De Dolle Boskeun

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

11.2 oz bottle **Summary** - I was looking forward to this after picking it up on a road trip. After the bottle finally finished gushing I was left with about a third of the bottle. That is the primary reason I scored it so low. If I had gotten the full experience it might rate better. ** Aroma / Appearance** - Surging from the second it opened I had to wait for it to die down before I could pour the dregs into my glass. When it settled I as left with a chunky hazy copper beer. Malty, bubble gum, and apple cider blended into a festive time. It was much like a abbey ale with a bit of a punch. **Flavor / Palate** - Fluid, light, and a little boozy the dregs are a reflection of the quality of the rest of the product. Better than the St Bernardus Christmas ale its main weakness is the fact that I only got about four sips before it was gone. If I could find it on sale I might pick up another bottle and give it another chance.

33cl bottel at Defoo, ghent my first inpression was not zo good but after a copple nips i start to get the hang of it, good beer, good nose

Bottle. Poured a hazy gold/orange with a huge white head. Aroma was very complex, with red apples, cloves and other fruits present. The flavor was disappointing. Flavors were musty and dank with a sweet finish. Not my favorite.

Bottle. Hazy golden body below a frothy, white, mostly lasting head. The aroma is complex and full of clove, apple juice, honey, apricot. Notes of dust and cobweb with hints of banana and pineapple. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. The finish remains sweet and moderately acidic. Peppery alcohol shows up at the end. Medium to full body with a velvet texture. Lively carbonation. Excellent.

Bottle. Murky golden colour with huge creamy white mostly lasting head. Fruity aroma. Spicy and fruity with some alcohol. Dry finish.

Crazy stupid gusher - complete soda-syphon. Rating based on the small sample that didn’t end up on the work-surface, floor, or clothes. Murky orange, head the size of a kitchen. I prefer my beers to look like they’re in a glass. Sweet fruity aroma - some plastic and lipstick, but also plenty of christmassy spices. Fairly yeasty too. Soft palate. Huge bitter kick, loads of yeast, but a fair bit of alcohol too. Esters try to cover that too, but fail, and come over as a little one-dimensional. Yeast and hops get pepperier in the mouth with each sip, and end up pretty savoury, with a long dry bitter finish. Almost mustard or horseradishy. Fairly competent belgian ale, but they really need to work out that bottle-conditioning causes CO2 to be produced. I’m surprised they aren’t aware of that by now.

2006 vintage, bottled. Apperance: Brownish orange with a huuuge head. Aroma: Spices, Cider, Fruit (apples primarly), Belgian yeast. Flavor: Apples, Sugar, Apricot, Honey, Belgian yeast. Palate: A bit on the sweeter side at first but there’s definitely some bitterness at the end. Plenty of carbonation too. Warming. Another good beer from the brewery that doesn’t seem to know how to make bad beer :) Recommended!

Pours cloudy dark golden orange with huge white head. Aromas of candy sugar, honey , bread dough and sweet fruit. Flavors of spices, yeast and some alcohol. Medium body with fizzy carbonation and a dry finish.