Abstrakt AB:19
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Farmhouse - Black Saison Series Out of Production|
Score
7.54
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One of the most complex beers we’ve ever attempted. A blend of two barrel-aged imperial saisons – one black, one red – which has in turn then been aged in rum barrels, it is an enormous, intricate beer.
A baseline of warm, smoky raisin and plum, followed by punchy flavour elements coming to the fore – coconut, mint and blackcurrant. There’s a long undercurrent of treacle toffee, before the finish darkens to liquorice, star anise amidst a touch of honey sweetness.
Malts: Cara, Carafa, Crystal, Extra Pale, Flaked Oats, Wheat
Hop: Mount Hood
A baseline of warm, smoky raisin and plum, followed by punchy flavour elements coming to the fore – coconut, mint and blackcurrant. There’s a long undercurrent of treacle toffee, before the finish darkens to liquorice, star anise amidst a touch of honey sweetness.
Malts: Cara, Carafa, Crystal, Extra Pale, Flaked Oats, Wheat
Hop: Mount Hood
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at BrewDog Södermalm. Almost black with a small tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, some cocoa and hints of fruit. Similar taste. Full body and with warming alcohol in the finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Apr 2016
at 03:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is dense malty, roated and overripe fruity. Alcohol, dark malty, roasted, rich and toffee to caramelish, breadish. Slight metallic. Dark malty. Bitter and roasted dark finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2016
at 16:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Appearance: Pours almost completely black with a tiny layer of foam. Oily.Aroma: complex, multilayered aroma; roastiness, leather, hints of tobacco, treacle. Sweet, toffee and treacle. Also a tad sour.Flavour: Sweet and flat mouthfeel, followed by an explosion of roast. Very vinous, some berries, toffee and treacle, a little warming, some chocolate. Has something of a chocolate dessert. Whisky hints. Medium dry finish with long lasting sweetness (almost sickly sweet). Nice, complex experimental beer with very interesting flavours.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2016
at 16:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 13.1%. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is toasted malt, dark fruit, plume, oak, wood, rum, wood and oak. Flavour is malt, roasted malts, dark fruit, plume, raisins, rum, sweet, sugar, oak, wood, warming, coconut, notes of alcohol and chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 15:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black with a short lived brown head - Dark malt aroma with some wineus wood armas - Good sweet malt body with some dark fruit and berry notes with some wood and hints of vanilla as weel - The dark fruity flavours goes into the finish with some warm alcohol - This was nice and warming
Tried
on 15 Apr 2016
at 13:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Brum. Pours very dark brown with a thin head. Aroma is dark chocolate and whisky. Taste is mint chocolate and heavy whisky. Alcohol on the aftertaste.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2016
at 11:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Near black, beige head. Rich aroma of coconut, vanilla-ish bourbon and chocolate. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Chipotle, chocolate and vanilla. Peppery warming finish. Rich and mouthfilling. Pretty much as far from a saison as you can go, but damn tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2016
at 16:05
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark Saison with a thin dark brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity dark chocolate malt dark fruits, molasses, vanilla, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with loads of dark fruits, light mocha coffee, oily mouth feel, vanilla, alcohol warmth, very nice and complex. On tap at Brewdog Rome.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2016
at 12:28
8/10
Tried
on 27 Jan 2016
at 09:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled 375ml. -from Pivoteka Zagreb. Shared with Marko and hrabren. Almost black coloured, small beige head, wood and raisins in the nose. Heavy malty, alcoholic, notes of wood, dried fruits, vanilla and coconut with fruity alcoholic finish. Very complex and well balanced brew. Vintage 2015, bottle No. 9463 of 10042.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2016
at 10:05