De Dolle Dulle Teve 10º (Mad Bitch)

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Abbey Tripel
Diksmuide, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Wow, the cork just popped on this one after I took the cap off. She really must be mad. The head flowing out of it needed time to work down. After it calmed down, I was able to pour a cloudy gold beer with a nice bubbly white head that left some circular lace as it subsided. Some carbonation was present. There should've been, the way the cork exploded off. It had an aroma of citrus, clove and other spices. The flavor was of clove, a touch of anise with a slight smokiness and hint of the alcohol to it. The finish was a touch astrigent with elements of the smokiness. With the alcohol level present, this bitch could definately slap you silly.

This is a great ale. Poured thick and foamy. Flavor is spicy, bitter, and citrusy. Finished dry, bitter, and alcohol warming. Recommended.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2005 What a fun beer! Tart green apple, green banana, and fresh bread dough aroma. Full foamy head with dull copper color. Tart and tantalizing with apple, bready and yeasty flavors. Dry, sharp finish. Warming alcohol in the chest. Immediately intoxicating and heady - somewhat fuselly, my head is swimming! Otherwise quite nice, although a little hard to finish a whole 750 by yourself. Final note: not overly foamy at all, didn’t lose a drop - head was large but not over-sized.

First off, this beer is a damn ripoff because half of the expensive bottle will wind up down the drain as foam. Believe everything you read about it. Even the girl behind the counter told me this. This is why this beer is getting a 1 for appearance from me. On the other hand, it smells great, if you like the smell of baking bread. As soon as I opened it, the whole room smelled of bread and people started asking about the beer. But the flavor is just above average. I never thought that one beer could rate a 10 for aroma and a 1 for appearance... But I'll never buy this again, if I was in Belgium I would go to the brewery and get half of my money back.

I let this one sit in the sink and foam for awhile. For all the carbonation involved (i was burbing like a mad man), it was a very smooth drink. Sweet, citrus, yeasty, bitter at the finish. This was very different - I liked it but some of it was hard to describe. Stronger than I thought, too - the alc really snuck up on me.

Sweet honeydew aroma.Hazy blond appearance.Hides the alcohol well. Sweet yeasty flavor with hints of black pepper.Lingering herbal bitter finish.

Spicy, tripel-eaue aroma...flavor is spicy/grassy. Strong alcohol flavor present in the finish. Long, bitter aftertaste. The balance gets smoother as it warms, but overall the alcohol seems to overpower the present malt throughout.

FOAMER!!!! I barely dented the cap and all hell broke loose from within the bottle. 20 minutes later after all had settled, I poured and then sipped. Hmmm...sour and yeasty (just like the rest of De Dolle beers) but suprisingly not to my liking. Maybe it was the foam orgy that had just taken place and caught me off gaurd, I don’t know. All I can tell is I probably will not be buying this again.

Vanilla and bananas in the nose. Attractive brew: hazy gold color and a huge foamy head. Citrusy, orangy tastes blended well with a strong yeast component. Rough and dirty palate - very assertive, but oh so good.

Golden to bronze in color with big, but diminishing, head. The aroma is interesting, but not all that amazing or different. The flavor, however, is perhaps the hardest to pin down that I have yet to encounter. Sweet, spicy, a touch bitter, with citrus, tart and alcohol warm. It got ten times better as it warmed. Intriguing.