What is abbey-style Dubbel?

There are two mysteries commonly associated with the monastery-derived Belgian beer style known as dubbel. The first, at least for non-Dutch speakers, is how its name is properly pronounced. And the second is where that name came from. Beer and spirits writer Stephen Beaumont digs into where dubbel came from, what defines the style and why it deserves more attention. Understanding Dubbel The pronunciation question is easily resolved: dubbel is ‘double.’ Not ‘dooble’ or the Frenchified ‘doo-bell,’ as it is sometimes characterized, just ‘double.’ The origin bit is similarly simple, but also not. For while the dubbel was most definitely first brewed in an abbey, most likely a Trappist abbey, how it was crafted and from where it got its name is a murkier business. The Trappist monastery most closely associated with the style, the Abbey of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Westmalle, whose Westmalle Dubbel celebrates its centennial as a commercial beer in 2026, declares that the name Dubbel “

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