De Dolle Stille Nacht

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

Tasted 2007-04-07. 2006 version, 33cl. It looks like bog water, but it has an unexplainable charme to it. It’s not pretty though, but it’s also not unappealing. The head dissappears as quickly as it appears. Aroma: Very powerful: Alcohol and fruits and yeast! Taste: Yeast, yeast and yeast! Some acids and some bitterness at the end. Very complex but also very raw. I’m sure this will age gracefully!

Finally entering all my "Better Know a Style: Belgian Strong Ale" tasting 07 results. An aroma of cereal, dark fruits, and strong alc. Amber appearance with small white head. Flavor is sweet and mollasses and alc. Okay body but you feel the burn. Will have to rerate.

Bottle enjoyed off-season @Plan B, Copenhagen. Huge fluffy lasting white head. Excellent lacing. Slightly unclear light brown body. Amazing aroma, a fruitbomb! Also scents of bubblegum, caramel, chocolate, spices and yeast. Taste is candysugar, malt-sweetness and fruit-sweetness. Not cloying at all, only a fresh and inviting sweetness. Christmas-spices, fruity acidity, yeast, refined hops and alcohol to balance. Very complex and filling. Fruity and spicy and gently bitter end with long duration. This beer was made for me. I love it!

De Dolle Stille Nacht poured a hazy golden colored body with a white head. This beer was cloudy! The taste was sweet with hints of clove, orange peer, and honey. This beer is REALLY sweet. I found it enjoyable, but even I as a fan of sweet beers thought it could be toned down a drop.

Pours a yeasty, slightly hazy glowing orange with a small white head. Pretty fruity aroma but with a noticeable spiciness to it. Alot of orange peel, some coriander, and malts. The flavor is very sweet and malty, almost sugary. Syrupy maouthfeel, with a long finish. Just slight on the fruit, but heavier on the malt with some spices. Kind of a subtle earthiness to it, that makes it easy to drink and enjoyable. Nicely done.

Pours a very hazy and cloudy gold color. The aroma is spicy with bread notes, malt, and slight hops and maybe even some sweet honey thrown in. Taste is a complex balance of sweet and spicy across the nose, and this beer executes this complexity in a very subtle way. There is also a hint of clove and earthy notes thrown in for good measure Great winter beer from De Dolle, a brewery that rarely misses.

bottle Thanks Olso! Poured a very cloudy golden color with a lot of sediment present. The head was a large light tan. Aroma was wonderful with honey, spices, and bread. Taste was very sweet with a nice spicy finish. I will definitely drink this again.

2006 bottle. Pours hazy dark gold with a light white head that sticks around. Aroma is very sweet and yeasty, with a lot of vinous smells, pineapple, raisin, butterscotch, and sweet rolls. Some toffee also makes its presence known. The taste is similar to the aroma with a lot of sweetness in the beginning, with flavors of toffee, candi sugar, raisin, butterscotch, which changes more to a dry white wine flavor in the finish. There is also a lot of bready yeast on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium with a lot of carbonation like all De Dolle beers. This beer is as good as it was the last time I had it, and I’m always consistently impressed with this brewery.

[Bottle] Poured cloudy amber with an enormous light tan head. Aroma was very sweet and consisted of cloves and honey. Taste was yeasty, spicy, and sweet. Medium body. Very nice beer.