7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draught at the Sovereign, DC (I guess it is back): pours good with a white head. Aroma is floral and piny. Taste is dry and bitter. Piny notes. Good body.

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

10-10-19

8

Crushable 4.3

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Aroma has yeast, hops and citrus. Hoppy flavor with citrus and a bit of cherry. Rather thin with some tartness. Buttery with a pear and peach fruitiness. I like Dolle Brouwers beers and this is no exception.

8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

33cL bottle as Museum Bier drunk back in 2007.
Pours a clear brass-golden with a small, but fairly thick, well-retained, white head.
Lovely brett shows tart acids with nectarine, lime, light band aid and strong apple-pear. It's a bit more subtle and integrated with the malt than say, Orval, but nonetheless enjoyable. Some light perfume-like notes from hops, perhaps? Bit of funk and plastery mineral linger with no alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it's soft and malty with a very good, substantial texture filled with base malt honey and white bread. Nectarine-lemon-lime with light band aid and pear adds zesty, bright, enjoyable acidity and balance. Tight carbonation and good attenuation with no alcohol or flaw. Another excellent one from De Dolle.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tasted from bottle, from tap and under its alias De Kavijaks. Thick and firm, cream white, rocky head, yellowish peach blonde colour, cloudy. Strong orange presence in the aroma as well as hay, pepper, banana, cloves, ’speculaas’, bark, bitter honey, cheese, marzipan. Fruity taste, citrussy freshness, not too sweet, light honeyish malt, overpowered by a ’green’, resinous, quite sharp hop bitterness that dries the finish. Typical uncompromising Dolle brew.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Akkurat. 1992 vintage. Clear deep golden liquid with minimal white head. Aroma of dried fruit, cachaca, port wine, pears and raw sugar. Taste is light sweet, light bitter and light to medium sour with notes of cachaca, raw sugar and bread. Medium bodied with low carbonation. Pretty good.

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

2007 vintage bottle shared. Pours cloudy golden with an off white head. Aroma of blackcurrents, spice, caramel, raisins. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.