De Dolle Arabier

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Diksmuide, Belgium

Bottle. Moderate straw and bread for the malt, light herbs and lemon for the hops, basement for the yeast and background notes of whiskey, ripe pear, tea and spice. Head is huge, fizzy, white with excellent,crusty lacing and is fully lasting. Color is sparkling clear amber, and gets hazy on the last pour. Flavor starts lightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes lightly acidic and moderately to heavily bitter. Palate is on the lighter side of medium, watery with a bit of slickness, with a fizzy carbonation and a very dry and a little alcoholic finish. Letting this Belgian Strong Ale warm up opens it’s complexity immensely.

Pours a hazy gold color with a huge white head. Aroma of malts with honey and spices. Falvors is hoppy, yeast with citrus and corn and a hint of grass. A sweet and bitter finish with a good carbonation. A strong tasty beer.

0.33l - Orange liquid under thick, white head of large bubbles. Sour and yeast on nose. Sour palate with a brutal unexpected, cabbage middle follwed by a bitter hop finish. Good except for the cabbage.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy honey colour with a very lively white cap that settles to a thick foam. Sweet aroma of straw with hints of melon. Flavours mostly of straw-like malts, with an intensely peppery bitter finish. Extremely carbonated. Alcoholic heat in the finish. Not my favourite from this otherwise great brewery.

Bottle - This was the first De Dolle beer I’ve had that didn’t really impress me. It was okay, bu with DD I kind of expect a religious experiece. I suppose that speak more to their quality than to this beer specifically. Anyways, this sucker gushed out of the bottle, but I caught most of it. It’s hazy copper in the lgass, with a massive white head. Smells fruity like apricots or peaches, with a little white grape. There’s sharp booze, honey, and lightly spiced bread in there too. Taste is cloves and peppery spice with some sweet, yeasty bread up front. The finish is dry, grassy hops with some residual sweetness. It’s smooth and medium-bodied--fuller than what I expected. It’s got some nice lingering spice and warmth. Overall, a decent beer, but one that I thought would be smoother. For $4 a pop, definitely won’t have this again.

big beer with bags of flavour dry grain in nose with a hint of fruit flavour starts sweet then gets drier with a hoppy finish,good body and overall a very satisfying drink

It poured a hazy golden with a very small white foam. It had a strong sweet smell of honey and fruits. It tasted strong with honey, figs, yeast and some sweetness. Lots of carbonation. Very nice beer!

For a second I though I had died and gone to Yellowstone National Park. Holy shit: never has a beer gushed on me more than this. Upon sitting in my cellar completely still for over a week, I uncapped the beast and was met with what can be best described a a geyser of no less that twelve inches. After the super soaker incident was resolved and five ounces of beer finally made it into my glass, I decided to give her a little sniff: Lots of honey, spice, dough, citrus, flowers, and some mild malt grain. Flavor is moderately astringent, with some honey and heather notes accompanied by graininess, and fruity sugars. Palate is effervescent, medium, and moderately dry. Despite the epic gushing squirt, I thoroughly enjoyed this beer.