De Dolle Dulle Teve 10º (Mad Bitch)

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Abbey Tripel
Diksmuide, Belgium

33cl bottle. Pours gold with shades of yellow and light brown. The head is medium in size and off-white in color. It was difficult to pour of the sediment, so there were specks of sediment loosed into the glass. The aroma is thick and complex - vinous white raisins, thick malts, and a slight note of perfume. The flavor starts malty and sweet with heavy and delectable light-colored malts. There is a light, spicy, floral hop note that provides balance and a soft, fruity ester profile. At mid-tongue, the beer is lightly hoppy with sweet malts. The finish is dry with a nice hop bitterness to balance the malts. The mouthfeel is full, but definitely lighter than other De Dolle brews I tried this evening (Boskeun and Arabier). The carbonation is vigorous and tickles the tongue - in fact, it almost feels like the bubbles numbed the very tip of my tongue. Overall, a very malty tripel - sweet and tasty. It was not nearly as strongly hopped as I remembered - I shared a big bottle with a friend way back in 2001. That big bottle was a gusher, and it smelled and tasted very strongly of Saaz hops. This time around, it didn’t seem remotely as hoppy - but it was still quite good.

2006 Bottle. Pours with a very large, rocky, off-white head covering a hazy yellow body. Aroma of bananas, raspberries, spiceyness and yeast. Taste is a nice fruitiness, and also a bready/biscuity flavor alonh with Belgian Tripel spices. Good presence of alcohol and yeast in the taste. Dry with lively bubbles. Good stuff.

Hazy light gold with a robust white head. Aroma of peach, banana, demerra sugar and sweet yeast. On the tongue, you get a peppery spicyness at first, then candy sugar notes come through and finally some hoppiness balances it all out and makes everything awesome. An enjoyable beer.

Definite must for any Belgium fan, very distictive in every way. To me it smells and taste much more like a Saison than a triple. Obnoxiously huge stiff head, hazy yellow color. Funky barnyard smell and taste. Overall impression was standing between a bakery and a cattle farm and inhaling. Glad to try it, but I might pass next time. Don’t know the age.

My favorite of the De Dolle beers that I’ve tried. Amber/brown color with medium white head. Aroma is of yeast, bananas, brown sugar, and citrus. Tastes of brown sugar, caramel apples, and cookies. Slightly sour, bitter, and dry finish.

Bottle: Contents were very eager to make an appearance, cap off & foam flowith over. Cloudy golden w/ an off-white two finger head. Crazy flaky sediment through out: including the lacing, which is nice by the way. Aroma is citrusy clove w/ alcohol present in the background. Also sweet candy sugar. Flavor has a candied sugar sweetness w/ a malty backbone & some major alcohol warmth. Slightly bitter finish. Leaves a syrupy sweetness behind, pretty good.

Bottled sample. Gold in colour with a bit of haze and string carbonation. Aromas of pilsner malt, riesling grapes, peach, and a bit of booze. Flavor wise, it’s got that typical tripel pale malt+sugar+citrus going on, along with a nice floral component, yeast, and honey. A touch of bitterness rounds out a honey-sweet mouthfeel. Very classy.

0.33l bottle, trappist glass, amber pour, off-white foamy head. Smell peach, hops, alcohol. Taste hops, fruit and sweet, some spiciness with a bitter finish with quite a lot of alcohol. The sweetness is a bit unsual in a good way, all in all very enjoyable.