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What does "Dubbel" mean on a beer label? Print E-mail
Written by Steven Albright   
Saturday, 16 February 2008

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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