 The_Beer_God (2859), Newport News, Virginia, USA
Jun 5, 2004
Well first of all, thanks to HeRftYDrF for the trade! I’m over at jeffc666’s and we’re talking. He suggests we open the De Dolle. I oblige and we are talking as I’m untwisting the wire portion of the cage. Then it happens - BAM! I hadn’t untwisted it 3 turns and it shot off somewhere in his garage. Immediately it begins to foam over as I rush to the sink. The De Dolle curse is alive and well! The first glass for each of us was almost all head. Emptied a VERY carbonated and clouded brown orange with millions of minute particles floating all over the place. The aroma is slightly sour(not sure if it has diminished in it’s four years in the bottle) with some spice, lgiht vinegar and an odd mix of old wood and cat urine, especially as it warmed. Taste was sort of a lightly soured fruit with some woody notes. There is a bit of sweetness coming through. Sort of sweet-sour like eating a Sour Patch Kid, i.e. sugar note within the sour. Slightly acidic and an over carbonated palate round this beer out. Finish is faintly tart. Impressive beer. I enjoyed it thoroughly and will look for it while in Belgium in September.
yespr (6943), Copenhagen O, Denmark
Oct 12, 2008 37.5 cL bottle in a fantastic vertical of Still Nacht beers at Kulminator together with Ask, Jes, Jens and Rasmus - cheers guys! We actually started out with the special. Pours beautiful deep amber and with a nice offwhite head. Aroma is fruity and cherry, extremely smooth and inviting with a mild whiff of caramel malt beneath. Smooth phenolic and cherry flavoured, yet so perfectly balanced and unbeliving "alive" after so many years. Complex wineous smooth finish - just fantastic!
miketd (375), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Sep 22, 2008 Bottle shared by Nelson at the Cleveland tasting. Pour is coppery rust with not much head. Aroma is yeasty and earthy...smells like a cellar. Flavor is subtle and musty.Dont get any sourness at all, but maybe it is me. I think this bottle was past its prime.
bierkoning (4935), La Tropica, Netherlands
Sep 15, 2008 1980 version, tasted @ Kulminator, september 9th 2006. Aroma and flavor have porto, cherry juice and a very soft malt character. Has lost all its carbon, but not its bite. Caramel, lemon and cherry in the flavor. The alcohol remains totally unnoticed. Absolutely great beer.
cellar (391), Dublin, Ireland
Sep 7, 2008 Vintage 1980 @ Kulminator, part of a vertical :-) Dark reddish brown with nice lasting head. Strong malty vinous aromawith notes of sour berries, wood and vinegar. Flavour is sweet and sour, with long sour finish. This was a treat :-)
KimJohansen (4299), Copenhagen V, Denmark
Aug 26, 2008 Bottle from 1980 @ Kulminator. Read brown with huge beige creamy head. Sour aroma with notes of wood, sour berries, roasted malt and vinegar. Sour flavor with berries, wood, barnyard and malt. Ends sour. Fantastic carbonated for such an old beer. Lovely!
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