Raisin and Maple Dubbel - Tasting Day

Was very excited about tasting the Raisin and Maple Dubbel and it is superb. Goes very well with chocolate cake. Rich, smooth and chocolatey.

I think though that there is an optimum gravity for beers and once the ABV gets above 8% there is a law of diminishing returns. Although lovely beer, the stronger beer doesn't carbonate as well and is not quite as refreshing.I'm going to make the maximum strength around 8% in future.If the beer is ending up stronger than 8%, I'll dilute it down a little to 8%. The licorice stout is looking much higher than 8% so I'll have to adjust with cooled boiled water. The higher gravity beers certainly keep better, are tastier and are much safer resisting contamination though so I'll be keeping the ABV higher than 6/7% generally.