Stille Nacht (Silent Night) is a prestige beer from De Dolle Brouwers brewed for Christmas. It has the highest density of any Belgian beer (27 degrees Pl). It has been boiling for many hours, brewed with pale malt with white candi 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 does not mean decreasing quality with this beer. Keep some samples at 10 degrees C and mark the year on the cap with an alcohol marker.
De Dolle Brouwers translates as "the mad brewers" and that suits people behind De Dolle. They produce daring, delicious beers and have done since 1980, long before the term "craft beer" was coined.
I love Belgian beers, tripples and quadruples especially, and this is one of the best I've had, on the level of Gulden Draak and Piraat, I'd say.
Not just sweet, but also a bit sour, and gives a light feeling.
Mike
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The perfect nightcap
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This is one of those beers that varies a bit year on year but this version is top notch. It's quite boozy with a lot of candy sugar sweetness.
Benj65
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Best Xmas Beer Ever
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This is a consistently wonderful Xmas Beer from Flanders, BE. It pours with a gorgeous golden and burnished sheen, tastes complex w lots of complex and interesting flavours to contemplate and the finish is peace and goodwill to all. What more do you want?? Ages v well, try 3-5 years later, see what you think. A world class beer? Surely, yes.