De Dolle Boskeun

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

Bottled, BB Feb 2008, sampled August 2008. A lot of pressure inside the bottle. Beautiful hazy golden/orange coloured, firm lasting white head. Spicy nose. Alcoholic sweet flavour, lots of spices, a bit cloying actually. I had high expectations, but this beer couldn’t really live up to it.

11.2oz bottle, gushed like a mofo. My feet are sticky. Screw you, Boskeun! Pours a vaguely clear, golden-orange color; off-white head with solid retention and patchy, fine-bubbled lacing. Good amounts of white pepper, honey, and Belgian sugar in the aroma; less De Dolle house character than a lot of their beers; quite sweet. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of sweet, chewy honey, Belgian sugars, light spice and white pepper; very much like a tripel; some vanilla, gently spiced, lightly carbonated, and very much on the sweet side; disappointing in comparison to many of their beers (my feet being sticky doesn’t help here). Lengthy finish: lots of honeyed malty sweetness, complex yeastiness, and dry toasty malts; the finish is the finest part of this beer.

From a 11.2oz bottle purchased at By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a glowing hazy copper-orange hue with a frothy off-white gripping head. Yeasty, pineapple, apple, fruity gum nose. Prickly mouthfeel that is sharp with a soft fruity finish. Massively flavorful finish. Damn I love DeDolle!

Total gusher of a beer. Pisses me off as it was a $6 beer. Should make it cheaper if 1/3 will spill on counter. Pours hazy dark orange with huge amount of very very froathy manilla head. Looks delicious. Aroma delicious - lots of fruit, specifically apples and pears with some belgian yeast and slight alcohol. Flavor nice and fruity with a bit of yeasty doughiness and some spice. Warming alcohol finish. Overall excellent beer.

12 oz bottle. Upon opening bottle, beer just started gushing all over the place. Once it settles down, a dark orange color with a thick fluffy white head. Sweet malt, citrus and some spice in the aroma. Taste is malty, spicy hops and pepper. Hot and alcoholic with a bitter hop aftertaste.

hazy goldenn with strong white head. high carbonation. flavor of pale malt with some light candy sugar and a large component of hops for a belgian, providing not only bitterness but flavor. the one downside is the alcohol is overly present towards the end of the flavor, the beer is very good, but could be better if the ABV were 8% instead of 10%. another great de dolle creation

Bottle from Sams in Chicago. Pours a cloudy golden color with a thick, almost explosive white head. The aroma is full of apples, spices and yeast. The taste was quite nice; a bunch of spices, cinnamon and pepper, some sweet apples and tons of dry yeast. A full zesty mouthfeel with a bitter soapy finish dryness.

Bottle. Pours gold with a dense white head. Aroma is fruity, like peaches, and also yeasty. Medium body. Flavor is very much the same as the aroma with a hint of spice.. Not bad. Doesn’t strike me as anything worth remembering.