De Struise Brouwers Black Damnation XXV - Black Nuts

Black Damnation XXV - Black Nuts

 

De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production
Score
7.46
ABV: 13.0% IBU: - Ticks: 51
A massive Stout from Flanders aged in Ardbeg barrels.
 

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8.5/10
Loads of peated Scotch, but incredibly well balanced. Bitter and nutty. 2022 vintage.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2025 at 20:40


7/10
Maugs, suits, röst, šokolaad, veits vesine, linnaseline, suhkrune. Ok.
Tried on 24 Jun 2025 at 00:01

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Bottle from HoTM. Aged on peated whisky barrels from Islay, Argyle & Bute. It pours darkest brown - nearing black with a thick, bubbly tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malted, sticky, tarry, treacle, umami, burnt toast, toasted nut, sticky smoked meats, dull vanilla, Islay whisky, rocky road, dried fruits and fruit cake. The taste is firmly dry, dark roasted malt, savoury, umami, chewy, toothy, dried fruits, berry, fruit cake, bitter - sweet, dull acidity, sticky, warming booze, burnt treacle, liquorice, pipe tobacco, lightly peated whisky and light medicinal vibes. Finish is drying and roasty..fulsome body, fine carbonation and slick mouth feel. A bit toothy number. Fun slipper, but sits fairly heavy.
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2025 at 15:49

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is peat smoke, toffee, chocolate, wood, taste is sweet toffee, peaty, chocolate, quite thin.
Tried on 25 Apr 2025 at 14:16

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
bottle at home ...April 2025...dark sweet chocolate roast malts nose ...dark rich woody chocolate roast malts ..Light whisky finish ..Light iodine
Tried on 11 Apr 2025 at 14:13

5.5/10
Tried from Draft on 05 Dec 2020 at 20:31

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Flasche bei Bierlinie. Schwarzer Körper, etwas brauner Schaum. Aroma: Geröstetes Malz, Rauch, Eichenfass, Kaffee. Geschmack: Speck, Rauch, Torf, Haselnuss
Tried on 25 Dec 2019 at 19:39

8/10
These BDs aren't convincing me so far. Pretty decent BA stout, but sooo much barrel that the base is lost. Pretty thin, boozy and reasonably smooth. Barrel gives a lot of peat. Mostly normally way too expensive for the result. Fine for a festival.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2019 at 23:00

8.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 7 Overall 8
Surely just the name but, nutty aroma, yeasty. Taste is bit smoky, sweet and booze. Good stuff.
Tried on 16 Oct 2019 at 05:30