Black Jacques
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Farmhouse - Black Saison Regular|
Score
7.23
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Black Jacques is a twisted and complex beer that will try and thwart description at every turn.
A black saison, brewed with oats and wheat for a silky mouthfeel, spicy hops, and Carafa malt for colour, Black Jacques has been tucked away in oak barrels (previously used to age red wine) for 9 months.
On the nose there are endless and complex interactions between cola, chocolate, coffee, mint humbug, warming oak, and spice. The myriad flavours touch on treacle, ripe banana, espresso, brandy, and a clean herbal warmth, balanced against a red-wine influenced acicity. The body is smooth and lighter than you’d expect from this black beer.
A black saison, brewed with oats and wheat for a silky mouthfeel, spicy hops, and Carafa malt for colour, Black Jacques has been tucked away in oak barrels (previously used to age red wine) for 9 months.
On the nose there are endless and complex interactions between cola, chocolate, coffee, mint humbug, warming oak, and spice. The myriad flavours touch on treacle, ripe banana, espresso, brandy, and a clean herbal warmth, balanced against a red-wine influenced acicity. The body is smooth and lighter than you’d expect from this black beer.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Botella, @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo 12/03/2017 Color negro corona de espuma beige, aromas tostados, sabor tostado, con un final alcohólico..
Tried
on 27 Mar 2017
at 05:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sampled at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014. Session 4. Pours clear, dark brown with a light, tan foam head. The nose holds burnt sage. Medium to big sweet falvour with notes of chocolate, light herbs, mellow Belgian yeast, light roast, burnt bread. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Nicely balanced finish, with further toasted herbs and chocolate. Good stuff.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2016
at 02:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 330 ml. Aroma and taste:herbal, hints of fennel, burnt and roasted malt, red wine and caramel, a bit dried fruits and wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2016
at 06:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark brown beer with a tan head. The aroma gas notes of malt, chocolate, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, alcohol, and wood, leading to a tart finish.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2016
at 01:15
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Two year old bottle. The color is dark brown to black with a small light brown head. Spicy aroma of caradamom, anise, oak, coffee beans, licorice, liqueur, chocolate truffles and cola. Very complex and compact. Slightly sour flavour that is similar to the aroma with more oak, red wine, spices, coffee beans, liqueur and dark chocolate. Has a slick and silky mouthfeel, full-bodied and a light bitterness. A very complex and interesting beer. Like nothing else I�ve tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2016
at 13:45
9/10
Наманый жакуй
Tried
on 01 Jan 2016
at 20:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Brewdog online store. Pours black in colour with a beige foam head. Aroma is grains, woody, formic acid, chocolate. Taste is dark malty, with chocolate & coffee, and notes of cola, oak, vanilla, spice. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, roasted grassy bitter warming finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 16:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
KRS 280315. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Flavour is banana, brandy, fruit, roasted malt, alcohol, oat, hop, pine, spices, chocolate, coffee, herbs. full body. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2015
at 12:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle shared by Werckmeister, many thanks!
Black body, with a small, dense, coffe colored head.
Aroma of oak, coconut, red wine, menthol, spices, dark fruits, some coffee, some alcohol.
Taste follows this, with some more dark chocolate and more coffee.
Medium, quite oily mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation.
Finishes smooth, roasty, quite dry, wooden, vinous, with chocolate, coffee, liquorice, subtle alcohol.
Very nice, unique stuff. Really complex, with quite oppositional notes, that fit together well though. A mix of dark malts, wine barrel notes and some crazy, menthol like notes, which I like. Overall a quite uncategorisable beer and a very interesting sipper.
Black body, with a small, dense, coffe colored head.
Aroma of oak, coconut, red wine, menthol, spices, dark fruits, some coffee, some alcohol.
Taste follows this, with some more dark chocolate and more coffee.
Medium, quite oily mouthfeel, with a soft carbonation.
Finishes smooth, roasty, quite dry, wooden, vinous, with chocolate, coffee, liquorice, subtle alcohol.
Very nice, unique stuff. Really complex, with quite oppositional notes, that fit together well though. A mix of dark malts, wine barrel notes and some crazy, menthol like notes, which I like. Overall a quite uncategorisable beer and a very interesting sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2015
at 10:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle at home shared with Saeglopur from trade with Sebilinz, many thanks. BB 04/2024. almost black color, small dark coffee-colored head. smells coffee, grapes, marzipan, wood, some sweetness, coconut, some more (dried) fruits, light berries, light vanilla. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes creamy, red wine, grapes, some sweetness, coconut, wood, roast notes, some alcohol, some spices. finishes rather spicy and dry with notes of grapes and wood. good stuff, liked the smell almost a bit more than the taste, but both quite good, finishes just a tad too dry / spicy for me. Would definitly drink again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2015
at 10:25