Dr. Oovert
Schilling Beer Co.
- From:
- Schilling Beer Co.
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Ranked #57 - ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #10,473 - Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 10.12%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 19, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Characterized by a multitude of dark fruit flavors and caramel malt on the palate. Finish is dry and accompanied by light alcohol warming. Our recipe is based on traditional raw material selection and fermentation techniques and is brewed with deference paid to the Trappist brewers of Belgium.
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.38/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle picked up at the brewery
Pours a big foamy dense 1.5 finger off white head with great retention, lots of soapy lacing, hazy med auburn to brownish color
Nose toasted biscuity toffee, butter cracker, grainy sweet bread crust, rich dark fruits like date fig little raisin, caramelized candi sugar, rich toffee sweet butterscotch
Taste rich dark malts, toasted brains and sweet bread crust, a lot of sweet caramelized bread crust, toffee and butterscotch again, caramel, candi sugar, but not overly sweet and a nice balance, light perfumey smooth alcohol, rich dark fruits with fig raisin date, candied sweet fruit, light bitterness, sticky sweet finish, bit more bitterness
Mouth is fuller bod, rich chewy like, med frothy carb, light warming alcohol
Overall enjoyable beer, sweet presence without actually being too sweet, good balance, light warming alcohol, nice dark fruits, etc. Would love to try a barrel aged version like rum or cognac/brandy
Dec 12, 2021Pours a big foamy dense 1.5 finger off white head with great retention, lots of soapy lacing, hazy med auburn to brownish color
Nose toasted biscuity toffee, butter cracker, grainy sweet bread crust, rich dark fruits like date fig little raisin, caramelized candi sugar, rich toffee sweet butterscotch
Taste rich dark malts, toasted brains and sweet bread crust, a lot of sweet caramelized bread crust, toffee and butterscotch again, caramel, candi sugar, but not overly sweet and a nice balance, light perfumey smooth alcohol, rich dark fruits with fig raisin date, candied sweet fruit, light bitterness, sticky sweet finish, bit more bitterness
Mouth is fuller bod, rich chewy like, med frothy carb, light warming alcohol
Overall enjoyable beer, sweet presence without actually being too sweet, good balance, light warming alcohol, nice dark fruits, etc. Would love to try a barrel aged version like rum or cognac/brandy
Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
4.34/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
From a growler obtained at the brewery on August 20, 2016.
A very attractive reddish-dark amber pour with a modest and fading off-white head.
The aroma is full of dark sweet malts, dark fruit like plum, fig, and dates, but it has a feint alcohol note.
Full body.
The taste has a candied and dark malt sweetness with an added alcohol bite that makes me think of Bourbon barrel aging. The alcohol burn is also there. A warming finish.
Aug 22, 2016A very attractive reddish-dark amber pour with a modest and fading off-white head.
The aroma is full of dark sweet malts, dark fruit like plum, fig, and dates, but it has a feint alcohol note.
Full body.
The taste has a candied and dark malt sweetness with an added alcohol bite that makes me think of Bourbon barrel aging. The alcohol burn is also there. A warming finish.
Reviewed by ScaryEd from New Hampshire
4.22/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Pours a deep mahogany color with a huge, fluffy cream colored head. Leaves a good amount of clingy cobweb lacing.
The aroma brings lots of dark fruits and bready malts. I get raisin and plum, and a touch of fig. Lightly tart.
The flavor starts with the bittersweet dark fruits, followed by a touch of caramel malt and bread straight out of the oven. Finishes with a mild hop bitterness.
Feel is full bodied with moderate at best carbonation. A little sticky and syrupy. Finishes with a bit of alcohol warming.
Overall, another great brew from Schilling. Very nicely balanced.
May 26, 2016The aroma brings lots of dark fruits and bready malts. I get raisin and plum, and a touch of fig. Lightly tart.
The flavor starts with the bittersweet dark fruits, followed by a touch of caramel malt and bread straight out of the oven. Finishes with a mild hop bitterness.
Feel is full bodied with moderate at best carbonation. A little sticky and syrupy. Finishes with a bit of alcohol warming.
Overall, another great brew from Schilling. Very nicely balanced.
Reviewed by mcvick from Virginia
4.44/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Very solid Belgian Strong offering. Poured beer was a nice brown/slightly reddish color. Smooth for a 8+% beer and had a nice balance between malts and limited hops.
May 19, 2016
Reviewed by JFKUpnorth from Michigan
4.65/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Great example of this style. Light mahogany appearance with a fluffy white head. Baked bread on the nose, rich plum and date sweetness. Boozy finish was very welcome on a cold Michigan night in February. Anxious for more from this brewery in the future.
Feb 08, 2016Reviewed by GrotiusM from Michigan
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A- Deep ruby in color; like Dorothy's shoes, but more mellow and deep
S- Wonderful candy syrup that got locked away for decades and fermented. Medicinal, syrupy and phenolic.
T- Dark fruity and carmel-ly awesomeness.
M- Immediate Belgian fruitcake with a dry finish and slight warming.
This stuff is the bomb--as the Scots use single malt to ward off the oncoming cold, I choose Dr. Oovert.
Jan 09, 2014S- Wonderful candy syrup that got locked away for decades and fermented. Medicinal, syrupy and phenolic.
T- Dark fruity and carmel-ly awesomeness.
M- Immediate Belgian fruitcake with a dry finish and slight warming.
This stuff is the bomb--as the Scots use single malt to ward off the oncoming cold, I choose Dr. Oovert.
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