Brusseleir Zwët IPA
Brasserie de la Senne in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.15
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Powerful and complex, the Brusseleir is distinguished by its rich malt character and light chocolate notes. It has 8% alc.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black color with big beige head. Aroma is flowery, chocolate, resinous, roasted malts, cocoa. Taste is roasted malts and chocolate together with a sticky piney and grassy hop character as well as liquorice and some Belgian-typical sweetness shining through. Sticky mouthfeel, low carbonation. Quite well hidden alcohol, but you get a little bit of warmth. Awesome Black IPA!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2017
at 15:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours dark mahogany with a dense tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, hint of chocolate and coffee. Taste: roasted malts, light chocolate note, coffee, disappointingly little hop presence but some light fruity notes. Bitter, light-medium bodied, alcohol very well hidden I didn’t realise this was 8%. Really nice beer but with so little hops I feel it’s not a great Black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2016
at 18:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Buskers in Rome-Italy. Dark coffee bean pour, tick ivory foam (retention). Nose: chocolate notes, a bit milky too. The hops pop up softly a bit too late. Mouth: a strange feel of under spirit cherries, carbonation is soft, body is clean and feels below the ABV. Black IPA?
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2016
at 13:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Black. Huge Head. Aroma is dominated by roasted malts. Some fruity hops also shine through (mango). Taste is malty, coffee, dark chocolate, sugar and a litte bit fruity. Bitter hoppy finish. Decent carbonation. Alcohol is well hidden. Alright, but for a Black IPA the hops could be more prominent. Being a good kid I followed the instructions and enjoyed the sediment separately. Hazy light brown appearance. More fruity and bitter, less malty. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 16:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
03-11-16 // bottle at Peck47, Brussels. Pours a deep brown beer. Hazy, with a small beige head. Nose: Light roast malts. Taste is quite light, had stronger Black IPAs. Though its good to drink. Roasty malts, with a light chocolate note. Gets overweighed by a harbal, light fruity hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2016
at 14:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Many thanks to Nisse666 for this bottle! Smooth and roasted malty beginning. Fresh and intense malty, a bit roasted-dry, sticky with sweetish malty endings. The bitterness is low, the caramel sticky, the whole beer a bit too sweetish-thick without too much depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2016
at 16:28