Ter Dolen Armand
Brouwerij Ter Dolen N.V.
- From:
- Brouwerij Ter Dolen N.V.
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
Ranked #194 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #31,070 - Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 9.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 25, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 30, 2013
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.47/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.47/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Copenhagen 11/2 2021. 33 cl bottle from Belgisk Bryg, Emdrup Mosevej, Kbh. NV. Black label with a little portrait of brewer Armand Desplenter who died in 2014.
Pours unclear - almost hazy - golden yellow with a mid-sized white head. Settles as 1 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a sweetened malty odor mingling with hoppy citric notes. Sweet pale malts, white sugar, banana. Citrus and lime.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly lighter citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and a bit harsh. Lingers for a while. Finish is dry.
Classic Belgian with a hoppy citric touch.
Mar 25, 2025Pours unclear - almost hazy - golden yellow with a mid-sized white head. Settles as 1 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with a sweetened malty odor mingling with hoppy citric notes. Sweet pale malts, white sugar, banana. Citrus and lime.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly lighter citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and a bit harsh. Lingers for a while. Finish is dry.
Classic Belgian with a hoppy citric touch.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.89/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L- Mid amber, very slight haze (sediment left in bottle), pours with eager 2-3Cm white foam head. ps. 20mins later a 3mm cap is still holding.
S- Rich, quite deep with hints of spice.
T- Very nice, very blond. It's a solid taste, there is a spicy aspect, mild and balanced though so hard to ID specifics within it. Surprisingly for 'a mere' 7% at times I get the beginnings of an ABV%-zing on the palate.
F- Big on flavour for a 7% It feels quite rich too. Rich not sweet by the way. Hence it's more of a slow-sipping beer to me than anything to rush.
O- Very nice indeed. Zero out of place or balance or place to note. I could happily drink this one almost any day. Good value too considering it being bought as an import from a specialist retailer.
330ml bottle BB: 7/03/2021 £2.16 fromBeersOfEurope/UK for home delivery to me in London.
Jun 17, 2020S- Rich, quite deep with hints of spice.
T- Very nice, very blond. It's a solid taste, there is a spicy aspect, mild and balanced though so hard to ID specifics within it. Surprisingly for 'a mere' 7% at times I get the beginnings of an ABV%-zing on the palate.
F- Big on flavour for a 7% It feels quite rich too. Rich not sweet by the way. Hence it's more of a slow-sipping beer to me than anything to rush.
O- Very nice indeed. Zero out of place or balance or place to note. I could happily drink this one almost any day. Good value too considering it being bought as an import from a specialist retailer.
330ml bottle BB: 7/03/2021 £2.16 fromBeersOfEurope/UK for home delivery to me in London.
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.27/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.27/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Ter Dolen Armand pours a golden color with a big lacing head. Aroma is sweet and yeasty, with notes of socks. Taste is spicy, bitter, with more hints of socks. Good body and feel. Overall, not my favorite, strange bitterness with a strange sock flavors.
May 09, 2017
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.83/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Brussels Beer Weekend.
Hazy blonde with a shaving cream head. 4
Loads of dough and grain on the nose. 3.5
Pears, crackers, lemon rind, melon, some flowers, and orange. 4
Crisp, round, almost medium. 4
The one concession to America in my list for this festival - big on Cascade, supposedly. In the end hops are a bit buried. Easy, but a bit unrefined and disappointing. 3.75
Oct 05, 2015Hazy blonde with a shaving cream head. 4
Loads of dough and grain on the nose. 3.5
Pears, crackers, lemon rind, melon, some flowers, and orange. 4
Crisp, round, almost medium. 4
The one concession to America in my list for this festival - big on Cascade, supposedly. In the end hops are a bit buried. Easy, but a bit unrefined and disappointing. 3.75
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.29/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.
Pours a hazy golden-yellow with a foamy bone head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, honey, earth, and cardboard aromas. Taste is much the same with malt, honey, fruit, and cardboard flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of earth bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and sticky mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable, but it's coming across as somewhat old and oxidized to me.
Serving type: bottle.
Jul 28, 2015Pours a hazy golden-yellow with a foamy bone head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, honey, earth, and cardboard aromas. Taste is much the same with malt, honey, fruit, and cardboard flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of earth bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and sticky mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable, but it's coming across as somewhat old and oxidized to me.
Serving type: bottle.
Reviewed by ScottHorta
2.96/5 rDev -19.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
2.96/5 rDev -19.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
The smell is of cedar and pine. Great mouth feel with a bubbly champagne finish. Become a lot smoother with each sip. Slight hint of booze but not too overpowering. Slight taste of yeast with suttle spice notes.
Jul 25, 2015
Rated by GJ40 from North Carolina
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sampled fresh at the Bruges Beer Festival 2015.
Feb 11, 2015
Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida
3.39/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Reviewed from notes. Poured from 750 mL bottle into a Cycle goblet.
A: Hazy gold, with modest visible carbonation leading to a finger's worth of white head with average retention.
S: Toffee and sweet malts, a touch of grassy barnyard and citrus rind. Also smells a bit oxidized.
T: Bready malts with some toffee flavor, along with grapefruit hops, a touch of oxidation, some banana esters and apples. A yeasty character that adds to the bready impression. Resinous bitterness at the end with a sweetness from the malts and yeast esters.
M: Medium body, and nicely carbonated. The alcohol seems well-hidden.
O: Not bad but nothing exciting. Overall fairly sweet, but I wish the hops could have played a bit larger of a role. There isn't a ton of Belgian character here either. In my opinion, you wouldn't be missing much if you never tried this.
Nov 11, 2014A: Hazy gold, with modest visible carbonation leading to a finger's worth of white head with average retention.
S: Toffee and sweet malts, a touch of grassy barnyard and citrus rind. Also smells a bit oxidized.
T: Bready malts with some toffee flavor, along with grapefruit hops, a touch of oxidation, some banana esters and apples. A yeasty character that adds to the bready impression. Resinous bitterness at the end with a sweetness from the malts and yeast esters.
M: Medium body, and nicely carbonated. The alcohol seems well-hidden.
O: Not bad but nothing exciting. Overall fairly sweet, but I wish the hops could have played a bit larger of a role. There isn't a ton of Belgian character here either. In my opinion, you wouldn't be missing much if you never tried this.
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