De Kleine Dood
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Local Option BierwerkerBelgian Style - Strong Ale Special Out of Production
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Score
7.22
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De Kleine Dood (formerly known as La Petite Mort) is a Belgian inspired Weizenbock brewed as a collaboration between Central Waters and The Local Option in Chicago, IL. This beer maintains the traditional characteristics of its Bavarian fore bearer, with the added complexity of Belgian ale yeast. La Petite Mort is dark amber in color; maintains a rich, full-bodied mouth-feel augmented by caramel; mild and dark fruit.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Closeout shelf at Prestige Liquors, April 2020, for $2.99. Starts to gush out as I work the cap. Managed to pour into a small snifter, where it shows a dark brown-to-black beer with a tan head that dwindle to a light scum and some legs at the edge. Aroma is mostly from the bourbon barrel at first, then some heavy Belgian malt. It comes across like a cross between a milder Imperial Stout and a Barleywine. Kind of mellow and soothing, but not that complex.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2020
at 03:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Bourbon, chocolate caramel malt, alcohol, and hay aroma. Cloudy dark brown with minimal head. Moderately sweet bourbon, chocolate caramel malt, and moderately bitter alcohol and herbal hay flavor. Nice body and balance. A bit boozy but pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2017
at 19:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Fig newton nose with wood and fudge accents. Cloudy brown, thin tan head, minimal lace. Oak, bourbon, dates. Subdued fig newton and caramel finish. Full body, moderate carbonation. Way more bourbon than advertised or expected, which is a pity. Not nearly the level of weizen character I had hoped for. Still, this beer has good personality and intensity.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2016
at 20:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Local Option. Deep brownish-amber color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of dark fruit, yeast and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of ripe fruit, earthy yeast, bourbon and vanilla. The finish is fruity with a subtle bourbon aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2016
at 21:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours crystal clear deep reddish brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, pepper, and clove; with lighter notes of raisin, plum, fig, date, apple, milk chocolate, cocoa, banana, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light-moderate fruity/spicy yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, pepper, and clove; with lighter notes of raisin, plum, fig, date, apple, milk chocolate, cocoa, banana, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate yeast and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, brown bread, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, pepper, clove, light dark fruit/chocolate, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light-moderate fruity/spicy yeast flavors; with a great malt, yeast, and bourbon/oak spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly sticky/chalky/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent BBA weizenbock. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light-moderate fruity/spicy yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. This feels more like a doppelbock than a weizenbock due to lower yeast character; but still has great malt/barrel complexity and balance. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2016
at 21:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thinking this was a weizenbock, this was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one finger white / off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light messy lacing roaming all around the glass nicely.
The smell started off with some sweet dark fruity (raison/plum) qualities flowing into sweet bready malts.
The taste was mainly sweet with a delicate spice underneath rolling into the bready malts. Boozy raisins in the aftertaste. Smooth sweet finish (vanilla? - somewhat? Kinda).
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping quality about it. Carbonation runs fairly smooth.
Overall, weizenbock or Belgian Strong Dark ale? Eh, to me, I say weizenbock with the bourbon barrel qualities coming out, and I would love to have this again.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one finger white / off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light messy lacing roaming all around the glass nicely.
The smell started off with some sweet dark fruity (raison/plum) qualities flowing into sweet bready malts.
The taste was mainly sweet with a delicate spice underneath rolling into the bready malts. Boozy raisins in the aftertaste. Smooth sweet finish (vanilla? - somewhat? Kinda).
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping quality about it. Carbonation runs fairly smooth.
Overall, weizenbock or Belgian Strong Dark ale? Eh, to me, I say weizenbock with the bourbon barrel qualities coming out, and I would love to have this again.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2016
at 23:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle pours out dark brown almost black topped with a small head. nose is pit fruit lots of the bourbon barrel notes vanilla and some moca. Taste is more of the pit fruit but the bourbon over powered and hides most of the other fun stuff going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2016
at 10:57