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De Dolle Stille Nacht 3.89 983

De Dolle Stille Nacht

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by De Dolle Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Diksmuide, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9833.9/5.03.89/5.0Winter12%96.7Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Stille Nacht (Silent Night) is a prestige beer from De Dolle Brouwers brewed for Christmas. It has the highest density of any Belgian beer (27°Pl), has been boiling for 5 hours, brewed with pale malt with white candi sugar in the kettle. The Nugget hops and dry hopping gives an extra bitterness to balance the extreme sweetness due to the density. The taste triangle is completed with some acidity of the fermentation. It is a very interesting beer to age. We have samples of every bottling we have done so far and aging does not mean decreasing quality with this beer. Keep some samples at 10°C and mark the year on the cap with an alcohol marker. Cheers!!
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 Pipper (258), Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Pours a nice amber with a respectable but small off-white head. Super sweet sour cherry aroma, tart and flora dark fruit flavor. I’m sure this improves with age.


stryk (30), Farsta, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 14, 2009  
Here we go again! Long time no review. bottel 08, trapist glass. Very Nice elegant amber-colored appearance. Very citric and fresh nose with heavy ginger and coriander, dense alcohol and effervescent tablet intensity. Taste is intense hazy orange, honey, ginger, lemon, Seville orange, heavy bubbled, fruity, very intense belgian duvelish yeast , spices, hints of almond and vanilla. This is good and strong! 12% actually.. i would recommand to store it several years. Maybe not something you want several bottles of in one session but still , very interesting, cheers!


 shawnm213 (985), South Bend, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Jun 11, 2009  
bottle. pours a hazy orange with a nice big bubbled white head. A little fruity with some pleasant booze undertones. notes of bread, belgian yeast, honey, and spices. pretty good.


 AR (436), Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 31, 2009  
Latge head on an amber-colored beer. Some visible particles present. The taste has a medicinal sweetness with banana and yeast flavors.


 Beerman6686 (1292), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 23, 2009  
Bottle from 06. This was an extremely interesting beer. This poured a cloudy bright yllow color with a big fluffy white head. Aroma was very sweet malts, candi sugar, vanilla and honey?, with also a residual tartness in the backround. Flavor was just as impressive. Sweet candi sugar, some vanilla and honey, jsut all around sweetness, but with a nice sour tinge in the afterthought. Wow, this is an experience.


 ksurkin (405), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
May 11, 2009  
bottle from grape & gourmet poured into a goblet. pours a light, copper gold with a few yeast floaties, a solid white head, great lacing, a long retention. aroma is very nice with notes of sweet belgian yeast, honey, clove, sweet citrus, berry, and a hint of booze. flavor was delicious as well with sweet, yeast and honey notes up front, winter spice, a tart bit of citrus, brown sugar, and a hint of banana bread. mouthfeel is crisp and sparkling with a solid warming presence on the swallow and a bittersweet, dry finish. overall, an excellent brew.


 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
May 3, 2009  
Wow, where to begin. First of all, big ups to Butters for providing this unique Belgian! Pour is a beautiful hazy gold with white head. Rich sweetness of honey and malts, slight alcohol. Similar taste with a nice spicyness to balance out the sweetness of this beer. Usually not a fan of sweet beer, but this really struck a chord with me!


 Hophead22 (1105), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Apr 25, 2009  
Bottle from Swolf3, thanks Wolf. Gold pour with a nice white head. Light and fruity, a little dry as well, very nice aroma. A little spicy, more light fruitiness, and some alcohol warmth in the finish. Pretty good.



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