De Dolle Dulle Teve 10º (Mad Bitch)

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

Dark golden color. A little darker than I expected for a tripel, but that excites me. Very nice and tasty looking. Big foamy head with excellent retention and lacing. Bananas and citrus scents dominate the nose. Bret yeast notes follow close behind. Notes of clove and coriander. Sweet candy scent. Almost a hint of dark cherry.(??) Malt, in a big way. Sweet bread mixes with candy sugar. Citrus notes. Apple, pear, peach. Nice warmth from the 10% ABV, but not overdone. A light touch of hops provide a nice bit of balance. Feels like liquid velvet, as all of the best tripels should, IMO. Lots of tiny little bubbles help provide a smooth creamy body. Wonderful. The overall sweetness, what with the malts and candy sugars, combined with the high ABV would keep this one in my ’special occasion’ category. Not that multiples couldn’t be consumed, it’s just more special than that.

Great looking golden-blond beer with a big white head sitting on top. Aroma is yeasty, malty and slight peppery with hints of green hops and herbs. You can also spot some honey and some higher alc components in the nose. Taste is very present for a Belgian blond, it has a nice peppery bite with a Duvel like taste. A full bodied golden-blond beer with a nice dry malty touch and a body warming alc feeling. A great heavy Belgian Blond.

33cl bottle. Pours clear yellow with a big foamy white head. Nose is fruity yeast, spicy. Extensive lacing. Head retention is long. Very nice looking beer until the end. Quite spicy.Quite a lot of alcohol. Taste is quite yeasty with lots of spices and quite a lot of alcohol. Finish is spicy, yeasty and bitter. Rather dry. I like it. A bit too spicy and alcoholic for my taste. Very well made brew. Top quality.

Definitely gives head like Hollywood Boulevard whore. It took me almost twenty minutes to pour this thing. Absolutely yummy beer with a great nose and a perfect palate... Fresh inclosed courtyard orchard scent, very intense, Palate and actual taste is the selling point on this beer. I would love to have one these every day. Awesome

Bottle. Pours a deep amber with a huge fluffy head for days, sheets and sheets of lacing. Aroma of pears, fruity, some cherry, hints of citrus and grapes, slight honey, a touch of spice over a sweet malt backbone. Fruity, spicy, a bit of alcohol, hints of cherry, vinous. Honey, drying finish with a nice spicy hop bitter finish. Lush carb, a bit hot as it warms.

Bottle from 2002. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy aroma with some yeasty hints. Fruity malty spicy warming flavor with hints of yeast. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.

Bottle. Pours hazy orange with some floaties and a big fluffy off white head. It has a very nice and spicy aroma with notes of orange peel, rock candy, yeast and a hint of banana, cloves and grapes. The flavour is sweet with some bitterness as well and got notes of spices, yeast, malt and hops. Very nice and complex.

(My first beer rated since our first-born son, Alexander Dean, joined the family on October 17. Cheers to momma and Xander!) Bottled, courtesy of Narnad, who provided us two bottles (one for me, one for mom). Moderately cloudy, browned orange in color. Frothy white head is absolutely huge, leaving thick, sticky lacing. Musty and yeasty nose, some ripened plums and dates, nutmeg, banana peel, cloves and peach pit. Some decent black pepper spiciness to the nose as well. Floral, yet spicy flavor, nice estery sweetness with vanilla malts, hints of raspberry and candied ginger. Very soft, pillowy carbonation. Finish is dry with some wheat tangyness, a touch too dry for my tastes, and I get a little too much alcohol at the end. But overall, a darn near perfect tripel. Tasty and truly enjoyable.