De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva

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

@004 Bottle via sloth. I figger that he keeps on sending me all these funky Belgian thingys and I innundate him with stouts and crap from my travels. Pours a brown tinges with ruby and has a greenish tan head that settles to ring the tulip well. Nose is of heavily caramelled malts and wet oak with a hint of apples. Body is light to medium and quick. Tartnes swiftly breaks to two distinct levels on the the tounge and merge for a sour apple finish. Not raly my cup of te but i realy enjoyed the 180 nose to body twist.

Brewed 2006, Darker blond coloured beer with a large off-white head and some light carbonation. Strong light sour sweet malty and roasted aroma. Full creamy light sour palate. Finish is bitter sour malty, roasted caramel touched. Very nice balanced. Superb.

2005 Bottle - my #1500 rating: Poured a deep dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma is strong with dark fruits, woods, and wine characteristic. Taste is nice fruit with a wood bite, finish is dry with a caramel twist. I’m glad I waited for a memorable time to drink this one. This aged perfect in my mind, can’t wait to try versus a fresher one.

Edition 2007.
Dark brown, amber colored brew. Fruity, wine-like, bourbon aroma. Flavor is yoghurt, wine/bourbon, fruity and sour. Some oak and yeast. Nice.

2006 bottle: Pour is a dark ruby/brown with a light fizzy head. Aroma is of dark sweet fruit, alcohol, and a sour character. Flavor is damn good with cherries, oak, malt, apples, and alcohol. Carbonation seems just about right. Alcohol is prevelent but not over-powering. The body is surprisingly light due to the addition of belgian sugar. Real good brew. Would buy again.

Pours a hazy reddish brown with a big off white head. Some dark fruit, cherries, tart green apples in the aroma as well as some spice. Big complex flavor of dark fruit and sour apple balanced with a malty sweetness and a hint of oak. A touch of tartness in the finish. Another fine brew from De Dolle.

Vintage 2005. Thanks to Puzzl ( and everybody else that gave me all the vintages) for this! Dark garnet pour with fizzy tan head. Tart aroma. Full bodied and very complex. Nice and acidic flavor. Green apples upfront, grape on the finish. notable hints of oak, yeast, and caramel, Very dry

Bottle. Pours deep ruby with a beige head. Yeasty and vinous aroma with red grapes and green apple. Flavor has a bit of sourness and is quite dry. More apples and yeast. Nice, but I like the original Oerbier better.