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Stille Nacht
Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
- From:
- Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
Ranked #3 - ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,154 - Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 11.22%
- Reviews:
- 569
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 24, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 25, 2001
- Wants:
- 138
- Gots:
- 170
Stille Nacht (Silent Night) is a prestige beer from De Dolle Brouwers, brewed for Christmas. It has a very potent beer (12% alc/vol). It has been boiling for many hours, brewed with pale malt with white candy sugar in the kettle. The Nugget hops 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 hasn't decreased the quality of this beer. Keep some samples at 10°C and mark the year on the cap with an alcohol marker. Cheers!!
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Ratings by Allegue04:
Rated by Allegue04 from Spain
4.2/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jan 09, 2017
4.2/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jan 09, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by micada from New York
4.28/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Well balanced among Belgiany, tart, appley, malty goodness. Mouthfeel is creamy and fuller than you might imagine. Alcohol hides almost entirely despite being a wallop. I’d buy this again.
Feb 24, 2024Reviewed by Iamaskier from Idaho
4.53/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Orange brown body, white loose frothy head.
S: Fruity Belgian deliciousness! Apricot, candied orange peel, Belgian yeast, coriander, vanilla, a few floral notes.
T: Candied orange peel, apricot, green apple and white grape, bright sweet and warm, a bit of peach and a touch of melon, yeast, honey, citrus, and coriander.
F: Creamy, smooth, not boozy at all.
O: It’s been many beers since a beer has stopped me in my tracks like this. There’s just so much here. The flavor of warmth in a bottle, without feeling warm, despite having such an ABV…. Subtle. Merry Christmas, god bless Belgium.
Dec 26, 2023S: Fruity Belgian deliciousness! Apricot, candied orange peel, Belgian yeast, coriander, vanilla, a few floral notes.
T: Candied orange peel, apricot, green apple and white grape, bright sweet and warm, a bit of peach and a touch of melon, yeast, honey, citrus, and coriander.
F: Creamy, smooth, not boozy at all.
O: It’s been many beers since a beer has stopped me in my tracks like this. There’s just so much here. The flavor of warmth in a bottle, without feeling warm, despite having such an ABV…. Subtle. Merry Christmas, god bless Belgium.
Rated by orangejuiceclick
4.29/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.29/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Really enjoyed this. Sweet, with a coffee bitterness, hint of candy floss in the aftertaste
Dec 24, 2023Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.03/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Hazy, dirty apricot yellow body; excellent head, white, dense and lasting; sticky rings of foam cascade down the inside of the glass. Little aroma; dense, earthy sweetness; very mild note of spiciness. Candi sugar sweetness infused with cardamom and ginger; honey and sweet barley; light graininess; well-hidden booziness; slight note of pear and orange; yeasty. Heavy body; thick and sticky; coats the palate.
This is a phenomenal holiday beer, rich and flavorful. I suspect a different glass and a bit of warmth on the beer may open the aroma some. Regardless, a fine sweet, spicy, estery, boozy holiday delight.
Pouring temperature: 43 °F; bottling info: ST NACHT BOTTLED 2020****
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)
Dec 17, 2023This is a phenomenal holiday beer, rich and flavorful. I suspect a different glass and a bit of warmth on the beer may open the aroma some. Regardless, a fine sweet, spicy, estery, boozy holiday delight.
Pouring temperature: 43 °F; bottling info: ST NACHT BOTTLED 2020****
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2019 vintage; drank on draft 12/5/23 @ the Hopleaf.
Mostly opaque orange/brown appearance.
Big khaki head; strong, frothy lacing remained.
Mulled wine, mild toffee & nutmeg notes in the nose.
Creamy, medium thick mouthfeel.
Nutmeg, cream & mulled wine flavors.
Christmas themed in more than just name; a very nice holiday treat. I'd have another.
Dec 13, 2023Mostly opaque orange/brown appearance.
Big khaki head; strong, frothy lacing remained.
Mulled wine, mild toffee & nutmeg notes in the nose.
Creamy, medium thick mouthfeel.
Nutmeg, cream & mulled wine flavors.
Christmas themed in more than just name; a very nice holiday treat. I'd have another.
Reviewed by ScruffySouthpaw from New York
4.29/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Served in a Tulip glass from the bottle.
Appearance: Hazy brown colored body with a white head which comes off very foamy with an initial rise of over one fingers length off the body.
Smell: bland aroma of caramel and malt. It's almost the fermentation smell when you visit a brewery. Not the most pleasant but the worst.
Taste: Complex toffee and vanilla with a mild cinnamon notes. Very addicting taste. Think of barley and honey meshed to with the above to make an addicting brew which is hard to keep down.
Mouth: medium to strong carbonation. Depends how long you let it sit for. Softens a bit after you let it settle. Sticky body which stays with you but not as super potent.
Overall: a gem. Could use tweaking but honestly why mess with something that is not broken. Salud!
Jul 18, 2023Appearance: Hazy brown colored body with a white head which comes off very foamy with an initial rise of over one fingers length off the body.
Smell: bland aroma of caramel and malt. It's almost the fermentation smell when you visit a brewery. Not the most pleasant but the worst.
Taste: Complex toffee and vanilla with a mild cinnamon notes. Very addicting taste. Think of barley and honey meshed to with the above to make an addicting brew which is hard to keep down.
Mouth: medium to strong carbonation. Depends how long you let it sit for. Softens a bit after you let it settle. Sticky body which stays with you but not as super potent.
Overall: a gem. Could use tweaking but honestly why mess with something that is not broken. Salud!
Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
4.31/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
2022 batch bottle. Sampled out of season on May 20, 2023.
Attractive cloudy looking orange-amber appearance underneath a boisterous, fluffy cream colored head that never quite dissipates. Lacing and legs.
Inviting aromas of Belgian yeast, dark bread crust, banana, grape, nutmeg, coriander, and just a whiff of that 12% alcohol.
Medium to full mouthfeel. Soft and delightful.
Sweet bread and "Belgiany" taste with bread, herbs and spices, maybe brown sugar, tannin, and a warming alcohol bite that keeps it mildly dry at the finish. I am drinking it in May but this is something I would enjoy as much on a cold winter night.
May 20, 2023Attractive cloudy looking orange-amber appearance underneath a boisterous, fluffy cream colored head that never quite dissipates. Lacing and legs.
Inviting aromas of Belgian yeast, dark bread crust, banana, grape, nutmeg, coriander, and just a whiff of that 12% alcohol.
Medium to full mouthfeel. Soft and delightful.
Sweet bread and "Belgiany" taste with bread, herbs and spices, maybe brown sugar, tannin, and a warming alcohol bite that keeps it mildly dry at the finish. I am drinking it in May but this is something I would enjoy as much on a cold winter night.
Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
4.37/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
300ml bottle into a Brugges glass. 2018 release so over 4 years old.
Nice looking beer, amber/yellow body with a persistent bright white head. Sweet boozy aroma. Tastes outstanding, warming, fairly sweet with a full mouthfeel.
May 14, 2023Nice looking beer, amber/yellow body with a persistent bright white head. Sweet boozy aroma. Tastes outstanding, warming, fairly sweet with a full mouthfeel.
Stille Nacht from Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
1179 ratings
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