De Dolle Arabier

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Diksmuide, Belgium

Carbonation kicking it as soon as I popped the cap off of the bottle. Clear as a cloudy day this beer. But a large, almost playful, bouncing white head of frothy, fizzy bubbles. Aroma was nice. Sweet malt, fruit, spice. Up front alcohol, then some fruit and pepper. Dry beer. I need some water.

Man, this head just doesn’t stop rising. Another winner from De Dolle, a remarkably dry and crisp ale closer to a saison than a Belgian strong. Very prominent pepper notes with an intense dry finish to it. But there is some citrusy hop fullness in there to balance, along with a bready backbone. Fine stuff, like a nice pinot grigio.

Huge white lasting head. Hazy amber body with lots of carbonation. Sweet fruity spicy aroma with strong bready notes. Strong fruity spicy peppery taste with, again, strong bready, yeasty notes. Spicy, softly metallic, peppery aftertaste. Excellent! A great beer! (0.33l bottle. Unfortunately stored for too long, apparently. I need to rerate.)

Bottle @ Publick House, Brookline, MA. Pours a nice golden color with a frothy head. Aroma is largely citrus with some hop thrown in as well. The taste is largely citrus with a bit of a hop and malt characteristic. The beer has some high carbonation, and this contributes to a dry, hoppy finish. This was my first experience with Belgian Pale Ale, and it was a total winner.

Citrus and yeast smell, somewhat boring. Same color as most of the De Dolle products orange/brown/gold. Great color though. Very carbonated, I am not surprised. Citrus taste, and wow what a dry finish this one has. Reminds me of a Saison finish almost. That actually was a nice surprise. The ABV is decent. I like the taste because upfront it has a nice malt and citrus taste, but wow it has a dry finish. I know I said that already but I am trying to emphasize that point as much as possible. This is unlike any of their other products.

Murky golden pour with an off white head. Malty aroma with hints of citrus and coriander. Flavor is fruity and spicy with some yeast. Nice dry finish. Very Good Beer.

Bottle. Citrus, nektarine aroma - big and juicy. Cloudy orange-golden, big eggshell head. Big green herbal hoppy entry makes way, for fruit, dry yeasty funk. Ends on a ultradry hop note again Citrus and spice retronasal. Somewhat overcarbonated mouthfeel - beating the bubbles out improves the experience..

Hazy golden yellow with a dense offwhite head. Smokey malt backbone with a bit of skunky hops. The smoke and the hops seems to be an uncommon combination, though this makes me want more of that sort. A bit of ash. A bit of apply tartness. Fresher this would be nicer. A medium build low carbonation with not a lot of viscosity. The flavor is dominated by a strong smokey aspect and some skunked hops. This is like an ashy mesquite flavor. A round but light malt bill, just approaching caramel but not further. Lingering smoke and skunked hops. Fresher hops would make this better. A long dry smokey skunked hop finish. I would love to try this fresh.