8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Cloudy golden, small creamy head. Flowery aroma. Medium sweet with soft, dense mouthfeel. Intensely hoppy, notes of pear and pine, and a perfectly modelled malty body. Damn good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2005
at 04:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, thanks to Dorwart for the trade! Dang! Gushes upon opening, and I had to stop to clean up. Oh well. Pours like a big ol’ Coca-Cola, with a foamy head. There was a whiff of cherry when the gusher hit, but it wasn’t in the glass. I can’t get the Coke impression off my mind when I taste it. I do get some figs as I go along. Roasts are very delicate, and more than matched by the alcohol. Bottle fermentation has really given this a nice spumanti quality, or more like a Jack and Coke (there it is again). Well, being as it’s a Belgian, I wouldn’t have expected it to hew too closely to style, but damn if this isn’t one sweet brew! Additional note: Oooh, I had this rated at 3.7, but as I finish drinking the beer, it just gets more intense. That worth a few more notches! Yum!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2005
at 22:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Sweet, spicy liquorice aroma. Unclear, almost black colour. Very big, stable, creamy, light brown head. Very flavourful, roasted coffee. Also quite fruity and salty. Sweet coffeeish aftertaste, also very bitter. ABV is noticable in the finish, but not very clear before that. Very high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2005
at 13:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a medium black color ale with a super huge bubbly head with excellent retention (maybe even so much retention that I regretted using a tulip glass to poured this beer). Aroma of subtle coffee and chocolate with great malt and Belgian yeast which give this stout its own personal aspect. Another great beer from De Dolle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2005
at 15:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black colour. Huge brown head. Liquorice and toffee aroma. The body was surprisingly light. Dry, very rostay flavour with notes of coffee. Bitter finish. A nice Foreign Stout, but I’ve had better.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2005
at 10:45
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle: Poured a light hazy yellow color ale with a huge foamy head with perfect retention. Aroma is mostly comprised of yeast with some spices and hops also noticeable. Taste is quite sharp with again the yeast making a lot of impression and spices with strong malt being quite evident. Strong body with some good carbonation. WOW, this brewery seems to always be amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2005
at 13:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At ZBF 2005 Caramel-brown, creamy head, fully lasting. Tawny body, excellent lace. Light malts in the aroma (typical stout). Lightly sweet, heavily bitter initial flavour. Moderately bitter finish. Medium bodied, average carbonation.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2005
at 05:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Copper coloured with a truckload of sediments. HUGE head. Citrus-fruity yeast- aroma. Sweetish, frutiy, peppry flavour. Rich and warming. The taste of alcohol may be a bit too upfront.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2005
at 13:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a real hazy dark yellow color beer with a super huge head with excellent retention. Aroma is dominated by strong yeast with some notes of cloves. Taste is also dominated by yeast but is also well balance by the malt and some spices. The end is quite bitter and the body is full. Another gem from this fine brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2005
at 09:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brass coloured with loads of sediment. Huge head. Fruity, zesty yeast-aroma. Sweet and warming flavour with notes of marzipan. Alkohol-bitter finish.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2005
at 13:09