De Dolle Extra Export Stout

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Foreign Stout
Diksmuide, Belgium

Bottle 33 cl. Pours pitch black with a big, dense brown head and a sweet malty aroma. The taste is initially creamy, malty sweet, but bitter elements come kicking in really soon and give this beer a great bite. A great beer but not De Dolle’s best.

Massive head. Caramel notes with roasted chocolate and coffee. Flavor is strong in your face with high carbonation and spice and wood. I catch some sourness in the finish but it goes nicely with the strong upfront wood and roasted notes. Finished dry with a slight sour aftertaste. This is a good brew even after having a Black Albert. Another quality brew from De Dolle

11.2 oz bottle 9% ABV. Pours black with a huge rocky tan head that fell rapidly. Dark roasted and chocolate malt aromas with a touch of wood. Roasted malt dominates flavor with notes of coffee and licorice and some woodinesss. Interesting sour and spicey yeast notes. Body feels light with very high carbonation. Wonderfully complex.

Aroma of dark fruits, figs, raisins, chocolate. Heavy carbnation at first taste, sweet, coffee and chocolate. After carbonation settles, very balenced. Can’t find one element that is too overpowering. So enjoyable.

Excellent chocolate sugary nose. Huge head, nice pure beige color though. Taste full of subtley layered flavour. Coffee, malts, hops, chocolate, and red candy fruit. A little explosive, but definitely a fine beer.

Massive gusher... a veritable beer bomb. Dark black pour with bubbly dark tan head in abundance. Lovely complex nose... bitter chocolate, hops, Belgian yeast and sugar, roasty malt, a little smoke, a little burnt coffee. Flavor didn’t really follow through in impressing me, partly because the aroma was so nice. Pleasant bitterness and some fruit on the tongue. Some lactic acid sourness, but not much. This beer starts off subtle and slowly reveals itself; it’s a good one...

Opaque black pour with a nice long lasting tan head. Nice lacing on the glass - a beautiful looking beer. Malty aroma with chocolate notes. Lots of fruit as well-apples and grapes, some sourness and lactic acid as well. Flavor is dominated by bitter malt with chocolate and a touch of acidic sourness as well. Very dry with a fruity grape winelike character. A unique beer that I really enjoyed.

Vintage 2003 Pours jet black with a creamy, dense, tan head of one-inch. Several arching smears of lacework reveal as the beer drinks and a solid surface coat sustains. Roasted malts, nougat, cloves and citrus lead off the nose. Mildly sweet and plenty chocolaty, with a substantial orange marmalade essence. A hint of red wine follows through. Dark rum and raisins. An interesting blend of fruit, chocolate, and vineousity. Creamy and velvety mouthfeel. On the thick side of medium and a bit chewy. Milk chocolate, citrus-spiked rum, and sugar-dusted bubblegum lead off the pallet. Some mild vineous notes follow through along with dried cherries,plump raisins, clove-spiked bannana, and estery yeast. Finishes warming and sweetish with some lingering chocolate. A really interesting take on a stout, and the De Dolle yeast really shines through. Tastes more along the lines of a strong dark Belgian rather than a stout. A lot of complexity for a five year old brew