De Dolle Arabier

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

Bottle at Paters Vaetje in Antwerp, Belgium. Comes of great and nice in a proper tulip glass. Hazy orange and a big foamy head.Aroam is exploading from yeast, candy, sweetnes and flowers.cFlavor is strong and peppry. Also yeast and some white bread. Has a big mouthfeel.

(Bottle bbe 05/2007) Murky orange with beautiful mousse like, rocky head. Nose is honey, pineapple and flowers. A bit peppery. The huge, lasting head holds back a lot of the aromas.. Flavor quite sweet with honey, intense pineapple & perfumey hops and peppery spiciness. Finishes dry with bitter hops and some alcohol. Medium bodied, quite low and smooth carbonation. Amazing head and nice flowery bouquet. I’d love to sample a fresh one.

Pours a somewhat orange color with a thick solid white head. Fruity in the nose. Intense bubbly carbonation that stings your tongue a bit. Taste is sweet and citrusy but with a very distinct bitter presence.

This beer was pleasant and certainly unique, but had a rather strong grainy-cereal note to it that I didn’t especially care for. On the other hand, it did have a peach-apricot fruitiness that I liked quite a bit. Sort of a mixed bag for me. This beer was a cloudy tan color with a medium amount of off-white head. There was some sediment at the end of the bottle, but its appearance and quantity were nothing to get worked up about. Aroma was a malty, yeasty (thought I got some Brett-funk), and a bit fruity. Flavor was predominantly malt with kind of a lot of cerealness and a finish that was either peach or apricot. Mouthfeel was pretty viscous for what was a fairly light-drinking beer. Not bad, and quite a bit different than other Belgian beers I’ve had in recent memory, but not really lip-smacking delicious either. Still, I’d recommend based on the uniqueness alone. I had a bottle of this at the Palm Tavern in Milwaukee.

Aarhus Bottled Nice colour and head Balanced bitterness and nice spicy notes

(33cl bottle) Cloudy, orange coloured effervescent hue with a huge, slightly off-white foamy head. Yeasty, sweet and slightly sourish lemon-zesty, apricot-fruity nose with strong coriander-spice. Bitter and slightly sweet flavour, medium to full bodied with a lively carbonated mouthfeel. Dry, malt-accented taste with complex fruity flavours (lemon, grape fruits, apricots), herbal hops and coriander; dry, moderately bitter, slightly fruity and herbal hoppy finish with some tartness coming through. Tasty and hoppy Belgian (24.03.08).

Bottled. Opened with a bang, a really cloudy gold with lots of head. Fruity, very nice tasting tripel.

Bottle, shared with Dana for Easter lunch. Nice sour mash-malt aroma, with some Brett and light fruitiness. Yeasty, light fruity hoppiness with lemon peel and horseblanket. Hazy (with dregs) dark orange-amber with rocky-foamy lacing, lasting egg-white head. Medium bodied with high carbonation, very foamy when opening. Starts rather dry, with a nice bitter bite and a bit of yeasty Brett character. Mild sweetness but really a nice dry, Oravl-like (sort of) ale, dry hopped character and mild alcoholic warming. Nice beer.