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De Dolle Stille Nacht

De Dolle Stille Nacht

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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
De Dolle Brouwers

Diksmuide, Belgium

bottled
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on tap
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8523.89/5.03.89/5.0Winter12%94.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Stille Nacht (Silent Night) is a prestige beer from De Dolle Brouwers brewed for Christmas. It has the highest density of any Belgian beer (27°Pl), has been boiling for 5 hours, brewed with pale malt with white candi sugar in the kettle. The Nugget hops and dry hopping gives an extra bitterness to balance the extreme sweetness due to the density. The taste triangle is completed with some acidity of the fermentation. It is a very interesting beer to age. We have samples of every bottling we have done so far and aging does not mean decreasing quality with this beer. Keep some samples at 10°C and mark the year on the cap with an alcohol marker. Cheers!!

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 rickgordon (3073), Göteborg, Sweden
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20

May 15, 2006    Updated: May 20, 2006
[Bottled. Sampled at Turisthotellet, Ljungskile, 1 hour north of Göteborg] Ha! At first they had no bottle left. Luckily on my prompting to help them find one, there it was on the shelves. 2004 Vintage. Dusty. Left in total oblivion? Dark amber. Rich cottony/creamy head. Wonderfully complex aroma of chocolate, licorice, tidbits, candied sugar to name a few.Silky soft mouthfeel with notes of chocolate, sweet licorice, candied sugar and small notes of tidbits. Superb lingering finish.

 yngwie (3602), Kristiansand, Norway
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottle, thx to fonefan. It pours a fizzy, unclear, golden body with a big off-white head. The aroma has some lovely sour notes, yet it’s sweetish and very fruity, with some hints of spices. Sweet, sugary and slightly yeasty flavor with notes of spices and a lovely fruityness. Some bitterness too, and it has a pleasant warmth from the alcohol. Really effervescent in the mouth, full-bodied and slighlty sticky. Really lovely, the kind of beer I could drink everyday without getting tired of it. (080823)


 MaltOMeal (315), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 20, 2008  
bottle thanks to DrHomolka. Pours a cloudy copper with a white head. Nose is of vinous fruit and yeast. Taste is of sweet, overripe fruit - peaches or apricots - and some spices. Mouthfeel is medium and carbonated with alcohol warmth to it.


 blipp (809), Grand Island, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 12, 2008  
Bottle. Pours unclear orange with a beige head. Sweet aroma with apple, yeast, caramel, and spice. The flavor is also sweet with fruit and spices. Nice.


 wcampbell (432), Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 10, 2008  
Pretty good, a little too sweet for me. Yeasty aroma. Lightly spicey and fruity taste. Sweet, very alcoholic finish was not my favorite. Very full bodied and full flavored. Would have been better with food. Not much for hops or any bitterness.


 MaltDawg (369), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 8, 2008  
2007 Stille Nacht 12% ABV. Tap Capital Ale House Innsbrook 08/27/2008. Slight alchohol and Belgian yeast character in aroma. Cloudy orange amber with small white head. Spicey Belgian yeast character with carmelized malts and candi sugar. 12 % ABV and alchohol is undetectable. Bit of graininess. Full body with creamy mouthfeel. Sweet finish with residual hop/yeast spice.




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