Mussels In Brussels
Siphon Brewing in Michelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
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7.21
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From the Flemish coast to the streets of Brussels, an ode to two of Belgium's most famous culinary delights: mussels and beer.
Brewed especially for the BxlBeerFest 2019, Mussels in Brussels is an Imperial Mussels Stout of 9% ABV featuring a complex malt bill (pale ale, special b, carapils, caramunich, melanoiden, chocolate wheat, barley flakes, oat flakes) and the addition of 8kg of fresh mussels—both meat and shells—for minerality and fullbodiedness.
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7/10
BXL ‘19 pack bottle, Firm roasted, dark chocolate, quite malty base, mineral and a bit chalky dry, some harsh bitterness, licorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2020
at 17:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, from the BXL pack. Pours a deep mahogany brown. Light tan head is dense, messy, lasting, and semi lacing. Looks well. Nose has coffee chocolate. Stewed dark fruit. Liquorice. Rich roast malt. Taste is really well balanced sweet liquorice, with earthy, roast malt and coffee bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel belies the ABV. Nicely slick with fine carbonation. Bitterness increases on the finish and lingers an age. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2020
at 21:04
7/10
Tried
on 23 Dec 2019
at 23:44
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Sampled at Borefts Pre-Tasting 2019. Dark brown to black color, medium to full sized beige head, kind of creamy even. Looks nice. Aroma is malts, something weird I can't put my finger on. Flavor is malts, dark malts, malt bitter, but also a slight tart hint. I don't know. Carbonation is way too heavy for my liking as well. Not a fan of this at all tbh.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2019
at 22:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from BXL Box. Deep brown with creamy beige head. Deep roast, coffee, quite salty, rounded chocolate. Creamy and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2019
at 17:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Draft
at
Moeder Lambic Original
on 16 Oct 2019
at 20:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at pre borefts tasting. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted, chocolate, cola, taste is salty, roasted, bitter, dusty, 8/4/7/3/15
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2019
at 08:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 18/09/2019. Many thanks! A dark black brown coloured pour witha loose mid tan head. Aroma is white grape, jelly, brown cocoa, red grape, light tangy wood. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, brown woody, lacto, musty grape, red grape, bitter wood, bark, alchol. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, airy carboantion,
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2019
at 21:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black color with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, not sure I get mussles it's just a bit weird. Taste is chocolate, salty, roasty, medium dry. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2019
at 10:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at the pre Borefts tasting 2019, Zaandam. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a thin tan head. The aroma is roasty, red berry fruits, liqouirce, light floral. The flavour is liquorice bitter, with a silky smooth, slightly oily, liqouirce, earthy, mineral, floral, herbal hop bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2019
at 12:11