De Dolle Dulle Teve 10º (Mad Bitch)

330ml bottle (One Pint, Helsinki)
Cloudy orange, small head. huge estery aroma, a little gluey. Alcoholic and fizzy palate. Rich malty body, a little bit of rubber. Heady - winey and a little alcoholic, but spookily pleasant. Too much alcohol, but otherwise a lovely brew.

Bottle, oragnish, lighter than I had anticipated, there was a citrus sour or bitter after taster which was not expected and overall I did not really like all that much.

bottle. Pours a hazy golden color, medium white fizzy head, lots of visible active carbonation leaves a nice layer of foam that sticks around. Aromas of sweet candi sugar, yeasty sharpness, and some sweet fruit. Flavors of sharp yeast and a hefty dose of booze balances with a smooth sweetness, notes of table sugar, tangerines, and sweet breads. Palate is very crisp and sharp, booze shows up a bit much leaving something of an oily finish. Overall: an interesting and tasty brew, but one that suffers from a couple distinct problems.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, cloudy, rocky head, very good brew

330ml bottle from WLV....pours a hazy golden orange brown, very bubbly with a thick white head.... aromas of sweet candied sugars, yeast, and a little mustiness....flavors of sweet candied sugar and a pretty assertive malt profile overall. pretty full and velvety mouthfeel with quite a bit of carbonation. very light bittering at the tail end. not bad for a tripel style ale.

33cl bottle. Pours gold with shades of yellow and light brown. The head is medium in size and off-white in color. It was difficult to pour of the sediment, so there were specks of sediment loosed into the glass. The aroma is thick and complex - vinous white raisins, thick malts, and a slight note of perfume. The flavor starts malty and sweet with heavy and delectable light-colored malts. There is a light, spicy, floral hop note that provides balance and a soft, fruity ester profile. At mid-tongue, the beer is lightly hoppy with sweet malts. The finish is dry with a nice hop bitterness to balance the malts. The mouthfeel is full, but definitely lighter than other De Dolle brews I tried this evening (Boskeun and Arabier). The carbonation is vigorous and tickles the tongue - in fact, it almost feels like the bubbles numbed the very tip of my tongue. Overall, a very malty tripel - sweet and tasty. It was not nearly as strongly hopped as I remembered - I shared a big bottle with a friend way back in 2001. That big bottle was a gusher, and it smelled and tasted very strongly of Saaz hops. This time around, it didn’t seem remotely as hoppy - but it was still quite good.

2006 Bottle. Pours with a very large, rocky, off-white head covering a hazy yellow body. Aroma of bananas, raspberries, spiceyness and yeast. Taste is a nice fruitiness, and also a bready/biscuity flavor alonh with Belgian Tripel spices. Good presence of alcohol and yeast in the taste. Dry with lively bubbles. Good stuff.

Hazy light gold with a robust white head. Aroma of peach, banana, demerra sugar and sweet yeast. On the tongue, you get a peppery spicyness at first, then candy sugar notes come through and finally some hoppiness balances it all out and makes everything awesome. An enjoyable beer.