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Duysters Loterbol 8 Blond

Duysters Loterbol 8 Blond

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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Duysters

Diest, Belgium

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The Duysters Brewery may well be the smallest commercial brewery in Belgium - annual production of both its beers is only about 650 cases. Loterbol is a crisp blonde ale that is very tasty and mightily satisfying. It drinks much stronger than its 6.8% alcohol by volume would suggest, and tastes a little spicy, though no spices are used in the brewing. The exotic palate of this beer comes from the unique strain of yeast. Duysters Brewery flourishes in the shadow of one of the world’s largest breweries, Interbrew, in the nearby town of Leuven. But there is no mistaking this exquisite hand-crafted brew for the mass-product of the nearby beer factory. ‘Loterbol’ is a Flemish word for a fool or prankster, an allusion to the deceptive smoothness and drinkability of this beer. Selected as one of the fifty best beers in the world by Men's Journal magazine, July 2005.

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 Ungstrup (11385), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/105/512/20
Jul 24, 2003  
The aroma is sweet and fruity, the color is orange, and it has a beutiful head. The flavor is powerful, sweet and fruity. The alcohol prickles the tongue and it has a great palate.


 omhper (10728), Stockholm, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jun 12, 2003  
Bottled. Reddish golden with rich head. Fruity caramel aroma.. Sweet and clean. The immensly bitter grassy flavour strikes immediately and lasts into a finish, which has some toffee to balance a bitterness that easily surpasses De Ranke XX-Bitter, at least as far as I can remember. Very much a different beer than the draught "regular" Loterbol.


 Papsoe (10551), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
May 30, 2005    Updated: Jun 12, 2005
(Bottle 33 cl) Strong, pale ale with a pronounced yeast sediment in the bottle. Unfiltered with a decent, creamy head. Marc Beirens, the brewmaster, claims that he makes his beers more bitter every year. I’ll recommend, that he stops this pursuit now. Loterbol is extremely hoppy. Goldings-hops are added two times and it’s even dry-hopped with Styrians. The hops almost paralyze the tastebuds, but without covering the underlying sweetness completely. Refermented in the bottle. 090804


 Oakes (6979), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 15, 2004  
Deep golden amber colour with mountainous head. Aroma is fruity-hoppy (lime, kumquat, passion fruit) with hints of toasted bagels & sweaty yeast. Flavour is musty, sweaty, fruity (more kiwi than lime this time) with a firm alcoholic bite. Chewier, more caramelly than Duvel, but similar stuff overall. The big difference between the two I think is that this is rough around the edges while Duvel is very refined.


 yespr (6943), Copenhagen O, Denmark
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/52/102/53/20
Aug 7, 2008  
33 cL bottle. Pours almost clear yellow with a huge white head. Strange spiced and butterish aroma - terrible. Favour is dry and mild caramel yet also quite chemical. Ends strange faul fruity too. Rerate needed.



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