Embrasse
De Dochter van de Korenaar in Baarle-Hertog, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.49
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Embrasse is a heavy dark beer that is perfectly in between a heavy dark Abbey / Trappist beer and a Stout / Porter. The beer combines roasted malt and coffee / chocolate aspects with a pleasantly light fruitiness of dried subtropical fruits. Bittersweet flavors go together with a pronounced creamy mouthfeel and make drinking this beer to an exceptional delight for lovers of heavy dark beers.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 33cl. bbd 5/2023 @home poured into a teku glass. Opaque dark brown colour, small stable creamy beige head, slowly dissipating to a thin layer, light lacing. Aroma sweet and roasted malts, caramel, cocoa powder, chocolate, liquorice, light dark fruits, alcohol notes. Taste above medium sweet and slightly bitter, malty, roast, caramel, dark chocolate, liquorice, brown sugar, light dark fruits, alcohol notes. Full-bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation, smooth sweetbitter aftertaste, lingering roast and liquorice, warming alcohol, rich and tasty, well-made, well-balanced, excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
from Gastro-Beer
on 18 Jan 2023
at 18:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark, dark brown with a slow-gushing, foamy head. Interesting aroma that’s a mix of caramel and ashes with some mildly fruity, prune-like hints underneath. Taste is bitter and burnt with a touch of lingering sweetness at the finish. Medium-bodied, prickly carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2022
at 16:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Den Engelske Pub, Ølshoppen. Pours dark reddish brown with medium white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, prunes, milk chocolate and mild peated malt, campfire smoke and smoked ham. Taste is medium sweet, light bitter and faint acidic. Body is creamy with soft carbonation. Finish is long, rich and mostly sweet with caramel, toffee, chocolate, filtered coffee, dried fruit, oak cask and campfire smoke.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2021
at 22:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle from hopt.it. Pours dark brown, almost black, with very fine cream foam. Aroma is burnt caramel, molasses, some coffee, nutty. Body is fairly full, with average carbonation. Taste is markedly sweet, with only some roasty bitterness. Final is fairly long, with some coffee and liquor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2021
at 20:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Another 33 cl bottle from the recent belgiuminabox delivery, don’t know when I’ll see another anytime soon. The Teku glass is being used tonight because that’s how I roll sometimes. The brew arrives a dark walnut brown with a full, smooth head of very fine bubbles, good lacing potential. The nose is enticing with dark plums and bread dough wafting up. I take a drink. Hmm, unusual but interesting. Black licorice, malt, dark fruit, dark chocolate, a touch of smokiness and rye bread. I definitely get the Belgian ale/stout vibe. Certainly worth the effort to obtain, doubtful I will pursue again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2020
at 23:13