Black Damnation IX - Beggars' Art
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.71
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A Belgian Royal Stout aged for 2yrs in Ardbeg whisky barrels.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
31 December 2021. Cheers to the New Year's Eve crew!
Bottle from Beers@Moviefun. Bottled: 13/4/2021. Cloudy jet black, slowly thinning, beige head. Intense aroma of burnt wood, raisin, prune, fondant, charred meat, tobacco, toast, ground coffee, peated whisky. Taste has sweet prune, raisin and vaguely sourish brambleberry surrounding a bitter core of fondant, coffee & wood, intensely dark-malty and powdery with an extra layer of umami meat and smoke. Earthy hoppy finish, toasty, smoky & woody; here the dark fruits are subdued in favour of fondant and tobacco. Sweetish yet peated whisky alcohol heats the throat. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Complex and the Ardbeg barrel just adds extra depth; huge malt body to carry the 18% and it's not even boozy. Amazing!
Bottle from Beers@Moviefun. Bottled: 13/4/2021. Cloudy jet black, slowly thinning, beige head. Intense aroma of burnt wood, raisin, prune, fondant, charred meat, tobacco, toast, ground coffee, peated whisky. Taste has sweet prune, raisin and vaguely sourish brambleberry surrounding a bitter core of fondant, coffee & wood, intensely dark-malty and powdery with an extra layer of umami meat and smoke. Earthy hoppy finish, toasty, smoky & woody; here the dark fruits are subdued in favour of fondant and tobacco. Sweetish yet peated whisky alcohol heats the throat. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Complex and the Ardbeg barrel just adds extra depth; huge malt body to carry the 18% and it's not even boozy. Amazing!
Tried
on 13 Feb 2022
at 14:38
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Fles 33cl thuis. IBU72. Licht peaty, vanille, eik, chocolade, koffie, as, bruine suiker, toffee, whisky, roasted malts, caramel, vrij zacht, zoeten, licht droog, bittertonen, alcohol overheerst niet. Goede balans. (29-1-2022).
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2022
at 22:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
KYGG 061121. Black color with a small tan head. Aroma is peat, whiskey, roasted malt, licorice. Flavor is peat, whiskey, roasted malt, licorice, coffee, toffee, sugar, alcohol. Too boozy, but still a nice beer.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2022
at 20:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle. A black beer with a tan head. Aroma of strong heavy dark malt, mild peated malt, whiskey, ash. Taste of sweet and very strong malt, vanilla, whiskey, hints of peated malt. Well hidden alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2021
at 21:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 330 ml shared with Max and Miro B at my 10k tasting. Black with beige head. Roasty, chocolate, sweet, wood, whisky, light peat. Bitterish finish. Medium+ bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 21:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle from 'Ace Drinks', bottled in April 2021. Pitch black with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, quite roasty, gently smoky-medicinal aroma of dark chocolate, tar, whisky, peat, coffee and even hints of vanilla. Very sweet, malty, quite roasty, gently smoky-medicinal taste of dark chocolate, peat, tar, pear, coffee and a touch of seaweed, followed by a very long, rather roasty-bitter, gently smoky-medicinal, quite boozy, fairly woody finish. Full body, smooth and slightly oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Impressive beer, very heavy and intense, and I think that peated whiskies match extremely well with this super sweet base beer, much more than bourbon. A delight to drink, maybe a bit too boozy, but that could have been expected at 18.1% abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2021
at 19:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A more or less black one, topped by a small dark tan head. Lightly peated aroma, lightly boozy, with roasted malts, licorice and some coffee hints. It's full-bodied and warming, quite sweet, with a soft carbonation. Roasted malts, peat notes, coffee hints, licorice and some toffee and brown sugar hints in the flavor. Alcohol, booze and a soft bitterness. Lasting finish. Nice, but lacking on complexity, and a bit too warming. 211106
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2021
at 19:45
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle 33 cl. Dark brown, coffee foam. Aroma: a little sour, whisky barrel, a little peat and iodine, caramel, dried figs, chocolate, bread, wine. Taste is more powerful, dense imperial smoked whiskey stout, oak, peat, insulation, a little iodine, smoked whisky, very warming, pleasant bitter finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2021
at 17:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - dark brown to black. Thin beige head and low carbonation. Nose - chocolate and raisin. Not so much smoke but light booze. Taste - raisins and chocolate. Sweet boozy whisky but not expected Ardbeg smoke. Palate - rich and deep with a generous but elegant linger. Overall - lovely stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2021
at 14:20
8/10
bottle at home... dark black.. mthin tan lacing lacing... soft sweet chocolate Roast.. Lightest smoke... deep chocolate roast nose... soft sweey meaty nakts.. big sweet caramel chocolate roast malts.. lightest whisky
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2021
at 14:19