It's abbey beer week here chez E&E: Floreffe Dubbel Abdjibier

Floreffe Dubbel Abdjibier is a strong brown ale from Belgium. Doing them all in a row is not getting boring, as they are all rather different from each other.

Floreffe pours out to a dull brown beer with modest bubbliness and a soft cream-coloured head. I had it Sunday (and this post has been sitting in the editor since yestarday), slightly chilled in a stemless wine glass with stuffed tomatoes. It smells malty, and the first sips have a definite root beer taste: a little tingly, quite rooty, a bit sweet and malty. For a beer with pretty much the same ingredient list as all the other Belgian beers, the variety is quite astounding. I think it'd be a good tasting-alone beer, or maybe with root vegetables and mild fare.