De Dolle Boskeun

This is one of the few Belgian pale beers that is just so damn good that I have to give it a great rating. The head on this beer is bigger than any I have ever seen. The color is a hazy orange and the taste has to many subtle complexities that it is amazing. Just try this beer and find out for yourself how great it is.

Loved it. Reminded me slightly of J.W. Lees Harvest Ale because of the complexity and fruitiness. On tap at Chicago’s Map Room.

Pale, thick, and densely clouded peachy yellowed and lightly bronzed color with a large thickly placed white foam crown of crystalized melted marshmellow, mega lacing in sheets of thin styrofoam and strings with snow sparkling edges. Gorgeous snifter full of ale! Aroma is chalked full of sweet yet dulled citrusy fruits of lemon and banana with a nice grab of pleasing yeast spice thats a bit peppery with touches of leafy fresh hops, some sugared candies, bubblegummy things and even some cocoa arrives very late underneath once it warms. A wonderfully calm and fruity nose with a sensible warming complexity. Taste has a smooth calm fruity brigade up front lending a leveled and easy dulled lemon, candy sugar laced tropical citrus, melon juiced, banana fluffed trifold with mellow caramel, then it turns to yeast peppered things and candied sugars mixing, giving all sorts of little complexing give and takes. Finishes quite spicy with lingering left overs melding underneath of some of the malted caramel and tropical fruits. Intricately woven and well put together and crafted with care. I like the milder spicy tones, yet it has just enough zing and pep to keep it on edge and very interesting to undertake. Feel is nearly full with a fluffy texturing within most of its carbonation, a nice spicy twinge and mild hop flesh maintains in the finish and comes across pretty darn smooth and even creamy at times, front mostly there. Overall a fine, fine ale. One I'd drink again and again with no problem. A very nice drinker eh. T'was gone in no time no doubt. Very yummy!

If there were a rating for the label, this, like most De Dolle offerings, would score zero. In other respects, I humbly submit that this beer is close to perfection. It emerged from the bottle full of sound and fury, a stream of aggressive, over-enthusiastic bubbles. Half an hour later it had matured into a yeasty, vinous-scented temptress, promising a seductive taste of sweet-sour-bitterness. Acquire this glorious liquid, friends. Drink it.

Incredible beer. The best of the De Dolle line I have tried so far. Still have the Stille Nacht which I will try tonight. This beer was very creamy and lacked any of the harsh kerosene smell described. This bottle was aged for awhile. Maybe that has something to do with it. Similar in structure to a Triple but with the kick of a cheawy, bready double. You will have to try to understand.