5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 Pouts copper with a nice billowy white head. Smells funky and dry. Tastes of dry malt, perfumy, funky, a touch of tartness. easy drinking (way too easy for a 10%ABV beer). Update, this has a nice spicy hint, floral notes, some dryness, some funky hints, a touch of sweetness that is perfectly balanced by subtle hop notes and a dry finish. An excellent, underrated beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle gusher. Pours a cloudy copper with a dense head. Intense aroma of dill, vinegar, grapes, apples, and brown sugar. Medium body. Taste is of sweet fruit malt balanced with some sour bitterness. The alcohol is well hidden. Delicious.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a 330mL Bottle. Somewhat hazy, goldenrod yellow colored pour with a huge head of active, fizzy white. Distinctive aroma of the signature De Dolle yeast - hints of pineapple among a musty, peppery earthiness. Notes of earthy, herbal hops and a light honey sweetness. Light bodied, crisply carbonated mouthfeel with a scrubbing, effervescent texture. Remarkably dry considering the large nature of the flavors. Starts out with a rustic turbinado sugar sweetness, but melds gracefully into some spicy, peppery yeast phenols that add a tremendous amount of character to the beer. Hints of tangerine juice. A pleasant herbal hop bitterness comes out on the back end, adding a refreshing bitter bite to the back end of an intensely flavored brew. Another De Dolle masterpiece. Light, dry, and highly carbonated with an amazing yeast complexity and frightening drinkability.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a pale blond body with a rough white two finger head. Aromatics include spices of peppery hops and coriander. A light nuttiness and some vanilla. A note of honey and citrus to round out the sharp woody tartness to finish. Where did they put 10% in this?
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Hazy golden body with a medium bubbly head. Malty and somewhat hoppy aroma with yeasty notes. Creamy soft body. Very malty flavour with lots of spices and a slight pleasant sourness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle from Premier, poured murky gold with lots of floaties, nice foam on top nose is hoppy, some spices i cant get exactly and sweet malts also some booze as well flavor is similar. Great belgian strong!!
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Bier Koning. Copper body, tall head. Hoppy nose. Nice fruit and hops in the taste. Quite crisp and enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, from John’s Grocery in Iowa City. Copper with a little greenish cast, a bit of yeast sediment even with a gentle pour. Some rough white bubbles. Honey, resin, leafy spicy nose. Vast amount of carbonation, mouthfilling and noisy. Noble hops and iron fillings, a raisiny aged sort of fruit like a good aged Christmas pud. Alcohol apparent but compliments the flavor experience. (Again with the Christmas pud.) Full of unique character in a very De Dolle sort of way.
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