4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cloudy amber, thin but lasting white head and good condition. Intensely fruity aroma. Flavor starts out light and tart with flavors of orange, honey, and spices, and finishes very malty and yeasty with a lingering sourness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
AT the MN winter gathering, Jan. 08. A very dry beer, as De Dolle tends to be. Some light spice, including saffron and others. Mild hops but more spice in the flavor. Gold color.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
11.6 oz. bottle. Nice golden brown color with a lot of carbonation. Very fruity aroma with a hint of spice. Sweet taste at first quickly gives way to bitter hops. Fruity, wine like tones. Very good overall
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. A very cloudy dark golden beer with lots of sediments and a huge nice head that disappears quickly. Intense aroma, malty and yeasty with some herbal hops. There are notes of spices (pepper, orange peel). Strong flavors, malty, with fruity and spicy notes. It finishes with some herbal hop bitterness. Near full body, quite high carbonation, some warming alcohol (not too much for me), good long aftertaste. Great beer, De Dolle is guarantee of quality.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Big thanks to Guerde for bringing this. MN Winter RB gathering. Lots of tropical and citrus fruits with a good dose of yeastiness. FLavor is much the same with a lot of fruit flavor balancing the yeasty spiciness.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled at the MN RB Winter Gathering. Bottle from Guerde. Sweeter on the nose and tongue than expected. Clovey yeast and honey on the nose. Pours cloudy gold with a thin white head Strong candy sugar and honey malt sweetness on the tongue. There’s enough spicy and dry yeast to balance, though. Fairly thick with good spicy carbonation on the tongue.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled at the MN Ratebeer Gathering. Pours a hazy gold with a large white head. A yeasty, bready aroma with some sweet fruit and spices too. The taste is very much like a trippel, with a strong candi sugar sweetness, and a long bready finish and a thick mouthfeel. Not bad.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled at MN Ratebeer Winter Gathering in Maplewood, MN and supplied by Guerde. From a 375 ml bottle pours a hazy amber brew with a thin off-white head that slowly dissipates to a fine film and ring. Aroma of tropical fruit, some yeast, orange zest and a touch of honey. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated with flavors of dry spiced fruity malt, some yeast and a touch of candi sugar. Finish is bready malt, with a slight honey aftertaste and a decent alcohol warmth.
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