My latest print article this week for The Bulletin featured the recently GABF gold medal-winning beer from Monkless Belgian Ales, Dubbel or Nothing. I delve into the style but also emailed owner/brewer Todd Clement for his reaction and notes on the beer.

I asked owner and brewer Todd Clement how it felt to win the gold.

“Almost as good as it feels like the Dodgers winning their first World Series in 32 years! Honestly, the win is surreal and quite humbling,” he said via email. “We brew the beers we love to drink and our team works to improve every day, to deliver on consistent top-notch, quality beers. It’s always been our goal to make the best Belgian style ales outside of Belgium. Winning GABF gold is a bit of affirmation that we are on the right trajectory and to continue to follow the path.”

More notes from Clement and my own tasting notes of the beer continue in the article.

If you haven’t had Dubbel or Nothing before, or recently, pick up a bottle to revisit. It’s an excellent beer and one of the best American-brewed examples of the style you’ll find (the GABF says so!).