Dikke Mathile
Brouwerij Strubbe

Oostende 17/7 2023. 25 cl bottle from Spar, Langestraat, Oostende. A lady made out of wax (Mathile I presume) lying in front of Kursaal Ostende on the label.

Pours clear golden amber with a small white head. Stable. Settles as thin, almost transparent layer of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Clinging to the sides of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is fairly intense with a sweet, slightly fermented, fruity odor mingling with a bit of alcohol. Oxidized apple, ripe pear and a bit of peach. Cider-like scent of alcohol. A bit of malty cardboard as backbone.

Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, almost flat texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is a bit bitter with a sweet fermented undertone. Lingers for a while. Finish is fruity yet rather dry.

Quite the fermented fruit cocktail.

 

Color very nice dark golden, clear.
Foam quite a large off-white. Build with fine bubbles with a few larger blisters. The average rate disappears from Tulipa.
The aroma of malt, honey, with a delicate caramel, vanilla and a hint of grass.
Dikke Mathil taste in this mainly vanilla, caramel, was slightly acidic, somewhere in the background is, and orange and raisins.
Hop bitterness at the finish very delicate.
Saturation average, alcohol undetectable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bought at slijterij t' Fust in the Bilderdijkstraat in Amsterdam. Poured into a Brasserie D'Achouffe Tulip glass.

L: nice thick foam with coarser bubbles that reduces to a thinner layer. great lacing. Fine medium carbonation. copper in color and translucent.

S: belgium yeast, hops, fruity esters, little caramel

T: good balance of bitterness and sweetness; a little bit unpleasant metallic aftertaste

M: not much going on really, little carbonation present, feels foamy just before it enters the throat - that's nice

O: I am a bit surprised that my rating is rather average as I remembered this one to be quite good. However, it is not bad at all and it runs down nicely and with an alcohol content of 6 Vol.% it could even qualify as a session beer though due to its limited availability this might be a choice for us beerhappy people within or close to Belgium only.

 

Not a very spectacular beer to start with in this review. Bought this bottle a week ago in Belgium.

Amber coloured beer with two fingers head. There is a bit of a strange smell which is not very inviting. A bit of a soil which was soaked with some chemicals. Also a light sweet smell. This looks like a beer where the ingredients don't match.

No highlight!

I like Mathile. She's sweet and smells fruity.
And she's not that fat at all. In fact, i find 25 cl rather slim...

Looks orange brown, clear, with very good carbonation, decent head, decent lacing.

Fresh malty and fruity smell: peach, currents, berries, banana, citrus.
Taste is mostly malts, some yeast. Most of the fruits are not present, or very faint.
Mouthfeel is smooth, with a spicy bite.
Easy drinkable: refreshing and easy alcohol. Not too complex, but a nice beer.

An opaque, deep golden appearance with a quarter-inch white head that vanished pretty quickly.

Has a very fruit smell ... think I got a whiff of cantaloupe (of all things) and raisins. Has a spicy, malty taste, but not as complex as I would've hoped.

Respectable starting head which leaves solid ring lace. The liquid is nearly clear. The color is a dark gold.

Belgian yeast smell followed by non-descript malt. Oddly, I get a strong fragrance of perfume after the head settled.

Tastes stronger than the abv suggests. While the body is full, I find it interesting that the beer would have such strong warmth from alcohol. The next strongest taste is the yeast, although it is not biting. The malt and hop take a back seat to this beer.

It's drinkable, but uninteresting.

750ml corked and caged bottle, beware of the cork when opening, i opened it slowly and when I got the wire halfway undone it shut up, but it was still intact because the cap stopped it, i then gently pulled the rest of it off with a huge pop, but surprisingly no gush.

It pours a hazy burgundy with a hue of pure brown in it, the head is big and slightly off-white and leaves some speckled lace as it moderately recedes. I would call it a Belgian Dark ale rather than a Belgian pale ale.

It smells extremely fruity. I'm getting strawberries and grapefruit, maybe some golden raisin. There is also a huge amount of almost rye-like malt. It is equal parts tangy and bready.

The flavor is tangier, but with a high alcoholic twang. The fruits in the flavor seem to be the standard esthery flavors like grapes and raisins. Again, that interesting malt bill is present, especially on the back of your tongue after drinking. There is also some burnt caramel/butterscotch that teams with the alcoholic notes.

The mouthfeel could be better, it is only slightly cloying but enough to dock the mouthfeel somewhat. It is also just a tad watery.

It's a decent brew with full flavor and scent, but maybe lacking in the other areas.