Douze
De Meester in Lendelede, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.14
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear mahogany brown colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have sweet brown sugar and cakey notes. Typical Belgian yeast. Dried fruits. Sweet sherry.
Tried
on 17 May 2020
at 20:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
J'ai eu un doute sur le classement de cette Douze en la dégustant. On est en effet beaucoup plus sur un barley wine que sur une quad, avec un réel côté liquoreux et un alcool, bien qu'à 11,5% ne se ressentant absolument pas avec un sucre très et trop présent. Ce sucre donne d'ailleurs une trop grosse lourdeur que l'amertume n'arrive que par touche à casser. L'ensemble manque donc de punch alors même que les arômes sont plaisants. Relativement classiques mais plaisants. En verre, rien de particulier avec une robe bronze, légèrement voilée et sans mousse. Le nez est celui d'un barley wine classique mais agréable : caramel, candy, citron, raisin et avec un alcool aux accents de vodka qui se fait ressentir. Ce dernier s'efface ensuite. L'attaque est relativement fraîche, la fraîcheur étant amenée par une amertume salvatrice cassant la sucrosité. La texture, douce, est également appréciable. Les arômes diffèrent du nez et se portent sur le caramel, candy, le poivre, la coriandre, la poire, la figue, le raisin avec des notes de porto. L'amertume marque le pas en seconde bouche, l'ensemble devenant trop sucrée avec une lourdeur certaine et des papilles saturées en sucre. L’arrière-bouche qui reprend l'attaque donne également une note de fraîcheur mais le final, moyennement long revient sur la lourdeur, sans finesse. On s'ennuie tout de même rapidement.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2020
at 11:53
6/10
Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2019
at 17:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Spar Oostende. F: medium, tan to tanned. C: dark brown to dark, hazy, opaque. A: rich dark malty, bit vinous, banana, raisins, cocoa, dark dried fruits, plums. T: sweet dark malty, bit vinous, dark dried fruits, plums, raisins, caramel, not so complex yet still very nice, full body, lower carbonation, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2019
at 20:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The “twelve” (no doubt a subtle reference to Westvleteren’s legendary 12), a quadrupel by De Meester, bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck. Irregularly moussy, medium thick, pale yellowish beige head, slowly opening and breaking down into small islands over an initially lightly hazy, deep copper-hued ruddy bronze beer, more cloudy with sediment. Aroma of old soggy raisins, gingerbread, dried banana, treacle, brown candi sugar, coriander seed, fig compote, plum wine, caramel candy, dust, wet straw, cloves, damp earth, some vague rusty iron. Very sweet onset, candied dates and yellow raisins, with a light, vaguely wine-like tartness underneath but mostly dominated by candi sugar sweetness; medium carbonation, caramelly malt sweet body with a light toasty bitterish touch underneath the expected coriander and phenolic spiciness and rounded off by an earthy hop bitterish note, heated by a glow of rum-like alcohol. Very decent quad, better than expected, but a bit too alcoholically wry in the end and a tad too sweet perhaps.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2018
at 13:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
04/02/2018 - small glass shared by tderoeck, 77ships & rubin77 @BAB, Bruges. Dark red brown, small lacing. Nose is dark malts, caramel. Taste is dark malts, caramel, ripe fruits.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2018
at 05:56
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Thanks to tderoeck, Bierridder_S & Rubin77. Sampled @ Brugs Bier Festival 2018. Dark brown, tanned head. Nose is spoiled soap, chemical, cloying BE rubbish dark fruits. Taste is gravy, chemical alcoholic grainy BE dark fruit unpleasant sludge,… Unpleasant grainy, spoiled fruit body, not a fan.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2018
at 20:15
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Meester Douze (by De Meester):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
4/II/18 - sample @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2018-123) Thanks to 77ships, Rubin77 and Bierridder_S for sharing today's beers!
Clear chestnut brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: alcohol, sweet, caramel, banana, more banana, more alcohol, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet, sugary, yeast, overripe banana, more banana. Aftertaste: more of the same and quite some alcohol.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
4/II/18 - sample @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2018-123) Thanks to 77ships, Rubin77 and Bierridder_S for sharing today's beers!
Clear chestnut brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: alcohol, sweet, caramel, banana, more banana, more alcohol, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet, sugary, yeast, overripe banana, more banana. Aftertaste: more of the same and quite some alcohol.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2018
at 19:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
At Winter Beer Fest 2017, Waregem. Shared with Anke!
Hazy dark brown with a frothy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, licorice, (peated) whisky, bourbon, some wood & vanilla, stewed pear & candied fruits. It tastes medium malty and caramel-like sweet and light spicy bitter; warming punch of bourbon alcohol in the finish. Medium body, slick/oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Satisfying!
Hazy dark brown with a frothy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, licorice, (peated) whisky, bourbon, some wood & vanilla, stewed pear & candied fruits. It tastes medium malty and caramel-like sweet and light spicy bitter; warming punch of bourbon alcohol in the finish. Medium body, slick/oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Satisfying!
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2017
at 12:24