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De Dolle Arabier

De Dolle Arabier - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Diksmuide, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6773.68/5.03.67/5.08%86Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Arabier is a pure malt beer brewed with flower Nugget-hops from Poperinge. It has the special dry-hopping taste and aroma, so appreciated by beer lovers all over the world. It is one of the two main beers from De Dolle Brouwers available throughout the year. Aging time is limited due to the fact that hop bitterness declines with age. Store arabier cool and dark and serve cool at 10°C.
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 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Bottle. Poured a dark gold with a huge foamy head. Took several minutes to pour this one. Aroma of oranges, apples and bananas. Flavor was sweet with a spicy finish.


 hapjydeuce (763), Del Mar, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Bottled. Dark golden color with overdeveloped head and plenty of carbonation. Refreshing aroma of pear, bubblegum, banana, orange peel and clove. Sweet flavors of lemon and orange are well-played with a dry-hopped spiciness. A bit hot on the finish, and comes off almost too cloying. However, biscuit tones from Belgian yeast round it out overall. Seems like this could be really good with a few years of age.


 tronraner (1906), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Bottle. Pours hazy gold with lots of carbonation and huge whitish icecream like head. The aroma is peppery yeast with quite a few fruity tones- lemon, banana, white grape, pear- and a little bit of a sweet pastry maltiness. The flavor is quite spicy. White pepper, lemon zest, coriander, and cardamom are the dominant flavors. There’s a woody alcohol note through the middle, over a honeyish malt. The finish is dry and yeasty, and even just a touch sour. The aftertaste has a long, fairly intense grassy hop burst. Strange, but tasty.


 michael-pollack (2603), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 18, 2008  
330ml Bottle: Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, bread, yeast, honey, light fruits, spices, slight funky cheese, rotting peaches, slight apples, and hops. Poured copper/amber in color with a huge, fluffy, wispy, white head that diminished slowly. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Flavor is medium to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of malts, caramel, grass, hops, resin, honey, yeast, biscuit, bread, slight pepper, slight apple, and a hint of maple syrup. Medium body. Smooth, syrupy, tingly texture. Average to lively carbonation. Sweet, hoppy, earthy, finish dries out over time.


 wkalle (110), Sweden
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Bottle, pours golden amber whith huge lasting head with excellent lacing. Fresh spicy aroma. Flavor is lightly yeasty with some spiciness and fruits. Long lasting and dry finnish that makes you want another sip. No sign of 8% abv except for the warmth in the finnish. A great beer.


 saxo (3511), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Bottle. Huge head with good duration. Color is hazy amber. Aroma and taste are sweet, acidic, yeasty, fruity and sugar.


 KnN (712), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 20, 2008  
Pours a hazy golden color with a huge whipped marshmallow head. Aroma is band-aids, bubblegum, and raisins. Flavor is dry, bitter, and yeasty but in a nice way. There’s a little to much of the chewing on aspirin astringency to this one to be really nice, but there’s a lot going on in the background that’s exceptional. Some great malt flavor and some chewiness. Not my favorite De Dolle, but not bad.


 Bontus (291), Waasmunster, Belgium
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Oct 20, 2008    Updated: Nov 26, 2008
On tap @ De Dolle Brouwers brewery. (and several bottles in rerating) Pours golden blonde with a huge white head. Nose is kandisugar and flowers. Hops overall present from nose to aftertaste. A bit too cloying if you swish it through your mouth. Also yeasty and sweet. Dry-hopping makes this a remarkable beer with a perfect flavorbalance sweet-bitter-sour. On the swallow this beer leaves you reminding why you love beer.



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