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

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RATINGS: 753   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.76   SEASONAL: Spring   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Boskeun is the nickname of Jo, one of the two brothers who preferred to brew blond beer at home. It is a special Easter beer, one of the first real Belgian Easter beers. (Slaghmuylder's paasbier being first). It has been brewed with pale malt, Golding hops, cane sugar and refermented with native honey. As it is a seasonal beer we suggest not to keep it eternally. The name Boskeun means rabbit of the wood (virgin wood, maybe?) and the label shows it, sampling the last brew.


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
beermouth (435) - Langeskov, DENMARK - FEB 20, 2007
Deep copper and brownish with nice thick’n creamy offwhite head. Spicy, hoppy, florally, malty, vinegar-like and fruity. Like all Dolle beer’s, it has a high carbonation.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
bgburdman9 (838) - Beavercreek, Ohio, USA - FEB 17, 2007
Poured a light copper maybe light brown color with an explosive white head. The bottle actually began to gush but I poured it in time. Aroma was very vinous. It seemed very similar to a chardonnay, spicy, sweet, and hoppy. Flavor was pretty good and easy to drink with a little alcohol at the end. I guess the vinous notes could be from the honey maybe because it does have a slight similarity to a mead. Pretty tasty beer.

4.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
cathcacr (619) - Oregon, USA - FEB 15, 2007
Beautiful beer. Deep gold color with heavy sediment. Thin but exquisitely tender lasting head, very sudsy and lacy. Very nutty, buttery flavor. Mellow. Ultra-smooth palate and finish.

Playing: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scherezade


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
cheeta (1165) - Langå, DENMARK - FEB 9, 2007
Heavy hoppy aroma, with a little smell of fruit. Huge frothy white head. Good lacing. Mostly lasting longevity. Cloudy orange body. Heavy sweet and fruity initial flavor. Medium to full palate.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
flemmingwillum (687) - Copenhagen S, DENMARK - FEB 7, 2007
Muddy brown/orange beer with a huge candyfloss-like head. The aroma has caramel, banana, berries, malts and alcohol, as a belgian strong is ment to have. The flavor is a little berries and some alcohol - else there is just "beer-flavor"; by which I mean sweetness and malts. Creamy and sturdy body. A nice brew, but there’s nothing new under the sun.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Christian (8043) - Odense, DENMARK - FEB 2, 2007
Unclear golden with a fluffy lasting white head. Complex yeast-dominated aroma - banana, lemon, pineapple, bubblegum. Sweet but sharp, leaving a grapefruit-y fresh aftertaste

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
jrob21 (1752) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - JAN 30, 2007
Pours a muted cloudy golden color. Aromas of sourdough bread, yeast, wheat. Now that you mention it some honey and sweetness comes through in the taste. Slight citrus as well. Balanced by a malty smoothness that adds body and backbone to the beer. Very nice.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Fantomas23 (463) - Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA - JAN 30, 2007
Big giant huge head that eventually collapsed into a dollop. Sweet, bready aroma like Bimini bread. Smells a little bit like my grandmother’s house (and yes, I know that doesn’t mean a damn thing to anyone else). Taste is a wallop of sugar and honey with banana Runts. Tends to not hid the alcohol so well. Very dry.


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