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 Reagan1984:
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Reviewed by Reagan1984 from Massachusetts

3.53/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Fizzy and noisy tan head forms, bubble actively and vanishes. Ruby in color with a very deep color.
No lacing at all.

Aroma was pretty aggressive. Cherry, tart, medicinal, tart, metallic, musty.

Pretty complex flavor. Apple cider, cherry, big alcohol flavor, but not quite "hot" earthy almost dirty, slightly tart. In the background are some layered malt flavor.

Big mouth feel due to the alcohol flavor. Medium bodied. Doesn't hide the 13% too well.

Slow sipper. Interesting, but not epic.
Feb 11, 2010
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