De Dolle Stille Nacht Special Reserva 2005

Formerly brewed at De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Diksmuide, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottled at RBESG-06, GTN. Hazy, yellow-orange, with a white head. Fruity, yeasty and mouldy aroma with some sour notes. The flavor is sweet and fruity, with lemon, apples, sugar, spices and alcohol. Alcohol, spice and bitterness in the finish. Really lovely, but too strong now. Should be aged a while. (060826)

Bottled. Hazy golden, brief head. Fantastic arousing aroma of muscat grapes and wood. Sweet with some caramel undeneath a layer of wood and grapes. Reminiscent of a much sweeter Cantillon Reed Gueuze Muscat, but withbigger bolder flavours. The same fantastic flavours as in the 2000, still too sweet - perhaps this one more so than the 2000, but yet one of the very best beers I know.

[Sampled at RGESG 2006] Hazy golden. Sourish, almost like a geuze. Spicy and full-bodied with clove.

[At RBESG 2006] A hazy orange beer with a lazing white head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of alcohol and spice - the most dominant spices being cinnamon and cloves. The flavor is sweet combined with a slight acidity, and with lots of spices, cloves and peber, and De Dolle yeast and alcohol. The alcohol burns in the throat. A good beer - but my guess is that it will improve in years to come.

11.6 oz bottle-trade w/Marsiblursi. Wow, this is an amazing beer. Pours a cloudy/mirky yellow/orange color w/a moderate white foamy head. Lacing lasts throughout the beer, never goes away. The first drink actually took my breath away. Very effervescent-freshness just jumps out & graps your throat. Sweetness, lemon, orange, grassy, spicy, plum, white wine/grape flavor. Somewhat of a cross between a barley wine & a whitber-if that is possible. Some people may find it too sweet or young, but I feel that is it’s strength, it just seems to jump out of the glass at you & scream DRINK ME!! Long, full finish. You don’t taste the alcohol, but you sure feel it, really warms you up!! Thanks for the opportunity to try this amazing beer, I am really starting to get hooked on these quality Belgian’s

Hazy golden, thick white head. Acidic, spicy, fruity aroma. Yeasty, somewhat alcoholic and acidic. Some notes of honey. Wonderful fruityness.

[Bottle at RBESG rating #700] Nose of orange honey water, citrus fruit, raisins, plums, chocolate, rum. full bodied, note of alcohol. Not as good as the 2000 ive had but still damned good.

Bottled. Pours a hazy dark golden, with a white head. Aroma is spicy, yeasty, oak, peppery.Taste is sweet, spicy, rather lot alcohol. Cant wait to try this one aged.

Bottled. Hazy pale nutbrown colour, white small head. Aroma is yeast with strong citric and sour fruits. Flavour is sour fruits along with some spices, plum and mild honey. A bit alcohol is present also, but fits the whole well. Will do with aging.

(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy amber golden with a small, white head. Lightly tart, citrusy nose with a whiff of yeast. Fairly full body with sweet, malty accents. A honeyish character and some indefinable spices. Exciting all right at the mo, but will probably develop a lot with aging. 260806