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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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 Kinz (2179), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 6, 2007  
First beer of 2007, thanks to suffering from a sinus infection. Medium hazy gold, huge head despite the gentlest of pours. Yeasty aroma. Flavor was Belgian yeast, a touch of bubblegum, and a spicy peppery finish. Nice.


 Slayer85 (582), Firenze, Italy
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Jan 4, 2007    Updated: Jun 26, 2008
Bottled. A hazy dark golden orange beer with a giant and persistent white head, that requires many pourings and leaves laces on the glass. very nice and complex aroma, malty, yeasty and more hoppy than expected. There are notes of citric fruits, cloves, flowers, light banana. The flavour is complex and fantastic too, with a light sourness and a fantastic hopping. Again fruity and spicy. Medium body, lively carbonation, dry long finish with medium grassy bitterness lingering in your mouth. Fantastic one of the best De Dolle beers, and that is saying something. De Dolle rocks.


 pivnizub (4949), Bochum, Porúří, Germany
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 27, 2006  
Bottle (thanx to bierkoning !) Cloudy, deep golden coloured, huge creamy concrete head; strong fruity nose: oranges, orange peel, lemons with a big dry touch of hops; stronger bitter-sweet flavour, soft MF, medium bodied; lingering finish: first fruity (citrus-fruit), then lingering dry hoppy, almost a bit tart. Beautiful...........


 whaleman (2171), North Wales, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Dec 23, 2006  
Very slow gusher. Shining solid gold body with abundant scattered ejecta. Huge, frothy Duvel-esque head. Persistent pillow of carbonic acid mutes appealing tones of apple, melon, and dark honey. Bittermelon, tangerine, and medium-sweet white wine flavors. Full-carbonated mouthfeel. Great Belgian golden strong. I could drink this every day.


 bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 21, 2006  
Bottled. Hazy golden coloured with a huge dense head. Quite dry and hoppy - very complex - notes of yeasts and spices - slightly alcoholic.


 DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 18, 2006  
Bottle pours a cloudy gold with a huge white head that subsides to a thin lacy layer in a few minutes, butleaving little lace. Aroma is spicy with some stone fruit and citrus. Lively carbonation complements a medium body and alightly resinous mouthfeel. The bitterness overlays and dominates a frutiy sweetness, quickly suppressing it altogether for a very dry finish.


 iep (229), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Dec 13, 2006  
The Arabier started to gush all over the place when I cracked the cap off the bottle. The head was enormous, over-the-top. Dry aroma, very spicy and very citrus-like. Loads of hop. Massive taste, very complex and quite bitter. Too much carbonation hurted the mouth(feel) though. I drank this next to a dish based on hummus and chick peas, Arab-ier style. Nice one.


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2006  
From the bottle at the Kulminator in Antwerp. Pours a cloudy orange with a tall foamy white head that never goes away. Very nice spicy citrus nose, floral, dry, funky, and fruity. Starts with a quick citrus sweetness then goes to a dry spiced wild yeast finish. Very dry tasting with a kinda musty spiced finish. Faint sourness and acidity show in the finish. Another incredible De Dolle Beer.



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