De Dolle Extra Export Stout

33cl. bottle...pours dark, opaque brown with a tan, soap-foam head...Aromas of vinous fruits, yeast, bitter chocolate, cocoa, light coffee. Lots of cola like flavors, mixed with dark bitter-sweet chocolate, roasted malts, and a strong espresso presence. It also had a fruity sweetness not unlike toasted figs or dries dates. Highly carbonated, somewhat acidic, and a lingering bitter aftertaste. Excellent!

bottle by way of yobdoog... opaque black body with a hot cocoa colored head. it’s fluffy and leaves a bit of lacing as it comes to permanent rest as a film. chocolate-y aroma with whiffs of ash, black raisins, coffee, lactose and some spiciness (from the yeast?). the flavor is kinda christmas cake-y... yeast, licorice, dried fruits along with chocolate, charred wood, coffee, figs, floral yeast and raisins burnt on the grill completely dried out and hollow. you know you shouldn’t eat them but you do any way. tart dry finish leads to coffee in the aftertaste. medium body. acidic carbonation... and a lot of it. relatively easy to put away @ 9%.

Very dark, with a medium tan head that is very carbonated. Aromes of sugar, cola, cocolate, malts. Not the worst belgian stout, but I just don’t like the carbonated, sweet, belgian style. I will stick to amcerican and endglish-irish examples. I do like the label that is a blatant ripoff of Harvey’s Imperial Stout, I just wish it were half as good.

Black with the peculiar huge Dolle’s head. Very strong aromas. The typical slight acidity that characterize brews from that brewery. Spicey. Chocolatey. Coffee. Luscious.

(Belgium) Pours a sweet black color with a beautiful foamy tan head.( appx 2 1/2 inches) The aroma is of dark malts, chocolate, coffee, and spices. The mouthfeel is thick and yummy with a dry bitter finish. Taste is of roasted malts, coffee, hops and espresso. This was a full bodied stout from De Dolle that will not disappoint. :)