Stille Nacht Special Reserva 2005
De Dolle Brouwers in Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
7.91
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
bottle at the Kulminator, pours hazy orange with a tall white head. Aroma is earthy and sweet with some pineapple and honey notes. Flavor is sweet malt and candied fruit ending with not a trace of alcohol. This is a special vintage and I can’t wait to cellar my few for at least another 10 years. Crazy delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2009
at 10:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Kulminator. Deep golden with medium head. Sweet fruity aroma with yeasty and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with yeast, ripe fruits and caramel notes. Ends sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2008
at 04:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the Kulminator ... Hazy amber ... liveley lovely fruity nose ... sweet grapefruit ... wonderful balance ... tart fruit finnish ... little spice ... bit of tingle on tongue.... juicy .
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2008
at 11:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(2/29/08) Bottle at Kulminator in Antwerp. Hazy orange with some yeast sediment and a white head that disappears quite fast. Aroma of malt, oak, sugar, some caramel and a bit of spices. A very rich sweet malty flavor with caramel, some wood and some spices. finishes rather sweet and alcoholic with a dry touch. Full-bodied and slightly syrupy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2008
at 08:32
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very good of Brewfiend to share this rare beer. Cloudy with yeast, and much like a tripel in the aroma and flavor. The aroma is mostly fruit with some yeast and light spice. The flavor starts sweet but the alcohol is prominent and powerful, too much really, but a good beer anyway.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2008
at 17:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of FoneFan: Poured a dirty beige yellow color ale with a huge foamy head with great retention and perfect lacing. Aroma of sweet malt with some liquor also noticeable from the barrel-aging. Taste is a mixture between some sweet malt with some notes of brandy or some other sweet liquor. Full body with limited filtration and loads of lees with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol which is quite a feat at 13%. While I thought it was an interesting beer I must admit I was a bit let down and was expecting more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2008
at 11:51
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Würziger Start mit deutlicher, aber nicht sehr störender Alkoholnote, erstmal wie ein typisches Blond, wenn auch würziger. Süßer werdend, deutlich aromatischer und ausgeprägter mit Dunkelmalz versehener Hopfen führt, sehr harmonisch, genial ausbalanciert. Sehr würzig-saurer Mittelteil, wobei das Malz zwar deutlich schmeckbar ist, der Mittelteil aber nicht daraus basiert. Etwas alkoholischer ist das Bier nun, aber neben den intensiven Aromen wirkt dies vernachlässigbar. Test vom 20.12.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,13,12,13,-,14 - 12,94
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2007
at 10:55
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
11.6 oz bottle - Rating #999. Pours a hazy yellow/orange with a half inch of fizzy white head and a few dark floating yeast flakes. It has a strong aroma of citrus, maybe a touch of banana, yeast, alcohol, and a hint of spice. The flavor features fairly sweet malt presence with some oak, light citrus, and yeast along with a alcohol presence that is apparent but not as strong as one might expect from 13% abv. Actually when I opened this one I had no idea it was so high. I guess that explains why I felt it more than I expected I would. This beer is quite tasty and definitely intense. Going into it just knowing it was a Belgian ale and not much else, the intensity was a bit of a shock. It’s very good now, but might be better with another year or two of aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2007
at 22:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear golden amber body with a medium frothy white head. Sweet slightly tart candi sugar aroma with a hint of oak. Sweet candi sugar flavor, light caramel, some light oak and a touch of sour with some light spiciness from the yeast.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2007
at 01:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cL bottle. Pours orange with quickly disappearing crispy white head. Aroma is slight acidic, citric and sweet. By far not as pleasant as the flavour. Flavour is very sweet, raisins, dried fruit, malt and decent bitter hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2007
at 23:39