De Dolle Oeral

Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Ale
Diksmuide, Belgium

Botttle at the De Dolle brewery, Esen, Belgium, 24-06-07. This is a really nice summer beer pouring a hazy dark golden colour. I was told by Kris the brewer that it shared many of the characteristics of the Arabier without the intense dry hopping metered out to its stablemate, still it was very good, little fruity and with a less harsh bitterness.

Super hazy orange colour - you can’t even see through it. There is a bit of a white creamy head on top. Light aroma of fruit. The flavour is very interesting and complex, yet subtle. Fruit juice flavour, some peach, citrus, pineapple, spice, a bit of flowery hints and a bitter finish.

Bottle at home. Unclear orange - big white head. Aroma: Fruity, flowery, elderflowers, white pepper, orange. Aroma: Sharpness, yeasty, citrus, citrus cest, bitterness, fruity, pineapple, high citrus bitterness, acid, light spicy, dry, dusty. - By the way... this is a De Kvaijaks. (6/4/7/4/16) - This is Oeral Bier: Cloudy yellow - white head. Citrus, yeasty, pepper, zesty, fruity, soapy, nice bitterness, light flowery, light cardboard. Anonymos. (5/3/6/3/14)

bottle at home ... Golden orange ... huge loose foam head ... sweet sharp hoppy fruit ... juicy hop resins ... quite fruity ... Masssive bitter background ... and an odd touch of saltyness.

33 cL bottle (labelled as Kavijaks). Pours hazy orange with a finger thick white creamy/crispy head. Aroma is light fruity, a slight leather note. Heavy carbonation. Flavour is sweet, flowery hops, there is a mild smoke note appearing before going into a long lasting bitterfinish. The smoke is blending in with a peach fruit note. I don’t like the blend :( but appreciate that this is wellbrewed.

Bottle @ Brugs Beertje, Brugge. Appears very fizzy, clear golden, with a huge, lasting white head. Nice fruity aromas; sour green apples, dried apricot, citrus and spice. Gentle hops in the flavor, perfectly balanced with pale malts, sweet oranges, herbs and spices. Strong and filling palate. Dry fruity and slight bitter end. Another great beer from de Mad Brewers!

Bottle. 2003. Hazy yellow / orange color with a huge frothy good lacing fully lasting white head. Aroma is fruity, lemon, acidic. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic and bitter with a average duration and a very good balance. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice ;o))

A Mes rate: A generous offering from Joost. (thanks) A 1994 33cl bottle. I love De Dolle labels, even if they do cause a bit of a stir for their comedy value, I like them and this is one of my faves. Shame it was loosing its grasp on the bottle and giving up to bio-degradation. One of those I never bothered rating because you just think "well I must have done..." but low and behold I havent. Not particularly certain that at this age it’s a true representation of this beer, in fact I’m pretty convinced it’s not. Still mighty fine it is however. The nose has become very alcoholic with age but is backed up nicely by some spicy malt. Lovely deep deep amber colour with a thick chunky off white head settling to a thin bubbly film. Flavour is clearly showing the signs of age again with tangy and spicy malt with some lovely dusty notes settling in. Slight hint of liqourice also. Finish has a very delicate vanilla flavour but is mainly hard alcohol though some hops rush in right at the death to give balance. Palate is superbly smooth yet just a little prickly round the edges even at this age. What it has lost to father time in flavour has generally been nicely off-set by a wise old palate and a glorious depth to the apperance. Still very good indeed.