De Dolle Arabier

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

Bottled. Hazy golden coloured with a huge dense head. Quite dry and hoppy - very complex - notes of yeasts and spices - slightly alcoholic.

Bottle pours a cloudy gold with a huge white head that subsides to a thin lacy layer in a few minutes, butleaving little lace. Aroma is spicy with some stone fruit and citrus. Lively carbonation complements a medium body and alightly resinous mouthfeel. The bitterness overlays and dominates a frutiy sweetness, quickly suppressing it altogether for a very dry finish.

The Arabier started to gush all over the place when I cracked the cap off the bottle. The head was enormous, over-the-top. Dry aroma, very spicy and very citrus-like. Loads of hop. Massive taste, very complex and quite bitter. Too much carbonation hurted the mouth(feel) though. I drank this next to a dish based on hummus and chick peas, Arab-ier style. Nice one.

From the bottle at the Kulminator in Antwerp. Pours a cloudy orange with a tall foamy white head that never goes away. Very nice spicy citrus nose, floral, dry, funky, and fruity. Starts with a quick citrus sweetness then goes to a dry spiced wild yeast finish. Very dry tasting with a kinda musty spiced finish. Faint sourness and acidity show in the finish. Another incredible De Dolle Beer.

Pours hazy orange with some sediment even with a careful pour and a large fizzy white head that has good retension and very good lacing. The aroma is spicy and citrusy with barnyard characteristics along with some nectar fruits. It seems like there is pilsner malt mixed with Belgium earthiness. Medium slick body with sharp carbonation that at times masks the slickness. Starts with the pils malt aspect and a good amount of spiciness and sharp nectar-like fruitiness. The finish had more spiciness and a huge batch of mouth filling carbonation spreading out the flavors. Very nice beer.
Rerate notes: Rating only bumped up 0.1 - the fresh bottle was slightly different. There is more of a spicy hoppiness throughout and the finish has an earthy hop presence along. All of the aspects of the original rating are still there. Enjoyable.

Bottle at home. Unclear, golden with a huge white head, good lacings. Aroma heavy malty (fruity, citrus), moderate hoppy. Flavor heavy sweet, moderate bitter and acidic. Medium body, lively carbonated.

(Bottle) Pours hazy amber, big white head. Sugary, malt, fruit and hoppy dryness in aroma with some honey roasted nuts. Small notes of banana and marzipan. Well carbonated, champange-ish mouthfeel. Light to medium bitter and a bit dry with citrus tones and herb-ish hints. Light sweet and malty. Medium body.

Slight hazy yellow with huge rocky head. Lemon, grass, yeast and pepper. Quite high acidity but nice balance though!