De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva

I’ve never tasted a better marriage of spices, sweetness, complexity and maltyness in a beer. Many vinous notes throughout the entire beer, from nose to swallow. The alcohol presents itself as a beautiful flavour enhancer instead of a burning or warming character; it draws on the sourness. The beer drinks like a sour. Super crisp and super tart with the alcohol hidden underneath, pressing the flavours onto your tongue. Apples, sour cherries, corriander, nutmeg and more apples. Pours a wonderful ruby-gold that is muddy like thick apple cider, and it has tiny starlets of sediment floating throughout. I can’t think of anything I’ve had that came close to this flavour monster, and all the flavours are done to perfection. My new favorite (of course, since it costs $6 a bottle).

No#86.(2004) Now this is the last beer from the trip i am sure of it. I could nose a beer like this till there was no beer left. Intence fruity, balanced sourness, malty, the oerbier, but better. Taste is similar with a great sourness, is it all about the sourness these days i wonder? I hope i can get this over the net or else ill have to go back to the kulminator for more. RERATING: 2005 BOTTLE. GarethYoung’s 21st diner at his parents house. Outstading one of the best beers iv ever had, aroma is about 14 out of 10, taste is more than 10, the best belgiun non lambic ale iv had from Belgium this year i think.

Pours a dark reddish brown with very light head (note - I didn’t pour it very well). Can’t smell much, still getting over sickness, but really wanted to drink this, so I am. Taste is sour cherries, oak/wood, berries, hint of citrus. This was waaaaaaaaaaaay different than I was expecting. I don’t know why, but I expected something more like Brasserie des Rocs Grand Cru. I thought this tasted more like a beefed up, 13% version of Supplication.....and I love me some Supplication. Would never have guessed that this beer was 10+% ABV, hides the alcohol incredibly well. If I was rich, I’d drink this on the regular. Paid $7/bottle. This is my first De Dolle beer and I am highly impressed.

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.

An incredible beer. Dark, ruby red in appearance. Slightly tart, and carbonated with hints of oak in the background. This is a dleicious Belgian Flanders Red.