De Dolle Extra Export Stout

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

Brown bottle, 33 cl, savoured on July 19 2007; eye: opaque black with a strong coffee-color head, voluminous head that falls to leave a carpet on top of the beer to protect it, no effervescence, slight lacing; nose: roasted malt, burnt coffee, lactic; mouth: in that order, astringency, roasted malt, burnt coffee, acridness, lactic, chocolate milk, a bit of hops, nicely balanced, finale in roasted malt with a good presence of acrid burnt coffee, lightly bitter, medium body, slightly oily texture; overall: quite enjoyable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, savourée le 19 juillet 2007; œil : noire opaque avec une mousse café fort, mousse volumineuse qui tombe pour laisser un petit tapis protégeant la bière, pas d’effervescence, très légère dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, café brûlé, lactique; bouche : astringence, malt torréfié, café brûlé, âcreté, lactique, chocolat au lait, un peu de houblon, belle balance, finale en malt torréfié avec une bonne présence de café brûlé âcre, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : bien aimé

Dark brown body with black head. Dark roasted malt nose with faint coffee character. Similar body, but a little lighter in flavor.

11.2oz bottle. Pours deep brown with a large frothy brown head. Bready aroma with spice, chocolate and licorice. Flavor is heavy on the roasted chocolate malt, with coffee, licorice, and hops. Finishes dry, with some warming alcohol.

Bottle ah home (pda crashed lost notes from 2 days ago) Deep black .Some roast malt a nd a little salt !. HAs a bitterness very simelar to De Dolle Oeral

I was intrigued to see this; a Belgian stout?! The beer poured almost black with a huge aroma of roasted coffee and chocolate, with a bit of that Belgian candy sugar as well. The taste is chocolate, with coffee and nut characteristics thrown in. An incredibly well-crafted brew whose smoothness belies both the power and the alcohol content of the beer. De Dolle is one of my favorite breweries, and this does not the least bit disappoint.

Very dark in the glass with white chocolate aromas. Very dry throughout, aromas, flavor, palate. Nutty and roasted notes dominate. Some chocolate and coffee. More coffe, though. Really light and sensual for a stout. A marvel of flavor. Well balanced. The dark candy sugar really shows though.

My notes got a bit sparser as this was the last beer of my evening, but I clearly remember the opaqueness of this beer. Aroma was of licorice and was a bit musty. Flavor was extremely grape-y and the beer had a very dry mouthfeel, much like a very astringent cabernet. not bad.

Pours black with a monstrous, well retained light brown head. Very thick and foamy. Very roasty aroma with hints of sourness and some funk in typical De Dolle fashion. Pretty much what I was expecting here. The taste is very similar to the smell. You get the light sweetness and sourness right up front, but it slowly turns to roast and some chcolate in the finish and coats the palate with some roasty malt flavor in the aftertaste. The alcohol is masked quite brillinatly actually. Really interesting beer, not something I want to drink all the time, but a truly enjoyable beer once in a while.