Oerbier Special Reserva 2008 (Bottled 2009)
Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers

Oerbier Special Reserva 2008 (Bottled 2009)Oerbier Special Reserva 2008 (Bottled 2009)
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From:
Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
 
Belgium
Style:
Flanders Oud Bruin
ABV:
13%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.31 | pDev: 8.12%
Reviews:
57
Ratings:
92
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 05, 2021
Added:
Oct 27, 2009
Wants:
  34
Gots:
  20
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Ratings by Beerenauslese:
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Reviewed by Beerenauslese from California

4.7/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This bottle has been in my cellar a couple of years. Poured into a small vintage Rodenbach tumbler glass.

Body is reddish copper brown with a tan head that dissipates to an 1/8th inch cap. Not much lacing to speak of.

Smells of cherry fruit, a bit of vinegar, funk, tea, and brown sugar. Very intriguing.

This is an oud bruin with a unique character! There is a strong malt backbone to this, with a nice caramel element, and the beer has now oxidized some, adding more of a port quality. Still has a nice cherry tartness and a nice level of acid coming through. Has a lovely depth in the finish that lasts, like a fine liquor, along with a bit of cinnamon spice. The stickiness of the beer on my lips says there is more sugar in this than I am tasting, and it is very well balanced by the tartness, like a nice cherry pie.

Body is medium, mainly due to the sugars, and the carbonation gives this a lovely creamy mouthfeel.

This beer is just delightful. The alcohol is exceptionally well integrated, but at 13%, makes this a sipper. It makes a good dessert beer.
Aug 13, 2011
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York

4.47/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
Leather brown with garnet highlights + a fast-fading ribbon of off-white froth; wine, wet wood, red currants, winter spice on the nose; walnuts, ginger cake, red plum, waxy leather, a whack of tannins, red wine vinegar, and a pepper finish; dry, warming, lt-med.

4 4.5 4.5 4 4.75

Gives off balsamic aromas but more so wine and wood individually.
Similarly the taste ranges from sharp, fruity acid to deep dark candy sugar - there are sips that are bracingly tart + sips that aren’t sour at all.
It all has a library mustiness on the end - that’s 12 years of age, no doubt.
Dunno if to call this a bruin or BDSA but it’s shifty + mature + lovely.

A pleasure.
Aug 05, 2021
 
Rated: 3.96 by ckeegan04 from Texas

Aug 04, 2020
 
Rated: 4.31 by StoutSnob40 from California

Jul 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by imperialking from Illinois

Jun 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.35 by wethorseblanket from California

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by claaark13 from Indiana

Dec 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by atpca from California

Nov 07, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by miguellunarusso from Mississippi

Oct 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by GRG1313 from California

Sep 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by zestar from California

Aug 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by BARFLYB from Pennsylvania

Jul 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by taospowder from New Mexico

Jul 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Hypersomnia from New Jersey

Nov 15, 2013
 
Rated: 5 by WOLFGANG from South Carolina

Jul 05, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by jkane101 from New Jersey

Jun 06, 2013
 
Rated: 5 by Photekut from Tennessee

Jun 01, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by Atomicskis5 from Connecticut

Apr 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by bsuedekum from Missouri

Mar 28, 2013
Oerbier Special Reserva 2008 (Bottled 2009) from Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 92 ratings