De Dolle Cosmos Porter

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Porter
Diksmuide, Belgium

Draught at Zythos Beer Festival, March 7th and 8th 09 Pours dark brown with a light beige head. The nose has some Greek yoghurt touches initially and then a splash of balsamic vinegar. Taste is really quite sour, wet woodiness, nice tang to it, dries a little and then the Balsamic and Yoghurt on the nose make an appearance in the mouth. If I was tasting this blind I would have sworn that there were some cherries in this. Doesn’t seem like a Porter at all but to be fair that is about the only thing that I could be critical about. This was really, really lovely,. I initially scored it 4.1 it was my first of the festival but I finished with it and it was even better, so it moved up a couple of mark’s. Easily the best beer of the festival for me, a stunner. A8 A5 F8 P4 OV17 4.3

Brown body with an orange shine, huge lasting creamy head; Excellent nose, excellent balance and depth, super interesting and very welcoming for at sour beer; Excellent fresh body, again an amazing balance and depth; Very long finish, very balanced lactic, tons of aroma. Very very fine beer! By far the best and most interesting of ZBF2009.

Draught at ZBF 2009. Dark red beer with a small off white head. Very lactic nose and taste combined with some fruitiness but above all lactic acidity. The acidity is so overwhelming I make an association with the pickled haring I had this morning. A very good brew although this is not what I expected

scura il naso èp tostato e acetico forse non capita dal nome mi aspettavo un altra cosa molto acida ricorda un po la oerbier ma con le tostature

draught at Zythos beerfest 2009, sweet and sour taste nose was very vinegar like, not bad at al but i was very surprised of this new brewsel

Dark brown coloured beer, small off white head. Sour smokey aroma with some malts hidden in it. Full loveley sour palate. Finish is sweet at first turning into full sour. No excuse, this is a top beer from De Dolle.

Draught at ZBF 2009. Hazy orange brown coloured with a medium sized off white head. Light acidic aroma of milk, lactic acid and acetone with notes of wood. Light acidic flavour of lactic acid, wood and acetone with roasted notes. Tart finish.

Zythos 2009, draught. apple vinegar nose. Heavy flavors, be prepared and take sips cautiously. Lactic acid (loads), bitter and sour (dominantly). Very astringent and tart. Went down better after a few minutes.