4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Wonderful earthy aroma with hints of plum, tart cherries, candy and brown sugars and chocolate. Pour is decidedly big-headed... massive frothy tan head covers a deep brown body. Flavor is wonderful. Almost like a chocolate-covered cherry in its mixture of heavy sweet malt tones and the tart fruitiness that lies underneath, blended to perfection. There is no deception here and what you smell is very similar to what you get.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: NOV 17, 2005 Tight, white head, tops a brown body. Nose is a tad astringent, with dark fruit overtones. A touch sweet, with date and raisin flavors and a hint of chocolate. Nice mouthfeel, coating but not cloying. The slight sweetness stays with you through the finish. overall an excellent experience!
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is quickly becoming my favorite beer. It should almost be classified as a sour ale. Pours reddish brown with a thin head quickly diminshing. Smells like citrus and cherries. The taste is sweet up front like so many belgian strong ales but that fades quickly into a flemish sour style finish. It lingers on your tounge and only disappears afrer I eat a square of dark chocolate. I have not gone wrong with de dolle yet. Also quite a deal at Knightly for 3.99 a bottle
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: OCT 14, 2011 It is impossible, I feel, to judge a good quality beer adequately if one has only tried it once. And absurd to even attempt to do it. But when will I be able to taste this again?
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle, 33 cl. I know this beer more than 20 years. But now taste this for rating. (first time this year i’ll drink it).
Brown color, with a big, beige head. Aroma dark malts and dark fruits, light sweet. Full body. Taste is complex but great. Dark fruits, caramel, candy sugar, acoholic. Aftertaste is slightly sweet with a nice rich palate.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: OCT 12, 2007 One of my faves, not sure why I haven’t rated it yet. Tan head sits pretty atop an impenetrably dark brown body. Sharp aroma of old, soured apple juice and red wine. The sour, fruity flavor includes some corked wine and develops dryness as it develops. Soda-pop mouthfeel. Finish is a nice balance of hops and alcohol, which are both hiding until then. Hooray for De Dolle.... RE-RATED after many repeat drinkings and months of making sure there were always some in the cellar. The sour cherries, those vinous notes, that perfect dusting of bitterness... So many breweries now are aging things in oak or trying other fancy tricks, and most of the results pale in comparison to the complexity of this simply made beer.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very dark, with enormous head. Sweet and rich aroma. Flavor is similar to, and basically just as good as, a Rochefort 10. Yes!
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 28, 2011
25/01/2011 - 33cl bottle @ home (2011-38)
Dark ruby purple to brown beer, beige head, unstable, little adhesive. Aroma: pears, chocolate, cherries, dried fruits, liquorice. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, creamy to oily texture. Taste: fuirty, cherries, chocolate, caramel, toffee. Aftertaste: caramel, spices, mocha even coffee. Warming alcohol in the throat. Lovely beer!
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Appear. Center-poured into a tulip glass. Holy head. We will be waiting to pour more. Waiting... Head is huge! (twss) Beer is a cloudy light brown/honey brown, Killer retention. Head is full of fat bulbs (expected tight finer carbonation)
Aroma. Light wheat toast notes with hints of dark fruits, faint though, falls on the back of nose. Think’n I smell champagne yeast.
Taste. Good. This is a good beer. The alcohol is big but crucial in cutting the apparent sweetness. Well balanced flavor profile. Bread/toast qualities emerge with notes of sweetness. Hops tingle only the edges of the palate. Champagne yeast becomes more apparent, giving a big beer a much softer delivery.
Palate. Complex, Intriguing. Yeast definitly compliments style. Lighter and crisper than expected.
Overall. Very drinkable, Probably too drinkable at 9% abv. A new fav! Thanks Mike!
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Porządne mocne Ale belgijskie. Ciemny machoniowy kolor z bordowymi refleksami. Spory i mocny kożuch gęstej piany tworzy się błyskawicznie i utrzymuje się do końca picia. W smaku jest drożdżowe i owocowo-wytrawne. Trochę przeszkadza zbyt intensywna woń alkocholowa. W przełyku rozgrzewa
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