De Dolle Dulle Teve 10º (Mad Bitch)

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

One of my favorite Tripel’s. De Dolle always amazes me, and this is one of their top 3 in my opinion. On draft it’s exquisite, and in the bottle it’s exquisite. Rich tropical fruit esters rise from a chunky, straw colored liquid. Slight funky flavors brighten the high gravity of this beer, along with an expectedly aggressive carbonation. Mouthfeel is a little fleeting, but it quickly remedied with another pull. Just a damn fine beer.

Bottle - Shared with MatSciGuy on brewday. Tall, rocky fluffy head that is slow to dissipate. I get strong lemony tones, dry and champagne-like - zippy in the nose! A tad darker that I expected, brownish and cloudy. A bit sweet with a numbing alcohol feel (nice!). Light and crisp on the toungue. A good Triple - I like this beer a lot.

Poured from an 11.2oz bottle and served in a tulip. This beer poured a pale amber with a slight cloudiness and a thick head of foamy, beige bubbles. Very slow to settle, and very heavy on the lace. The aroma was made of apricot, lemon zest, sugar-coated orange peel, and some alcohol. The flavor heavily favored dried orange peel and alcohol warmth, with some mild honey and caramel coming in at the finish. The mouthfeel was full-bodied and creamy smooth. Moderately carbonated with a slightly dry finish. The aroma didn’t come across as overly inviting, but the flavor was very nice, if not a little alcoholic. Worth a try.

[Bottle] Pours a murky brownish gold with a bunch of yeasty floaties and a huge, dense, fluffy whitish head. Aroma is sweet with candi sugar, some alcohol, fruitiness, brie cheese, lemon, and other citrus. Flavor is very sweet and a bit tart. Lots of citrus, some alcohol, especially on the finish, apple. Rich, full, almost like a carbonated syrup mouthfeel. A big, actually caramelly finish that is remarkably bitter and dry for a tripel.

Murky and flakey golden with huge rocky pale head. Nose is grainy malts, liquorice spiciness, loads of yeast, alcohol and faint fruitiness. Spritzy sourish flavor with strong herbs, liquorice and alcohol, mild berries and dried fruitiness. Sugary herbal finish. Medium to full bodied, strong but smooth carbonation. No BBE found, but feels quite old and poorly kept. This way it was pretty messy, but still good.

Bottle. Cheesy and banana-y aroma. Rubber cement. The 10% is quite noticeable. Plenty sweet. Simple and mostly inoffensive. Pours a cloudy,, dark orange with plenty of floaties. Flavor has lots of alcohol. The yeast phenols lean toward the rubbery and band aid side. A hint of sweeter fruit. Not much in the way of hops. The candi sugar rears its head upon warming. Some honey and gingerbread? Medium to full bodied. Mouth filling carbonation. Slightly chalky on the tongue with a rather hot, alcoholic finish. Meh...

Hazy golen to orange in color with a nice white colored head. Smell is fruity, almost tart, spiced, honey, and sweet. Taste is spices, yeast, malts, some sweetness. Decent.

33 cl bottle from Total Wine Tucson - Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a 1/2 finger thick white head. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is sweet esters and alcohol. Flavor is esters, sweetened malt, candi sugar, and spice. Fairly smooth, but the alcohol is noticeable in the finish. Medium to full body. A nice beer.