De Dolle Boskeun

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

Bottle - My first De Dolle beer was a real winner. This was the last beer at a three-person tasting, and it knocked all of us on our asses. The pour isn’t that impressive -- it amber with a small head and tons of floaties. Wait, that deserves capital letters because there were so many. FLOATIES! Anyways, the smell was incredible -- honey and apple. I could have smelled it all night, but I wanted to see what it tasted like. At 10% it went down waaay smooth, with caramel, sweet toffee, and a nice warm, boozy finish. It was like a fine dessert that’s sweet without being cloying. There was too much carbonation, but that’s a minor nit. What a fantastic beer -- I look forward to trying it again. That naughty little rabbit on the label demands it.

Shared by Jerc and Mabel with Blankboy and I. Appearance: Cloudy yellow, lots of flecks, small white head. Aroma: Floral, slight alcohol, pepper and vanilla. Flavour: Lots of honey, pepper, alcohol, very floral, very enjoyable.

Bottle. Pours with a pale straw color and a gigantic head that quickly retreats. Nice aromas of dough and spices. Great flavors of spices, dough and some hops. Body is medium, could be a bit more fuller for my taste. Overall a nice beer.

Bottle (330ml) shared with garthicus, jerc & mabel -- c/o j&m. Pours a cloudy yellow-gold with tons of floaties and a small diminishing rocky off-white head. Aroma’s like sweet orange candy or something -- candi sugar with light hops and citrus fruit -- it’s a little too sweet and almost artificial for my liking. Flavour’s also sugary sweet along with some spices, honey, sweet malt, yeast and fruit. Alcohol’s well hidden. Medium bodied. Pretty good, just too sweet for me.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a medium but fading white head and an aroma of fruit, coreander, thyme, brown sugar and sweet malts. The taste is initially very citrus-like and later on a bit more hoppy and sweet. Hints of various fruits, sweet malts, spices, herbs, and hops. A long bitter finish. I love it

Poured a cloudy amber with a huge rocky head, the bottle was a gusher, there was some sediment in the beer and the glass. The aroma was citrusy, grapefruit, spice and fairly sweet. The flavor was bitter at first that fades to sweet and malty, fairly fruity and complex with spice notes and alcohol. The palate was warm from alcohol and the carbonation was lively. Overall this was a complex and fruity beer, the Belgian character really shines through.

2 bottles, 1 bb feb. ’08 (last one of Jerohen’s gifts, thanks a lot for all of them), 1 bb sep ’10. hazy orange with lots of yeast (even more in the aged one, obviously). Overall; a pretty decent beer (see other descriptions). Unfortunately for me, i sense a hint of earwax that is disturbing me throughout the drinking of this beer. As aroma and flavor of the aged one has matured it also has more of the earwax-hint. If you like it it’s definitely worth aging, but i prefer an aged ’la wambrechies’ anytime.

Bottled. A murky orange beer with lots of yeast patricles. The head is huge, rocky and white coloured. I think one third of the beer jumped on the table though I tried to bee careful... The aroma is a delicious mix of spicy yeast, excotic fruits (mango at least), fresh honey and some alcohol. Peppery spiciness and a good punch of herbal hops in the finish. The flavor is dryish and quite bitter all the way. The yeast chareacter is sharpis and very spicy. Honey sweetens the finish with fruity alcohol notes. It is big and lingering. Medium body with and lots of carbonation. Sharp spiciness and alcohol in the looong and lingering finish. Rich, complex, delicious and dangerous it is. What a beer...