De Dolle Arabier

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before DEC07, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on May 19 2011; eye: orangey, hazy, nice effervescence, lots of white head that falls and turns into a thin creamy sheet, lots of lacing; nose: yeast, slight Madeira, spices, bread, alcohol, light fruity; mouth: yeast, light caramel, alcohol, light fruity, finale all in unpleasant alcohol, medium-full body, nice carbonation, slightly bitter alcoholic texture; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant DEC07, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 19 mai 2011; œil : orangée, trouble, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe et se transforme en une mince couverture crémeuse, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : levure, très léger madère, épices, pain, alcool, léger fruité; bouche : levure, léger caramel, alcool, léger fruité, finale tout en alcool désagréable, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère, texture alcoolique; en résumé : déçu

Intensely sweet and hoppy flavor, interesting try their ipa, def has some hops bitterness in there. Some raw malt flavor in finish. Hop bitterness really lingers

33cl bottle. Pours a light toffee colour - cloudy somewhere between orange and brown. There are plenty of bubbles and a very generous head. The nose has green apples, some farmyardy graininess and some lemon grass. The taste is of more bitter green apples and sour yeastiness, maybe manifesting itself as a kind of dirty lemon sorbet - hard to specifically pin down. The palate is medium bodied, with a creamy texture and a severe combination of bitterness and sourness - in truth this is a combination I’m not excited by though I like either bitterness or sourness on their own. It’s a bit too astringent for me although it does grown continually as the bottle is drunk. Interesting!.

Nice bitter flavor, but miss dept. It’s a bit one-dimensional. Pretty parrot though.

0.33l bottle. Pours a nice little cloudy orange body with some small sediments and a gigantic, everlasting bubbly white head leaving lacings like I’ve never seen before. Perhaps a bit to much carbonation, this was a bit tricky to get over in the glass. Aroma is light citrus, yeast, coriander and light sweet fruits. Quite nice. Really lively carbonated, medium bodied and has a near oily texture. Sharp tastes and has a little alcohol sting, slightly dry. Can really taste the yeast they have used here. Ends slightly warming and it’s leaving a mild bitter aftertaste.

33 cl at Notarishuys, Diksmuide. Pours hazy amber with a big towering head. Nose is sweetness, some yeast, spicy and above all very fresh hops. Well bodied beer with pleasant hops everywhere, but nothing aggressive. Very good balanced as well and a perfect beer along side the fish course with risotto.

De Dolle Arabier ei yllätä kullankeltaisella värillään. Olut on kirkasta ja sen vaahto on valkoisen värinsä lisäksi runsas. Tuoksusta huokuu hedelmäisyys ja mausteisuus. Maultaan olut on katkera, kuiva, hedelmäinen ja mausteinen. Hieman maussa tökkii jonkinlainen synteettinen elementti. Ei kuitenkaan pahasti. Suutuntumaltaan olut on sopivan runsas. Hiilihappojakin tässä on aika keskiverto määrä.

Pours unclear golden with a white head. Aroma is lime, banana, yeast, peach, orange and green apples, Taste is citrus, fruity yeast, hops, spices and bread leading to a dry bitter end. Really interesting brew which i did enjoy.