Stille Nacht Reserva 2000
De Dolle Brouwers in Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
8.17
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De Dolle Stille Nacht Reserva is a specially matured version of De Dolle Stille Nacht. This version of Stille Nacht is matured for 18 months on first fill bordeaux casks.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Golden amber; winey nose - sweet oak, cork, deep fruit and light alcohol. A tough beer to rate. It was one of those beers where you like it, but can't think of too many things to say about it. It's all about the Bordeaux aging, calling up hunger for Colston Bassett Stilton. In fact, it is so winey, that although I enjoyed letting it wash over me, I sat thinking a) where's the Stille Nacht? and b) this is surprisingly one-dimensional. Maybe I'm trying to evaluate this the wrong way, but this seemed to be satisfyingly unsatisfactory.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2003
at 09:37
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottled, 2000 version.
Pours thick and deep amber with no head. The aroma is heavenly and arousing. It strikes like a fina muscat wine, there's notes of wood and cherry and so much else I couldn't keep track on. As it warms it becomes more port like and developed peppery notes. There is loads of malt to balance it, and the body is firm and dense and with tremendous depth. It is sweet, sure, but never strikes me as syrupy or sticky just perfectly balanced. The finish is velvetty and oaky. This is as close to perfection as it goes, and this is arguably the best beer I've ever sampled.
Pours thick and deep amber with no head. The aroma is heavenly and arousing. It strikes like a fina muscat wine, there's notes of wood and cherry and so much else I couldn't keep track on. As it warms it becomes more port like and developed peppery notes. There is loads of malt to balance it, and the body is firm and dense and with tremendous depth. It is sweet, sure, but never strikes me as syrupy or sticky just perfectly balanced. The finish is velvetty and oaky. This is as close to perfection as it goes, and this is arguably the best beer I've ever sampled.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2002
at 14:46