De Dolle Boskeun

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. Hazy golden orange in colour with a huge white fluffy head. Complex with notes of yeast, fruit, citrus, caramel and herbs. Slight alco burn.

Appearance: Pours a cloudy orange-gold body with a creamy, meringue-like white head. Smell: Full of floral hints, this inviting aroma also has some light brown sugar, honey, sauvignon blanc, and three (3) bales of straw. Taste: Starts with a light breadiness woven with flavors of honey and dark candy sugar. Eventually, a sour, vinous fruit juice blend of apple and white grape springs up, as does some funky yeast notes. Everything ends up dry, and spicy with just the slightest pinch from the alcohol in the finish. Call me crazy, call me daft, but this kind of reminds me of a tripel. Then again, what do I know? Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, with a tingy, effervescent carbonation that’s a bit prickly at times. Drinkability: Not bad! An able lil’ Belgian brew that’s both complex and fairly flavorful.

11.2oz bottle. Pours a hazy copper with a large long lasting white head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of herbal hops, malt, and some yeast funk. Taste is malty and yeasty with a strong herbal hop flavor. Med-light mouth feel that finishes dry. Very different but very nice.

330mL bottle Hazy golden with very active carbonation, producing a thick white head. Sweet Malty aroma with some hops and fruit notes. Malty, earthy flavors; heavy on the yeast. Long dry finish.

Bottle. Pours cloudy golden color with a humongous off white head, that hung around a while. Aroma is yeast, cherries, malt, honey. Flavor is yeast, honey, cherries, drid fruits, caramel malt. Palate is medium bodied, highly carbonated, delicious, somewhat sweet right away, then finishes somewhat dry. Wonderful stuff.

Giant foamy head that took forever to dissipate. Opaque gold pour with suspended yeast. Aroma of yeast, fruit, honey, and malt. Flavor was strong and wonderful. Yeast, terrific yeast, dominated followed by honey, fruit, grain, and malt. Somewhat sweet right before the finish, the true finish is very dry, leaving me parched and drinking more. A very distinct Belgian Strong Ale.

An Easter beer on Easter day. Wonderful sweet neutral fruits, some ginger and orange peel, honey, and some old basement funkiness. There is a bit of alcoholic vapor here that carries a mild hops note, some yeastiness, and that particular Old World funk that is common in so many Belgian beers - a background aroma that is hard to find in anything over here. Body is a dark golden-amber clear with tons of bubbles, which results in an eggshell meringue, fluffy and piled up everywhere. Naturally, a huge amount of lacing from this. Gets cloudier as the dregs are added. Heavy watery body, lots of mouth presence, and a high amount of carbonation. Alcohol warming, for sure. Starts with a high amount of sugary sweetness, orange peels, honey, and light graininess. Dry herbal grassiness comes after, with a nice amount of bitterness in the finish. But it is not hopped enough to overcome the sweetness of this one. Mild dry graininess and a bit of barnyard funk in the after, with ever present coating sweetness. Light chalky bitter for final taste. This was a really nice beer to wait for.

bottle from Knightly Spirits, Orlando - huge head - sweet, malty, lightly spicy, soft mouthfeel, slightly dry end - very very enjoyable!