De Dolle Stille Nacht

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Diksmuide, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours a cloudy dark orange color. Huge fluffy crater filled head. Lacing all throughout the glass. The glass was full of spiciness, tropical fruit, alcohol, and candi sugar. The taste was fruity up front. Apricot and grapes. Then the spices kick in with the alcohol and a bit of funk. Smooth, medium bodied but I thought was a tad to big carbonated. Overall a really good beer but doesn’t match Oerbier for me

2011 edition. 33 cl bottle. Pours a beautiful sunset orange, I think I’ve never seen another with this colour, with an inch-thick off-white head. Aroma of caramel, sugar, a hint of booze, spices [ginger, cloves]. Sweet, but the awesome thing is that it stops right before getting nauseating. Sugary, caramelly, spicy, with a long sweet & spicy aftertaste. Warm, with medium body, leaves your mouth very clean and dry. Wonderfully done, my favourite Christmas ale so far.

Bottle, 33cl, 2010 vintage. Pours a cloudy amber-orange with a white head. Smells of belgian yeast, orange zest, speculoos cookies, and some other fruits. Tastes mind-blowing; there’s a lot going on here. All the aromas are present in the taste, and the speculoos cookie flavors are prominent, with a big kick of fruitiness and candi sugar, finishing with a warming alcohol. There’s just a mild bitterness, but also some citrusy acidity in the finish. Full bodied. Soft carbonation. Texture is quite smooth, until the finish which ends a bit like a sugar cookie, actually, with a the lingering somewhat gritty sweetness all around the palate. This is a really interesting and good beer with a lot of flavor. I might just have to try some more samples ;-).

vintage 2010. pours a murky dark yellow/orange color with a big bubbly head. typical Belgian aromas along with some sweet smelling fruits. carbonation has a slight bite to it. could use a dulling down. but other wise the taste is fantastic. not very well versed in the Belgian styles but this beer is definitely one of the better I’ve had the pleasure of trying. malts and hops balanced very well throughout.

Bottled 2000 drank summer 2011. Pours golden orange, mostly transparent with thin off white head. Nose has lots of malt sweetness, caramel, some sweet scotch, with light dark fruits in back. The flavor adds more wood notes and is far sweeter than expected. Full bodied, syrupy and creamy with a well balanced carbonation. A little sweet, interesting scotch notes.

A big thanks to weaselknievel for sharing this bottle. I now have one tucked away, hopefully, to be left for a few years. Had this at the 2012 NWAF, Manchester. Pours an amber colour with a decent white head. Alcohol is quite prominent and the aroma is just a little tart with caramel, oak and barley notes. Similar flavours with a little lemon tartness upfront, caramel, woody and yeasty characters. Interesting musty oak linger. Very well balanced and delicious.

31/12/2011 Bir&Fud Bottega (Vintage 2008). Ambrata scura, torbida, con schiuma frizzante bianca, abbondante e persistente. Parecchi piccoli sedimenti sul fondo. Aroma zuccheroso, dolce, fruttato, caramellato, speziato, intensissimo. In bocca è dolce, malto caramellato, molto speziata con un bellissimo finale amarognolo di buona secchezza e straordinaria complessità. Corpo pieno, carbonazione corretta. Birra straordinaria, un vero capolavoro.

Hazy amber pour straight from the tap at the Kerstbierfestival in Essen in 2011. Not much head. Honied sweetness, some yeast and caramel.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2012 una birra incredibile..aroma complesso(caramello,cereali,noci) all’apparenza è ambrata/rossa e abbastanza limpida, il gusto è incredibile,dotata di dolcezza e sapori decisi è di sicuro una delle mie birre preferite,la migliore del birrificio dedolle,peccato che sia solo natalizia...

Hazy amber orange coloured beer with large white head and lots of carbonation. Spiced fruited aroma with slight hoppy and malty hints. Full sparkling palate. Finish is sweet spicy with hoppy and alcoholic hints ending slight bitter medium dry. Easy soft drinker, very tasteful.