caesar (10848) reviewed Oeral from De Dolle Brouwers 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Golden orange color, cloudy. Huge longlasting head, rocky and frothy, white. Smells typically of a De Dolle brew, is it the typical yeast? Bit sour, spicy, fruity, all together, cheesy even. Slightly bitter dry palate, but only slightly. As i like De Dolle Brouwers, this brew is also a special one. I think there should be a style called 'De Dolle'!
caesar (10848) reviewed Arabier from De Dolle Brouwers 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy orange, big head. Spicy. Hmm, i completely go with the description of argo0. Like all brews of De Dolle, this one is special in some way. It's not the usual triple or double taste. De Dolle Brouwers are one of my faves, but i can understand it's not everyone's.
omhper (44752) reviewed Arabier from De Dolle Brouwers 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Orange coloured with rich stable head. Very citrusy hoppy aroma. Rich and fruity, yet dryish. Complex with Aaricot finish.
omhper (44752) reviewed Speciaal Brouwsel 20 from De Dolle Brouwers 23 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Orange coloured, pours extremely lively with rich, firm head. Acidic near lambic-ish aroma. Oaky and balsamic, extremely drinkable for an 8% ale. Balanced and immensly flavourful.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Arabier from De Dolle Brouwers 23 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
2009-11-28, 3 years old, 8% ABV, 8-5-7-3-15=38
Of all De Dolle beers, this must be the most lively; it pours a bright golden color, one finger, under a cloud of foam. The malt aroma is spicey (coriander, mild cloves), with honey undertones, sweet; very interesting. The flavor is sweetish, malty, a bit spicy; the bitterness has been attenuated, and the alcohol increased. It’s a perfectly mature beer, even if it may have lost some hopping.
2003-05-10, 7% ABV, 8-5-9-5-17=44
Golden to amber color. Very nice aroma, with hop, old hops, wood. Great taste, complex, malty, perfectly balanced, with some fruitness, caramel.
I didn’t expect so much, De Dolle is great.
2002-08-10, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Pale amber colour, clean, creamy head. Classic aroma for these beers, of malt, candy sugar, hop, light wood cask. Dry, bitter and pretty sour; tart, astringent. The palate is as well dry, bitter, astringent, a good digestive.
omhper (44752) reviewed Snoek from De Dolle Brouwers 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled, 1992 vintage. Clear golden. Tart and full of lactic acidity. Dry and lightly papery. Lively and crisp, near lambicish. Outstanding!
Old rating: Sampled the 1991 version in September 2000: Orange coloured. Clear. Fruity, sweetish. Apple aroma. (5/4/7/4/12)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Funny! I just read my old ratings of this. I tried it twice and had trouble with the sourness, but noted that I should try it again, giving it a 3.5. Well, many sour beers later, I find this not all that sour! First a doughy yeasty aroma, very classic of De Dolle, very phenolic. Some mild acidity up front, but quickly melding with a very sugary sweet malt body, with dates and raisins following that. Finish is alcoholic and hot, with peppery stings on the soft palate and throat. There seems to be a touch of spicy hop occupying a narrow range between the sweet/sour front and the hot finish - its a very fleeting sensation, but it does add to the complexity of this fine fine Belgian ale.
omhper (44752) reviewed Dulle Teve from De Dolle Brouwers 24 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled draught at Akkurat, Stockholm.
Murky dark yellow, lively rich head. Grassy hops up front. Sweet and full bodied with soft, rounded mouthfeel. Pepper and tar strikes, and then gentle toffee takes over until the grassy bitter finsih. Rich and complex.
Old rating, bottled. Dark yellow. Sweetish smell. Light and lively mouthfeel. Sweet and very hop aromatic. Big biterness. Very tasty! (8/4/8/15/16)
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Oerbier ( 2000 - ... ) from De Dolle Brouwers 24 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
2009-11-26, bb 2008-06, at least 2 years old, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Chestnut color; despite the age, it has too much carbonation, and the glass fills up completely with a huge head. It has a deep caramel aroma. Good body strength, with caramel and chocolate flavor; very light smoke; still pleasantly sweet; some oxidisation reveals its age. The bitterness is quite low, some of it deriving from the darker malts. Still good.
2003-05-10, 7-5-9-5-16=42
Beautiful red-amber color. The aroma is not so complex, it reminds me some whiskey, but the beer develops itself much more in the taste, with caramel, alcohol, malt, sweetness.
Great one, must have it again!.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Rich with a full malt palate and puckering sourness that I find rather pleasant. The sourness is very remiscient of sour cherries, and as Oakes mentioned, warrants comparison to a kriek lambic. Cloudy dark brown color, as appropriate, with excellent creamy head and complete head retention. High carbonation helps cut the sweet/sour flavors and the beer on the whole is exceptionally drinkable.