Black Damnation X - Double Wood
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.91
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1892 - William Grant bouwt de Balvenie distilleerderij in het verlaten Balvenie New House. Anno 2018 vergisten we Black Albert tot 15% en voegen die toe aan een stel fantastische whisky & sherry barrels van deze distilleerderij. Om The Balvenie DoubleWood te maken, neemt David Stewart MBE whisky die minstens 12 jaar in traditionele whiskyvaten, Amerikaans eiken ex-bourbonvaten en hogsheads heeft gelegen, en verplaatst deze naar Spaanse eiken ex-Oloroso sherryvaten voor nog eens negen maanden. De Balvenie DoubleWood single malt whisky dankt zijn karakter aan de rijping in twee verschillende houtsoorten. Elke fase verleent verschillende kwaliteiten aan de resulterende single malt whisky. De traditionele vaten verzachten en geven een delicaat karakter, het sherryhout geeft diepte en een volle smaak en de laatste paar maanden in onze vaten zorgen ervoor dat de whisky's harmonieus met elkaar kunnen versmelten.
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Tidens Farver @ Home. Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, whisky, dried fruit, wood. Flavor is light sweet, roasted malt, caramel, sweet dried dark fruit, wood, little sherry, whisky. Medium body, soft carbonation, light sweet finish with a little warming alcohol. 170326
Tried
from Bottle
from
Tidens Farver
on 17 Mar 2026
at 20:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Frothy good mostly lasting head. Dark brown colour. Heavy malty and modetrate hoppy aroma-. Heavy bitter flavor. Long great finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2025
at 16:00
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
2018 bottle shared by one of the boys in Chapel Hill.
Dark brown pour with a slight russet hue.
Savory, mellow malt with a slight berry nose.
Vinous, strong brown ale with some heartier soot in the middle, creamer, spot of steak sauce acid on the tail.
Lovely.
Dark brown pour with a slight russet hue.
Savory, mellow malt with a slight berry nose.
Vinous, strong brown ale with some heartier soot in the middle, creamer, spot of steak sauce acid on the tail.
Lovely.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2025
at 20:35
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
from Brygshoppen ApS
on 02 Aug 2025
at 12:50
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle: Poured a deep black with a tan head. Aroma is rich roasted malt, smoke, boozy, woodsy. Taste is super boozy, sherry, roasted malts, roasty, lingers around the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 17:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, whiskey, some nice (dried) fruity notes, and a touch of liquorice. Flavour is mild to medium sweet with a little bitterness and booze in the finish. Drinks quite below it's hefty 15%. This is really quite to my liking, such wonderful balance between Stout and barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle.Pitch black colour with small head.Aroma of licorice and soya feel boozy and strong with oily finish not my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2024
at 08:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
330mL bottle, pours black with almost no head. Nose is quite woody, with gentle sherry-like oxidation, gentle whiskey, and a touch of roast. Flavour is very barrel-forward, with lots of generic woodiness, lightly smoked whiskey, some sherry, and a light roasted base. Finishes dry, woody, with both the whiskey and sherry showcasing. Carbonation is basically flat, which isn't ideal but the complexity is there to be appreciated. For a 15%er, this doesn't drink that massively. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2024
at 02:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle @ Pirkkala. Batch #20210018: bottled 14.04.2021, BBE 14.04.2026 Aroma has fruity hops, some licorice. Flavour has salty licorice, ash and tobacco. No signs of barrels here. Too salty for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2023
at 19:07
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
5 October 2023. Bottle from Stacks. Vintage 2018. Bottled: 14/4/2021.
Cloudy black, small, foamy, beige head. Strong aroma of black olive, soy sauce, ketjap manis, prune, sweet whisky, espresso, cocoa nib, charred wood, fig, pecan, vanilla bean. Taste has sweet prune & fig and a hint of sourish brambleberry wrapped in a dark-chocolatey, pecan-nutty, slightly toasty malt body; surrounded by umami notes of black olive & ketjap. Earthy hoppy finish, some spiciness added to the ongoing roasted chocolate & ash; vanilla-scented wood appears along with the warming whisky alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. A very satisfying and rounded experience; doesn't feel like 15%, the Balvenie treatment definitely makes it more mellow.
Cloudy black, small, foamy, beige head. Strong aroma of black olive, soy sauce, ketjap manis, prune, sweet whisky, espresso, cocoa nib, charred wood, fig, pecan, vanilla bean. Taste has sweet prune & fig and a hint of sourish brambleberry wrapped in a dark-chocolatey, pecan-nutty, slightly toasty malt body; surrounded by umami notes of black olive & ketjap. Earthy hoppy finish, some spiciness added to the ongoing roasted chocolate & ash; vanilla-scented wood appears along with the warming whisky alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. A very satisfying and rounded experience; doesn't feel like 15%, the Balvenie treatment definitely makes it more mellow.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2023
at 15:32