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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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 pineypower (1076), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jan 31, 2006  
Pours out a pale copper color with a decent sized foamy head. Lots of carbonation. Aroma is fruity with some notes of citrus, aroma reminds me of a white beer a bit. Some spice and fruit are present in the taste with a tart citrus finish, a very drinkable refreshing beer.


 thornecb (1736), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 29, 2006    Updated: Nov 23, 2007
Poured into a Chimay glass. Foams over the top and continues to produce huge mountains of foam. Aroma of dough, bread and hay. Cloudy gold with health head that leaves thick lacing as it finally recedes. Full body and texture. Nice.


 xproudfoot (729), Paleolithic, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 27, 2006  
Bottle. Pale straw spun to gold with a mutinously large head forming off a slow pour. Spiced green apples are the first note in the aroma. The head really isn’t budging and it’s formed a pretty cloud-marshmallow at the top. It’s being fed by a slow boil of carbonation from the bottom center of the glass. Nice. The aroma also has a faint hint of lemon, grass, rind. The taste holds the promised apples with an alcohol bite, and a fruit mix, slightly biter finish. Sweet tart. Quite quaffable.


 Sten (288), Westerlo, Belgium
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/518/20
Jan 22, 2006  
A hazy-orange beer with a big fluffy white head. A hoppy aroma, the taste is a bit fruity and bitter. A very good beer. (Bottle 33cl)


 BobbyW3363 (154), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 18, 2006  
Hazy deep golden color with a large white foamy, creamy head. Clean, very citrusy aroma; somewhat yeasty, too. The flavor is strong and very unique. Tastes quite spiced, mostly bitter though a little sweet, smoky, and very dry, reminiscent of dry champagne. Coriander flavor is prominent and works really well for this unique beer. Well-balanced. Nice rounded smooth mouthfeel with a bitter spiced finish. Excellent Belgian that I will drink again.


 BeerBlockaid (538), Jacksonville, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
Jan 14, 2006  
Cloudy haze of a yellow pour with a tightly weaved fluffy head leaving some badmon lacing. Bitter and dry taste with some fruits, citrus mainly, yeast are well balanced, and some after roasted hints. well carbed, but not over done. This took a few sips in to warm over me. Very enjoyable. ......


 HogTownHarry (3922), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jan 14, 2006    Updated: Jan 16, 2006
Bottle (330ml). Poured cloudy gold with a massive lasting tightly foamy white head, swirls of yeast string sediment at the bottom. Bitter dry wheat aroma with tart and sweet fruit, lots of yeast, some honey malt character. Taste of bitter sparkling wine, tart apple cider, yeast, with tobacco ashy hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is sharply fizzy, alcohol, astringent, medium body. Easy to drink, great summer beer.


 madcow75 (425), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 12, 2006  
11.6 oz bottle. Pours a nice light orange with lots of bubbles. Thick and rocky white head that took a long time to diminish. Sweet fruit and candy aroma with a little spice. Apple cider comes to mind. Taste of sour apples. Tobacco and champagne in the finish. A little bite right at the end too. Fairly easy drinking. Seems a little too fruity for me.



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