De Dolle Dulle Teve Special Reserva 2004
Dolle Dulle Teve Special Reserva 2004 is a special version of De Dolle’s Dulle Teve, which has been matured for over 24 months in wooden casks previously used by Etienne Dupont/France to mature his famous Calvados de Normandie. The over two year maturation in those wooden casks has allowed De Dolle Dulle Teve to mellow, lose its agressive carbonation and dryness, and develop a new balance of flavors triggered by the tannin, vanilla and butterscotch flavors of E.Dupont’s Calvados casks. In addition the "invisible" Calvados hidden in the wood itself has pushed the alcohol of De Dolle Dulle Teve Special Reserva to about 12% to 13%
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229 reviews
Diksmuide, Belgium
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33 cL bottle at Kulminator as part of the De Dolle Reserva tasting.Pours clear and golden deep orange with a huge white head. Wineous and fruity aroma, light wooden accent - not really oxidised but a hint. Wineous and wooden flavoured, very smooth fruity note. Mild spiced. Dry and bitter lingering finish. Dry wooden lasting impression into finish alongside a slight spiced note.
Bottle shared by alexsdad06.
Poured hazy brown color with an average creamy head that lasted with excellent lacing. Complex spicy fruit and yeasty aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy fruity balanced flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration with a small alcohol bite.
This is a standout beer.
Aged in Calvados Casks 2003 - Bottled 2005
7/16/2009: De Dolle Dulle Teve Special Reserva pours a hazy gold gold and is very lively in the glass. It has a foamy, mostly lacing off-white head. This beer smells like freshly pressed cider from a distance and has a really nice, sweet, sugary brown sugar, caramelzied pear, and a hint of vinegar when closer. It smells fantastic. The flavor has a great complex blend of caramelized malt and sugars. It is moderately sweet, warming, and carries a bit of smoke in the finish. The medium-light body and airy carbonation makes this beer feel tingly on that palate and opens up the flavors really well. Overall this is a fine beer.
330ml bottle (11% Alc./Vol.) shared by alexsdad06. Thanks Brad! Rating #207 for this beer.
Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
vintage 2003
Pours muddy orange-golden. Some rather big floaties went into my glass. Small, fizzy, off-white head that settles and a thin, bubbly film. Stunning aroma, lots of apples, viniousness, oranges, yeast, sweet bready malts, some oaky vanilla. Highish carbonation, super oily mouthfeel. Flavour has lots of alcohol, yeast, pear, apples, oranges. The heavy bready malts still stick out nicely. The finish is dry and very wonderfully oaky. Incredibly lingering in its warming alcohol, vanilla and apple notes. Very, very good.
Golden with big off white head. Big malts with green apple aroma. Lots of fruity esters, green apple and a bit of sharpness. Really doesn’t let up. A definite after dinner drink. Doesn’t hide the ABV at all. The oak might have smoothed it out, but it’s still a bit rough. Hell, this was a 2003...give it another 2 years.
Trade from both Rciesla and Hopdog (One to drink, One to cellar).Let me start by saying I was at the Kulminator in 08 and asked for this beer. The owner replied "Not ready yet". He wasn’t wrong. Poured from the bottle into my Oerbier tulip glass. Clear orange to hazy orange after the yeast enters the glass on second pour. Fizzy White 1 finger head with moderate lacing. Aroma was great, filled with brandy, apples, freshly cut grass, citrus hops, and a hint of wood. It was light bodied with a thin texture. Lively carbonation makes it refreshing to drink. The brandy was a little to present in the flavor . Im sure if this bottle had some more time it would be wonderful.
2003 bottle. Calvados cask. Hazy amber with a rocky off white head. Dustbowl dry aroma of hay, lime, with some sour wood and caramel. Smooth medium full body. Earthy, yeasty tripel flavors mingle with a sharp lime boozy margarita taste. The un barreled Bitch is better.
330ml 2003 bottle, on 3/09, shared by after4ever. Pours a clear deeper golden yellow with lively white head. Nose is sugary sweet with tons of fuji apple aroma. Very dry on the palate and heavily carbonated. Taste is much like the nose and is also on the ’hot’ side. Makes sense I guess given the 11%. The calvados really starts to appear as this warms up. This one was decent and I am glad that I got to try it, just think this one needs to sit in the bottle longer. Thanks Tom!
Pours amber and hazy with a thin white head. Smells of pronounced oak, some dry pilsner malt, sweet fruity hints, apples, spicy. Tastes dry with lots of fruity hints and an oaky finish.
330. ’03 version, cracked March 09. Pours a hazy burnished medium coppery amber. Light, swirling gray head. Green apples, red wine grapes, orange zest, and peaches on the nose. Lots of tannic citrus. Creamy medium body. Still some sharp carb even after all this time. Apples, grapes, oranges, and peaches again on the mid-palate, along with some vodka. Dry, hot finish. That’s some seriously tough commando yeast, to still be pushing booze and bubbles in this stuff after 6 years in the bottle.
Bottle generously shared by Ethan. Dusty funk, but more dust and less funk. Not as wild as many De Dolles... perhaps this has mellowed with age? Tons of apple... reminds me of caramel apples or calvados. Really good but not very typically of this brewery, which is a favorite of mine.
Bottle from the cellar at Bottleworks, brought up shortly after their 10th. Pours a hazy orange with a thick, bubbly head. Aroma has orange, oak, candi sugar, cider and light caramel. Wow, does the flavor ever take off! Oak and brandy, yeasty, bready notes, black pepper and maybe even a dry red wine. Boozy - this is a very hot brew, even after sitting around all these years. It definitely didn’t lose its "aggressive carbonation and dryness," either - plenty of both in here, and I ended up swirling out quite a bit of fizz. Very good, just too hot to handle - it can’t cover that kind of strength.
Huge thanks to Ethan for sharing this ’03 bottle. Very nice pour, hazy orange, with a subtle nose that seems to bear the mark of the beer’s age. Specifically, the ripe apple notes come across more to me than the barrel or the brandy. Very pleasant. The carbonation is light but still prickly, and the mouthfeel is a bit thin. Sweet and yeasty, this one’s not as complex as other De Dolle offerings but is still a real treat.
Pours an amber yellow with a frothy white head. The nose is earthy and mellow, pungent character, rich, yeasty, candy, barrel character. The flavor is spicy and warming alcohol, mellow, yeasty, barrel character shows. Very interesting. The palate is dry and spicy, warming alcohol. Lively.
Bottle shared by someone at Woodshop Quad. Nose was lightly sweet with contrasting tartness and spicy notes. Orange with a big off white head Flavor was lightly tart with some oakiness.
Slight hazy orange golden beer with a big white head. This massive Triple is very aromatic and rich in the nose, it has a soft malty aroma with hints of spices, honey, bread-dough, flowers, hops and some white pepper. There is also some spicy heat, and a complex touch of boozy Calvados. The taste is outspoken Triple like, silky and rich. It has smooth roundings, a nice touch of sweet bread and apple-cake caracteristics. This mega Triple is full-bodied, soft, rich and ends with an interesting heat of spices, wood and Calvados.
2003 to cask, bottled 2005, aged over 3 years. A cloudy, glowing, dusty orange colored body is crowned with a small, tight layer of cream colored foam. Soapy sheets of lace break apart quickly and slip back down into the body. The calvados influence is strong on the nose, notes of apple brandy, vanilla, oak, and woody spice abounds. Aromas of caramel and candy sugar push their way through the fruity, spicy, alcoholic veil. The flavor is seemingly more intense and concentrated. Golden raisons and candy sugar show prominently, as do notes of spicy cinnamon stick, oaky vanilla, and warm, spiced apple brandy. A smooth, nearly full mouthfeel tops things off, lightly carbonated and sweet, but never cloying. There’s just a hint of alcoholic zing on the finish, which is quite the accomplishment for an 11% ABV concoction. Beautiful beer. It reminds me a lot of Captain Lawrence’s Golden Delicious, only less hot. It is a shame this is retired, as I would love to make it a recurring special occasion or holiday brew.
Very Nice Abbey. Hidden sourness.. nice fresh feel. spice and fruit with a nice dry finish
Lots of malty sweet aromas off this beer. Nice head left decent lacing too. Flavors were some spice, and some fruity maltiness. Finish was alcohol and bread. Pretty yummy
Big thanks to hopdog for this bottle. 2003 version drank in 2008. Pours a clear orange color with some reddish tint. A large white head that goes down a bit. The aroma is very nice; loads of yeast, apples and citrus notes, some wood, and a hint of sourness. The flavor is very nice; not as sweet as the original, this version is more fruity and has lots of yeast. A large barrel aged character, and a strong alcohol presence. Pretty mellow though, the five years aging, plus two in the barrel will do that. A lot of apple cider flavors here, some sweet sugary notes too, but not too much. Very nice.
Bottle. Pours a murky borwn golden nectar with frothy white head. Notes of wood, yeast, butterscotch, spices and dark fruit. Very dry and well settled etoh. Overall powerful woodiness from 24months of aging dominate this beer and with these added years has settled into something to enjoy.
@ Kulminator: Clear dark amber with short lasting head. Strong malty aroma with notes of ripe fruit and spices. Flavour is sweet with long sweet finish with some dryness.
Bottle @ Kulminator Deep golden with medium white head. Sweet vinious aroma with caramel, yeast and ripe fruits. Sweet flavor with malty and caramel, fruity, yeast and alcohol notes. Nice!
33cl bottle from Knightly Spirits (Orlando, FL). Pours a dark caramel brown with thin white head. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, toffee, spice. Flavor is similar but also with notes of vinegar and sour ripe fruit. Very different from the regular Teve 10 perhaps because of the way the beer aged. Medium to full body with a sweet finish.
A rare find. Very good beer, with aging, but considerably less so than the normal Dulle Teve. There is sweet malt, apple, toffee, and enough alcohol to almost burn my nose. The flavor has candy sugar, with a vinegary presence, some acidity in the finish. For a beer this old it was a bit disappointing.
( 05 bottle, thanks Stine!) Pours a hazed orange with a white head. Aroma was very peppery, and oaky, with hints of apple skin, light yeast (not that huge bready aspect that De Dolle beers normally have), honey, and some alcohol. The flavor is quite spicy, with a lot of the bready yeast now present, and just a touch of apple skin. A solid beer, but not De Dolle’s best.
[’05 Bottle, thanks for sharing, Stine!] Pours very hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is apple with a lot of yeast, some oak and some notes of alcohol as well. The taste is yeast dominant with light bitterness midway through and then maltiness at the very end. Good mouthfeel with a fairly dry, long and yeasty finish. I really love most De Dolle products, and while this one was good, it wasn’t quite as good as I had hoped for.
Poured from an 11.2 oz. bottle; bottled 2005. A thick bronze. Misty and heavily frothed. Soft brandy and wildflower honey aroma. A deep, fulsome tart fruit texture, that swims in caramels and bitter apple skins. Sparkling earthy pear, lacquered in vanilla extract, and a distant syrupy shade of agave, which is probably just an illusion of the greenness of the calvados character amidst the steam of alcohol. It’s nice though. It gives the the beer a sort of dingy and grimy attractiveness, like some gem of a beer unexpectedly pulled from a ratty mexican cellar.
Flavor is deep with perfumes and musty orchard colors. Warm, and expansive, if on a somewhat simple canvas of turbinado sugars, doughy honey malt and hot floral fragrance. Alcohol warmth is unresigned, but silky and spirit-forward in texture, with a smooth peppery heat. Creamy pastry-like sweetness in the heavy velvet tones of spiced oak and the grit of cotton candy. Somewhat split between the rough and the soft, though it’s hardly a struggle of extremes.
Heavy palate carried in an autumnally brisk carbonation. Pleasant. Vanilla and basic butterscotch on apples dries out the finish, at length. The age on the triple is inviting, earth-dwelling and warm, but it’s hard to determine what positive impartation the calvados barrel has lent. It always seems a little warm to me, and the gorgeously subtle malt complexity of the original gets buried a bit. Small complaints...Thanks Steve!
11.2oz. Bottled 2005. Aroma is fairly yeast driven with plenty of oak and malt as well. Just the smallest hint of calvados. Warming alcohol. Pours a fairly clear light copper with a small sustained white head. Spicy and slightly funky yeast with tart apple skin. Moderately spiced. A slight herbal quality to it as well. The alcohol escalates as the beer warms and then distracts a bit. Thicker bodied with lively carbonation and tannic wood notes on the finish. Thanks Eben!
330ml bottle given to me as a bonus by BrianK. thank you sir....pours pretty similarly to the standard version if only a a shade or two of a darker brown.... aroma was a little more fruity apple and a hint of sourness and wood....alcohol was a little more pronounced and left a boozy sensation in the mouth. slight bitterness in the finish. a little too warm for me and i almost like the regular dulle teve better.