De Dolle Oeral

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

A hazy dark orange beer with an enormous white lasting head (atleast when drunk from a tulip). The aroma is rather spicy - I can’t pick up that much, but yeast, corriander, and caraway. The flavor is sweet and rather complex containing notes of honey, oranges, corriander, and other for me unrecognizable spices. The end is both sweet and bitter combined with the alcohol tingling the tongue. The palate is good - especially considering it weighing in at only 6% ABV.

My rating for the Kavijaks edition: Hazy orange with a huge beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of appricot and lighter notes of yeast. The flavor is sweet spicy with coriander standing out, but also with a light fruity touch. 6/3/7/3/13

(Bottle 33 cl) Orange golden, hazy or perhaps rather murky, with a gigantic head that leaves a good lacing as it slowly collapses. Very flowery nose and citric touches throughout. But it’s the bitter hops that completely dominates this - it’s very, very hoppy indeed. With some late sweetness. Another unusual beer from De Dolle - but far from their best. 300198

Bottled. Hazily orange. Livley, firm head. Grassy and very fruity. Sugary and rounded, notes of citrus and lightly sparkling mouthfeel. Good, but less pronounced than other De Dolles.

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. 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))

Bottle. Gusher. The head kept flowing slowly out of the bottle. Yeasty, very spicy aroma with a hint of citrus. Golden colour, slightly hazy. Head is white, creamy and quite unstable. Quite dry flavour, reminding me of Chimay. But also quite vinous and fruity without getting sweet. Aftertaste is also dry, bitter, perhaps a hint of mold.

Bottled (as De Dolle 2002 Museum Bier). Hazy pale yellow colour with huge white foamy head. Citric malty and yeasty flavour. Witbier like, but with strong alcoholic flavour. Citric, bitter aftertaste.

Bottled. Hazy yellow coloured with a white head. Aroma of hops, pine needles, leather and spices. Perfumed flavour of hops and pine needles with notes of fruits and leather. Unbalanced.