8.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Gekocht op 9-08-2025 bij Biergigant Dendermonde. En thuis onderzocht met mijn immer enthousiaste smaakpapillen op 12-12-2025.

Jailhouse Brew wordt gebrouwen bij Brouwerij Slaapmutske uit Melle in samenwerking met de Estse VAAT-brouwerij. Slaapmutske brouwt sinds 2000 hun eigen bieren onder de merknaam Slaapmutske. Deze zijn zowel in het binnen- als buitenland te verkrijgen. Sinds 2025 zijn ze door een overname ook trotse eigenaar van het bier L'Arogante. Ze zetten op continue basis in op productontwikkeling en zijn steeds op zoek naar nieuwe ideeën of samenwerkingen!

JAILHOUSE BREW is een wat wazig zwart bier dat veel bruinig schuim aanmaakt wat een fijne gelijkmatige laag vormt die sterk aan je glas blijft kleven. Het blijft stabiel en wat later heb je nog steeds een fijn laagje van enkele mm’s op je bier staan. Het bier is te donker om enige pareling te kunnen waar nemen.

HET AROMA:
Beetje kers, zoetig, zoethout, chocolade, koffie, mout, zoete alcohol.
DE SMAAK:
Zoet, zoethout, wat kers, wat gebrand, koffie, mout, zoete alcohol.
HET MONDGEVOEL:
Volle body en een romige textuur, normaal prikkelend koolzuurgas.
DE NASMAAK:
Zoet, wat kers, licht gebrand, koffie, een noten tint, zoete alcohol. De koffie, het zoete en de alcohol vloeien lang uit.
HET TOTAALGEVOEL:
Een complex bier.
HET VERDICT:
Lekker biertje, geen al te sterke tinten, lijkt wel barrel aging ondergaan te hebben. Zoetig en wat alcoholisch, perfect voor mij. Goede Belgische stout.
Meer info en mijn befaamde sublieme foto’s vind je bij:
http://www.beersfrombelgium.eu/nl/Jailhouse_Brew-b-4753.html

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Aroma is sweet powdery chocolate, lots of coffee, cocoa, mocha, dark malt, touch of liquorice and dried fruits/raisins. Flavour is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Not as full as I’d like, but I do dig the lovely chocolate mocha coffee aroma.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

29 November 2023. At Hotel Columbo, Ghent. Cheers to the quiz crew!

A: hazy black, stable, foamy, beige head.
A: old fondant, tobacco, iron, dark fudge, cold coffee.
T: sweetish fudge, prune, old milk chocolate, toast, some iron.
F: herbal hops, bit spicy, chocolate, coffee, warming vodka-like alcohol.
P: full body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Classic Stout, accessible despite some iron here and there.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

The dark brother of Blimey, an IPA brewed in collaboration between Belgian Slaapmutske and Estonian Vaat – with this oatmeal stout too being the combined work of both client brewers, and apparently already circulating on the market since early 2015. Bottle at Hotel Columbo. Thick and frothy, dense, membrane-like lacing, yellowish beige head on an ink black beer. Aroma of black coffee and coffee grounds, black pepper, burnt toast, dried blackcurrants, unsugared black chocolate, dark green tree leaves, nutmeg, bayleaf, hint of shoe polish-like solvent. Dark-fruity, quite clean onset, burnt currants and old raisins, quite dryish with medium carb and oily mouthfeel; bitter black chocolatey and strongly toasty core with a strong old-fashioned roasted bitterness filling the mouth, supported by leafy hops and warming, ‘jenever’-ish alcohol. The velvety smoothness and subtle underlying cereally sweetness of the oats are clearly recognisable. Vague nuttiness echoes at the back – along with a deep coffee-ish roastedness. ‘Basic’ strong oatmeal stout without any of the frills one sees in stouts all too often these days – feels obsolete, but I love a good oldskool roasty-bitter stout so I enjoyed this one.

6.6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

19/VIII/23 - 33cl bottle @ Gents Bierfestival (Gent), BB: n/a (2023-474) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: good roast, malty, grains, some coffee, a hint of chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, malty, a little bitter, roasted, hoppy, coffee. Aftertaste: malty, caramel, a bit sweet, some chocolate, bitter finish, quite some alcohol in the finish.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled (thanks TBone!). Deep brownish black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts, some coffee and mild smoked tones to it. Flavour is chocolaty, some roasted malts, coffee, smoked wet wood and mild earthy tones.

6.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Smell-weak bit to medium, malt, coffee, caramel, weak sweetness. Foam-thin, roast, malt, caramel-ish, dark chocolate, coffee. Head is small to medium-sized, medium-dark brown-white color. Appearance- generic blue bottle cap, simple label. Very dark brown, but basically black color., weak to medium carbonation. From - stout glass Taste- weak malt, caramel, some sweetness, some coffee, and dark chocolate notes. Overall semi-sweet, some alco notes in the back.

8

Krasses Teil. Dickflüssig, teerig, schwer, süss, stark, röstig, rauchig. Toll.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

18/12/2020. Bottle courtesy of Mart, cheers! Pours black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of chocolate, light roasted malt, caramel, milky cocoa, dark fruit. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, creamy texture, average carbonation. Very nice aroma, good overall.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Good amount of dark tan head. Aroma: Dark malt, dark chocolate, roasted. Taste: Dark malt, roasted, some oatmeal. Dark chocolate. Bought: Drinks of the World (Bern), 330 ml, CHF 5.80 Info: 11/10-2019, BB: 24/12-2020