Bottle at home. Aroma of dark malt, some roast, chocolate, coffee, mocha, some liquorice, subtle notes of dark fruits and blackberries. Flavour is moderate sweet. Body is medium. Well, this is not particularly sweet or milky and while the blackberry is there, it is rather subtle. On the other hand there is plenty of chocolate, mocha, dark malt to enjoy, so who am I to complain?

Bottle 0,33ltr: Very black colored brew with dry bitter taste with an little sweetsour too. Hints of blackberry, milk chocolate and roasted malts. Bought this one at Jumbo Supermarket, Hillegom with the rest of this breweries portfolio.

Sweet stout with blackberry by one of Holland’s pioneering craft brewers, active since the nineties. Thanks to Craftmember for sharing. Mousy, frothy, yellowish pale beige, rather foamy head, blackish robe with translucent, hazy mahogany hue. Aroma of indeed blackberry but in a sweetish, coulis-like way, caramel, fresh figs, sugared tea, freshly cut red apple, toffee, honey, Liège pear syrup even, walnut oil. Sweet onset, raisins and candied figs, dried blackberries, prune and pear aspects, fizzy carb, full toffeeish-caramelly malt body with a bitterish walnutty edge; light blackberry sourishness is present as well, but softly so and subordinate to the sweetness, yet still piercing through subtly till the end and bringing some refreshment and balance. Ends with lingering caramelly and nutty maltiness, sweet, with a herbal hop note (though very low in bitterness), a slightly warming alcohol effect and lingering subtle fruitiness. I generally dislike fruit stouts because they are either too ‘wild’ and tart (clashing with the roasted malts) or too sweet and candy-like, but this one is admittedly very well-balanced, with restraint in both sourness and sweetness. This brewery rarely disappoints even after having been active for a quarter of a century now.

zwart met beperkte beige kraag. aroma van mout, melkchocolade, geroosterd, donker fruit. Smaken zijn matig zoet, matig bitter, hop, mout, gebrand en geroosterd, donker fruit (braam), zacht, melkchocolade, lactose, matige body, lage co2.

Bottle from the brewery. Poured a murky medium brown with a big fizzy light tan head. The aroma is sweet dry roasty malt light fake sugar. The flavour is moderate sweet with a light sweet watery fizzy malt floral palate. Medium bodied with lively carbonation.

Bottle shared thanks to Jmgreenuk. Very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of blackberries, malt, red berries and light chocolate. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with high carbonation.

33cl bottle from the brewpub. Thin ring off white head. Slightly sweet. Subtle blackberrys.

On tap at the brewpub at 7% abv. Murky, dark brown with a beige head. Sweetish, slightly sourish, quite fruity and a bit roasty aroma of coffee, milk chocolate, blackberry and red fruits. Sweetish-malty, a bit sourish, slightly roasty and quite fruity taste of coffee, milk chocolate, blackberries and red fruits, followed by a short, slightly roasty-bitter finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Okay.

330ml Bottle - Black in colour. Blackberries, raisins and plain chocolate in the aroma. Sweet and moderately roasted taste with blackberries, raisins and raspberries standing out.

Bottle @ DØE. Pours Black with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, dark chocolate, berries. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, dark chocolate, berries, Blackberry. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation. 200116