De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva

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

Bottle. Pours a hazy, very bubbly, dark reddish-orange with a lasting average size foamy tan head. Aroma of slightly sour fruit, oak, sweet malt, alcohol and some sugary sweetness to it -- very nice. Flavour of sour fruit, Belgian yeast, oak, sweet malt and alcohol with some bitterness in the finish -- if I had to nitpick I’d say I would’ve liked it a little maltier. For this much alcohol it’s pretty well hidden. Medium bodied. Very good, I really enjoyed this.

Bottled. Yummy! Dark brownish in colour with a small tan head. This is really lovely and complex. Beautifull balance between sourness and sweetness.

2002 Bottle. This brown ale poured with a sparse off-white head, eliciting a sour musky aroma. This is a "sour brown" style ale, but is more complex than most of the others, partially due to 4 years of aging. There are flavors of cherries, raisins, citrus, wood and alcohol, and a bitter finish. The mouthfeel is slightly carbonated. It took half a bottle of adjustment before I started to appreciate the unusual characteristics of this brew, but I ended up liking it a lot.

Aroma is a gorgeous funky, fruity, sour, sweet symphony, clear ruby, tiny off-white head. Flavour is a highly fruited wonder, with some horseblanket notes as well.Medium bodied, sour, tart, dry and wonderfully refreshing. Magnificent!! Thank mds!

33 cl bottle, brewed and bottled in 2004. Eye: strongly veiled light mahogany on the reddish side, lively carbonation, very good head for such a strength. Nose: lactic fermentation, cherries, banana; hints of wood, nutmeg and bubblegum. Mouth: very much within the ’oud bruin’ frame, with sweet cherries, quite strong spicy notes and subdued but present alcohol. The finish is at first port-like, then long and spicy.

Bottle. 2004 vintage. Pours a murky brown body with a medium creamy brown-white head. The aroma is truly phenomenal - bitter orange citrus, yeasty fruit, bread, caramel, sugar, and alcohol. Quite dry - fruit, tangerine, apple, yeast in a saison/tripel way. Complex with a warming and slow sipper status due to the alcohol. Surprising level of tartness and a certain level of bitterness. Sharp carbonation. Very good.

Poured a dark brown color okay head lacing was okay. Aroma was crazy busy spices raisins some malts and all kinds of other things. Very carbonated. Flavor was much the same but other things in there i couldn’t pick out. Good beer, high 4s i wasn’t there but good.

2004 vintage. Dark red-orange with a massive light tan head. Mild doughy bread and muskiness in the aroma. Plastic phenols and a ruddy tartness over woody malt and some raisin character. Fruity tart finish with residual wet hay. Mouthfeel is light, fairly dry.