Nanatsu no Taizai
Godspeed Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Collab with: Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Rotating
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7.40
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Our collaboration with dear friends at Dieu du Ciel! emerges from the shadow of its patriarch not as an ale, but a lager. Clean threads of flavour sewn together with a charcoal needle: sharp, fresh-cracked espresso attacks the nose, shrouding hints of currant and blueberry in its embrace, while a smoky backbone marries these flavours to the dark chocolate and nutty malt character. A hint of sweetness cushions a surpisingly spry finish, leaving one to ask: if temptation tastes this good...
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tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From tap at Avenue Pub, New Orleans. Aroma is roasty with coffee, dark malt, mocha, chocolate, espresso, and cocoa. Bitter and pretty mildly sweet flavour. Body is medium. Tasty coffee and roasted chocolate malt, fine!
Metalchopz (7978) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Had at Tooth and Nail with their keg exchange, September 24, 2020. Black colour with a mocha-coloured bubbly head, average retention with nice dirty lacing. Well-balanced coffee nose, with over-roasted malts, dark fruits and some nuttiness. Good bitterness that builds in the finish. A base of roasted malts and light coffee. Dry, light tart in the mouthfeel. A very nice dry, hoppy, Imperial black coffee lager. Yes, lager. Did not see this coming !
aswespeak (5845) ticked Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 5 years ago
TimE (11146) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pitch black color. Light brown head. Very dry with lots of coffee. Full bodied, excellent espresso notes. Very smooth on the palate. Low carbonation. A touch warming. Excellent.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Taster at Bittercreek. Black pour, collar of tan head. Aroma hints at dark malts and coffee. Taste focuses a bit more on the coffee, while very light, and a bit of cola. Schwarzbier? Could be...
deyholla (22727) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Selden Standard. Pours black with a light yellowish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has creamy dark grains and coffee with a hint of roast underlying. Flavor has dark grains, a bit of black licorice and a growing coffee note.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, courtesy of Martha. Ta! I honestly expected this to be lager coloured. Pours a pretty oily, clear, deep chestnut brown. Sits heavy in the glass, with a dense, lasting, semi lacing, tan head. Nose has light roast coffee bean. Milky coffee. Sweet dried fruit. Demerara sugar. Date and fig. Taste has a fleeting sweetness, with a big hit of coffee and vine fruit bitterness. Medium body. Soft fizz. Lasting roast bitterness to finish. Best imperial coffee lager I’ve ever had...
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12oz can at Matt's. Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: roasted malts, some slight smoky notes. Taste: similar, quite roasty. Overall: ok, but where is announced coffee?
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from the brewery. Pours a lovely dark brown, almost black, with a low, thick head and nice legs. Rich malty nose of dark chocolate, coffee, light notes of soy sauce and burnt wood. richly burnt flavors, coffee, 100% cacao or close chocolate, bitter hops. This is dry, dry, dry. Slightly more than I would prefer I suppose, but a nice package.
superspak (10160) reviewed Nanatsu no Taizai from Godspeed Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Got in a BIF from Coronaeus. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/21/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger dense/creamy/rocky tan head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of vanilla, licorice, molasses, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of vanilla, licorice, molasses, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/charcoal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, vanilla, licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and earthy hop flavors; with a nice hop/char bitter/sweet balance, and minimal acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Perfectly clean lager flavors, no yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky/resinous mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.6%. Overall this is an amazing Baltic porter! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the ABV with the modestely bitter/resinous/charred/drying finish. A bit aggressive, but not overwhelming on bitterness. Amazingly clean and super rich malts, fruity/nutty coffee complexity, and earthy hop presence/balance. Lightly sweet with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing spot on style example. Reminds me of Peche Mortel a lot on the bitterness and coffee intensity; and makes sense since it is a collab with Dieu Du Ciel! They nailed it.