De Dolle Stille Nacht Reserva 2000

Formerly brewed at De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Diksmuide, Belgium

pours hazy copper with a large off-white head, aroma of fruit, alcohol, sweet malts, wine-like, flavor is sweet, carbonated, smooth, fruity, citrusy, belian style spices are present, wine-like with wood flavor like it was aged in a barrel and with a fiery alcohol finish. very complex flavor. good health body, can’t believe we found this one, bottle was old, and label was falling off last on the shelf. bottle sampled in ’03, excellent brew.

Lots of fruit and vinous notes. Pear and apple pop out. Hazy amber in color with a still and lifeless head. Fore is a huge and tasty mouthful of fruit with apple standing out. Strong hints of wood and wine some mild candy sugar notes with a stiff kick of alcohol in the finish. Nice flavor progression and the apple fruitiness is nice with the woody notes. Great beer, but almost feel like it could have benefited from yet another year of aging.

a 2003 batch Sour flanders style aroma. It could be more sour and too munch alcohol i smell it , sweet for me. .

Produced in 2000, Stille Natch Reserva is a very special, limited addition of De Dolle’s seasonal Christmas brew, Stille Nacht or "Silent Night." Stille Natch is a very special beer to begin with, but De Dolle really out did themselves when they decided to do Reserva. Stille Nacht is brewed with with pale malts, white candy sugar, is hopped, and then dry hopped with Nugget hop varieties, and comes in at a warming 9-10% abv. De Dolle boils this beer for 5 hours, making it a very high gravity brew. It is then bottle conditioned, and will continue to develop in the bottle. Any vintage of Stille Nacht is a true gift to any beer lover, but a 750ml corked bottle of the Reserva is truly a Christmas treasure. Reserva takes it to a whole new realm. Reserva was produced in 2000, and was aged for 18 months in Bordeaux wine barrels before being bottled. This age in the wine barrels, gives an already incredible beer a level of complexity, flavor, and character, that is in a class by itself. Reserva comes in at a warming 12% abv, making a very potent beer as well. Stille Nacht Reserva pours to a beautiful, hazy, deep golden color with a thick and creamy pillow of a head, and a lively and vibrant carbonation. The nose on this beer is incredibly complex and aromatic with big robust aromas just bursting in the air. Aromas of sweet malt, oak, candy sugar, deep vinous notes, spicy hops, and peppery alcohol flood the nose. The plate on this beer is rich and full, yet at the same time, has a nice bit of acidity, that dances on the tongue. Big, robust flavors of sweet malt, light caramel, oak, pepper, black berry, and vinous flavors, coat the tongue and glide down the palate. It is almost too much of a good thing, as your taste buds will be on bliss over load. Reserva finishes with more complex flavors up front, then ends with very vinous, acidic, and peppery flavors that linger on the tongue for quite sometime. In a word, this beer is stunning. This beer was one of the most enjoyable beers I have drank, ever. The age in the Bordeaux barrels really give this beer a whole new dimension. The vinous qualities of this beer combined with the fantasic malty overtones and warming alcohol makes this one of the most delicous beers ever produced in my opinion.

[bottled in kulminator, got a taste of the dutch bottle since dirk ran out, cheers guys! ] Deep orangey/amber colour, minimal head. big aroma, cherry, strawberry, cookie dough, i think there is some nutmeg, portish notes, wood. big silky body, vinous note left in the finish.

Beautiful hazy straw in color. Light head and very slight lace. Sweet, malty,yeasty, biscuty and wineish nose. Rich mouthfeel, light carmel apples, slight dried apricots and honey with a little woodyness in the back. Wine like, alot of finesse like a refined wine, tannins are like silk over your tongue with a great maltiness and a perfect tartness that complement each other to a T! ’00 vintage

I finished the last bottle of my collection, but it was still beautiful with some old cheeses. Nice wineflavoured aroma’s, golden orange color, small head. The taste is like a white port wine, maybe even better. Long lingering palate, good match to old cheeses of cow, sheep or goatmilk.

LCRBM 2005 - Hurray to the Netherlanders for letting me try this :-) Very nice amber color, no head. Intense yeast and raison nose, maybe plums, medium lasting. Woody taste, also dried plums taste with some vanilla intervalls.Round - wonderful and truly well balanced beer!