Oerbier Special Reserva 2012 (Bottled 2013)
Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers

Oerbier Special Reserva 2012 (Bottled 2013)Oerbier Special Reserva 2012 (Bottled 2013)
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From:
Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
 
Belgium
Style:
Flanders Oud Bruin
ABV:
13%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.3 | pDev: 11.86%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
119
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 24, 2018
Added:
Dec 16, 2013
Wants:
  25
Gots:
  28
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Rated by pathman from Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2/24/18 bottle WL BA Beer Fest
Feb 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by sweemzander from Illinois

Sep 15, 2017
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Reviewed by Beersnake from California

4.49/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2013 poured from fridge temp. Pours dark brown with really nice head. Nose is sour, wood, and dark cherries. Really nice. Taste is sour (borderline mouth puckering), slight bitterness, oak, cherries, leather, and some citrus peel. Amazingly balanced, and it's impossible to tell that this is 13% ABV. Mouthfeel is medium, but really nice. This is one of the best of this style I have ever had.
Sep 13, 2017
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Reviewed by Immortale25 from North Carolina

4.16/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a Wicked Weed snifter. Label says Brewed in 2012.

A- Pours a murky medium brown color with a 1/4 light tan head that retains decently before becoming a thin ring around the edge of the glass and a large center patch of bubbly surface foam. Resilient lacing leaves a thick jagged ring behind.

S- Musty aroma of lactic acid, oak, booze and what you could say might be funk but it's so unique I'm not sure if that's what it actually is.

T- Well-balanced flavors of medium-high sourness, oak and dark fruit. At no point would I ever guess this is as strong as 13%.

M- Dry with a solid pucker. Medium carbonation and a body leaning toward the fuller side.

O- Very good. Would liked to have tried it fresh first, but this is a satisfying Flanders red with a kick to it that you don't sense until you're halfway through.
Apr 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4.6 by WOLFGANG from South Carolina

Apr 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.35 by bigred89 from Maryland

Dec 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.16 by jrfehon33 from Pennsylvania

Apr 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.96 by Pletser from Belgium

Mar 10, 2016
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Reviewed by amano_h from Oregon

4.88/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
33cl bottle at De Dolle Brouwers (Esen, Belgium)

Smells like a dream. A wonderful mix of sour cherries, oak, vanilla, apples and Belgian yeast. The cherry gets more and more pronounced and assertive with the passage of time with the woody characters still solidly imprinted in the background. I wish I could smell this all day.

Tastes very much like it smells; tart sour cherries, oak, a dash of vanilla, and a very mild hint of sweetness toward the end. The oak is a bit more resilient on the tongue than it is on the nose, but not at all in an intrusive way. For a split second I kind of wondered if I wasn't drinking a kriek.

There is no way in hell this is 13% ABV because it drinks nowhere close to a beer of that size; light bodied with medium carbonation that spreads evenly over your tongue.
Feb 19, 2016
 
Rated: 4.35 by Ristaccia from Nebraska

Feb 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by SkiBum22 from New York

Jan 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.56 by Sti555 from New Jersey

Jan 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by boudeysbigbrew from California

Dec 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.12 by halo3one from Georgia

Dec 17, 2015
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Rated by badgustav from New Hampshire

4.28/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
A great Ould Bruin, though young. I'd like another to age for 4 or more years.
Oct 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by drewone from California

Oct 05, 2015
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Reviewed by Jwale73 from Rhode Island

3.93/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Big thanks to jdiddy for breaking this one out. Pours a dull, hazy, reddish-brown with no head; just a thin band around the shoulders. Nose expresses dull cherry notes and light toasted malts. Flavor profile is very on-point for the style - tobacco, leather, medicinal cherries and some slight lactic notes. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body with a lively carbonation. Quite good but perhaps still a little young.
Sep 14, 2015
 
Rated: 4.51 by rolltide8425 from Pennsylvania

Jul 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.34 by CavemanRamblin from North Carolina

May 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.39 by Krey213 from District of Columbia

May 15, 2015
Oerbier Special Reserva 2012 (Bottled 2013) from Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 119 ratings