7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Glass, ½ pint, draught, drunk at GIST, after the 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, savoured on 14 December 2019; eye: black, opaque, ring of dark brown head, light lacing; nose: peat, iodine, malt, light alcohol, smoky; mouth: peat, iodine, malt, light alcohol, smoky, slight alcohol warmth, caramel, smoky finale with presence of caramel, full-bodied, lightly below average carbonation, mildly sweet, slightly alcoholic texture; in summary: fine

FRANÇAIS
Verre, ½ pinte, en fût, bue chez GIST, après la 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, savourée le 14 décembre 2019; œil : noire, opaque, anneau de mousse brun foncé, légère dentelle; nez : tourbe, iode, malt, léger alcool, fumé; bouche : tourbe, iode, malt, léger alcool, fumé, léger chaleur d'alcool, caramel, finale en fumée avec présence de caramel, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture très légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

33cl bottle (BBF: 01/2020) from Rob the Gourmets’ Market in Brussels. F: thin, tanned, quick gone to thin film. C: black, opaque. A: a lot of smoked tones, dark malts, smoked meat, bit nutty, dark chocolate touch, bit ash. T: medium malty base, a lot of smoked tones, bit dark dried fruits, nutty bit spicy, bit ash, tobacco, dark chocolate touch, soft carbonation, very nice, fully enjoyed.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Geers. Dark brown colour, beige foam. Nose of smoked fish, tobacco, some hoppy notes. Taste is smoky, light sweet, rather dry with a hoppy bitter finish. well balanced. Nice!

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On Tap @GIST Bruselas 03/05/19 Color negro espuma blanca, aromas ahumados intensos, sabor ahumado, ceurpo ligero, regular.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Smoked porter - the lovely concept set in motion by Alaskan many years ago - by En Stoemelings, one of the 'nouvelle vague' craft brewers in and around Brussels. Regularly shaped, medium thick, pale greyish beige, mousy head slowly showing gaps here and there but generally very well-retaining, black robe with misty wine-red hue, only visible near the bottom of the tasting glass and around the edge. Aroma of toasted walnuts, unsugared black chocolate, smoked herring or smoked mackerel, biltong, bonfire, wet leather, cigars, quite pronounced iron shavings, nutmeg, green peppercorns, tofu, touch of fig. Clean, rounded onset, some basic dried fig- and plum-like sweetishness but restrainedly so, mild cured meat-like umami, softish carb, dull sourish undertone - everything is well in place here, continuing into a slick, smooth, relatively softly carbonated but still somewhat mineral-edged, dry-caramelly and walnutty maltiness, a bit thinnish perhaps but clean and to the point, with a clear metallic edge that does not truly bother me in this type of beer. Pronounced toasted, bit coffeeish bitterness in the end but still with some lingering caramelly sweetishness, with a nice, not too overpowering but sufficiently outspoken smokiness built on top, with vague impressions of smoked bacon, smoked eel and cigar ashes, but remaining elegant despite being obvious enough. The play of umami-like smokiness, roasted bitterness and nutty-caramelly sweetishness is spiced with a pinch of peppery hops and lasts medium long, quite dry and quenching in the end. A smooth, clean, purely 'internationally' styled craft beer of technical accomplishment, Alaskan Smoked Porter is very close here; probably ages well, too. Nice one!

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Medium, rather stable yellowish-beige head, irregular, over virtually black beer. Very strong smoked meat or -fish nose, Maillard, bit hot metalslug, phenols, smokesalt. Severe. Much drier in the mouth, ashes, tobacco, woodfire flakes. In the finish, (too) smoked haddock or mackerel. Lightly burning MF, dry; good carbonation, light to medium body. Excellent with cured meat or fish (I tried!)

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

17/03/2019 @home - 33cl bottle from Malt Attacks shared with tderoeck. Black colour with faiding tanned head. Nose is very smoky, roasted, chocolate. Taste is gentle roasted malts, nic esmoke, chocolate, roast with hop touch in the end. Damn nice En Stoemelings, certainly for 6 ABV. Finally a nice 4+ for me!

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as En Stoemelings / Victory Art PUSHKIN Project (by En Stoemelings):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5

17/III/19 - 33cl bottle from Malt Attacks @ the Beerknight's castle, BB: n/a - (2019-391) Thanks to Bierridder_S for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, little adhesive. Aroma: roasted, pretty smoky, a bit peated, campfire, some caramel and chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter, roasted, smoky, lots of chocolate, campfire, bitter. Aftertaste: more roast, very smoky, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, mocha, bit spicy, bit sweetish, caramel, hint of vanilla.

6

Wedzonka a la oscypek troche, nawet dosc mila. Kakao? Czrkolada? Niezaduzo ciala niestety, ale calkiem spoko

9

Александр Сергеевич лушкин!