" you will see the Latin versions: Angulus, Duplus, Triplus, and Quadruplus.
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yes dubbel is flemish for double. are you by any chance drinking Grimbergen? the one with the red label tahts 6.5 % alcohol? that is the bomb as far as beer goes! i am addicted. in this case dubbel refers to double fermentation.
and homegrow, grimbergen also makes a beer that is 10 % alcohol!