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Tap 21
La Trappe Dubbel
Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven
A dark Trappist dubbel from the abbey outside Tilburg.
Taste profile
Legend has it
Koningshoeven means 'the king's farms', after King Willem II, who loved Tilburg, and the town still tells a story about him. Caught in the rain, the king took shelter with a poor woman. She did not recognise him, so he asked what she thought of the king. 'Such a fine man,' she said. When he began to run the king down, she chased him out with her broom. Three days later new furniture arrived, with a note: next time he hoped not to have to sit on a bucket. Signed, the King.
Beer stories travel from brewery to bar to guest, and rarely shrink on the way.
Interesting facts
- The start
- The Dubbel arrived in 1987, together with the Tripel, after the monks had taken brewing back from Artois in 1980.
- The recipe
- La Trappe Dubbel is brewed with pale, Munich and caramel malts and has a bitterness of 24 IBU.
- Awards
- La Trappe Dubbel won gold at the European Beer Star 2014 and at the Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2015.
Especially good with
Steak frites, Belgian truffle.