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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.


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
pineypower (1735) - Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA - MAY 28, 2011
Bottle from Canal’s Hainesport. Pours out....actually gushes out a cloudy apple cider color with a thin off white head. Aroma is of some sweet apple, pear, alcohol and some wet cardboard. Taste is apples, light sweet fruits, yeast and some alcohol in the finish. Solid beer, but not sure what a fresh bottle would taste like as this one was probably a few years old.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
ectuohy27 (258) - New Jersey, USA - MAY 27, 2011
Heavy wallop of superstrength Belgian ale; sugar and honey notes are present but the malt and alcohol burn overpowers them all, cut only by the Goldings at the end....marvellously thick mouthfeel and rich palate though.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Adenila (1392) - DENMARK - MAY 25, 2011
Suprisingly clear golden with a huge buzzing white head. Canesuger in the aroma along with a peachy fruityness. Alchohol bitter flavor with a nice fruity and sugery sweetness

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
Prokroustis (361) - Thessaloniki, GREECE - MAY 18, 2011
Cloudy orange hazy body with a white head. Intense yeasty aroma with spices and lemon. Very sweet flavour with yeast, orange, grapes and alcohol. Very nice.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Japalo (297) - DENMARK - MAY 11, 2011
Bottle. Clear Golden amber. Cereal faint caramel aroma. Strong but balanced malts. Not much bitterness but a nice dry finish. Very caracteristic alcoholic Easter brew. Pleasant.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Rasmus40 (3016) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - MAY 9, 2011
Hazy golden orange with a huge and lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet, light acidic and moderate bitter. Dry and bitter finish with warming alcohol. 090511

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
topherh (1709) - Kearney, Missouri, USA - MAY 9, 2011
Pours light orange with a huge head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, and yeasty. Flavor is doughy malt, apple, grape, caramel, and some spicy hops.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
mansquito (1607) - washington, Washington DC, USA - MAY 4, 2011
Connecticut Ave Liquor Mart. DC 11.2oz ($6): Pours with a rather thick white head over an orange body. Delicious fruit and somewhat more delicious yeast. Beer is sweet and fruity at the front and goes toward a hoppy finish at the end. The yeast is very tasty as always with this brewery (which is why I always sample their beers), although not in as heavy of a presence as some of their other beers are. Everything is in very good balance. Really good mouthfeel and alcohol is completely covered up. A few winy notes are in there as well. If De Dolle beers are an acquired taste, then it is a taste I have acquired.


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