De Dolle Dulle Teve 10º (Mad Bitch)

Pours hazy orange with huge bits of pulp-like sediment and large fluffy white head. Aroma is yeasty and spicy with notes of candied sugar, apple, pear, some citrus, nice floral hops. Nice fruity flavor melds well with yeasty notes- apple, cardamon, peppery notes, some alcohol, hop bitterness. Palate is medium-thick and oily with a dry finish. A nice beer that makes me wish I was more of a fan of tripels.

Bottle (33 cl) at Tre små rum, Göteborg, Sweden. Hazy deep golden with a large fluffy white head. Spicy, yeasty, slightly fruity with clear notes of alcohol. Medium bodied and smooth. Good balance, quite dry.

Sampled blind at "Better Know a Style: Abbey Tripel" tasting. Huge white heasd, straw colored to light orange amber in color. Orange, yeast aroma with slight spice, slight green apple. Bourbon flavor with alc, dough, malt accentuated, spice, orange, red apple. Medium to full body with slight creaminess. Not bad.

Bottle at 3-små rum Göteborg:hazy golden colour, with a nice head. Aroma of yeasty,citric,fruity. Flavor is almost the same here, medium body, and a nice medium fruity/Flowery finish. Nice.

Bottle. Two finger, slightly off-white head. Hazy amber body. Some flakes settling in the glass. Nose is cider-like, sweet, hints of honey, grassy hops, fruity flavors of melon and pear. Flavor has sweet malt, bitter orange, grape skin bitternss, alcohol is noticeable. Fruity esters and very mild dusty funky yeast complexity, esp. at the end. Finish is slight hop bitterness, dryness. Mouthfeel has some alcohol burn, some residual oiliness from the hops.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy dark golden color with an abundance of yeast sediment floating through the liquid. The large off white head is mostly lasting and carbonation is persistent. The aroma is orange citrus, alcohol, some hops, a little spice, and sweet. The flavor has a sweet malt base with some flowery hops, orange citrus, some alcohol (although not showing 10 %),spices, and a little bitterness. A fair amount of carbonation with a smooth mouthfeel.

(330 ml bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/portland/downeast-beverage-co/974.htm target=blank>Downeast Beverage Co., cellared for 10 mos. after purchase) Sweet and fruity...Pours cloudy amber with two fingers of quite sturdy light biege head. Aroma of fruit, candyish malt, cotton candy and sherry. Mouthfeel medium-full, very lightly prickly, quite smooth. Flavor is fruity and sweet with quite a bit of sherry-like alcohol presence which actually doesn’t create much of a burn. Notes of fruit, candy-malt sweetness, cotton candy and light butterscotch.

clear golden with a huge lacy white head. Aroma of grapeskin, alcohol, candy and light spice. Reasonably light, but alcoholic body, sweet and pleasant. Flavour has lots of nuts and sweet candy, with some light breadiness and alcohol (not near 10% though). A bit more fruitiness (citric) in a sweet and moderately alcoholic finish.