Aphrodisiaque
(has 2 batches)
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.86
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Black ale with aromas and flavours of vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon and roasted malt. The vanilla and cocoa marry nicely, without out-competing each other, to produce a surprisingly well balanced beer. This beer is mildly hoppy, but the cocoa introduces a touch of bitterness. Its colour may be intimidating, but it is a very smooth beer within reach of most beer drinkers. This highly appreciated dessert beer is brewed with organic fair-trade cocoa and first rate vanilla beans.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
This was poured into a nonic.
The appearance was a nice looking black color with a thin white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than twenty seconds. Stringy lacing wove around the glass.
The smell had a strong roasty coffee bean and chocolate to sweet vanilla with an underscore of dark fruits.
The taste possessed the strong roasty coffee bean and amplified the sweet level of chocolate to lead into the aftertaste and stroll right on into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a good sessionable aspect about it. There was a nice roasty and slightly bitter quality rolling over my tongue.
Overall, this was a very good American Stout that has a lot going on. I would definitely have it again.
The appearance was a nice looking black color with a thin white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than twenty seconds. Stringy lacing wove around the glass.
The smell had a strong roasty coffee bean and chocolate to sweet vanilla with an underscore of dark fruits.
The taste possessed the strong roasty coffee bean and amplified the sweet level of chocolate to lead into the aftertaste and stroll right on into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a good sessionable aspect about it. There was a nice roasty and slightly bitter quality rolling over my tongue.
Overall, this was a very good American Stout that has a lot going on. I would definitely have it again.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2015
at 00:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Bottled 11/2014. Basically black, some dark tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt, chocolate.
Taste: Dark malt, roasted. Slight sweetness, vanilla and chocolate. Good!
Bought: Saveur-Biere.com, 341 ml, €5.40
Info: 6/4-2015
Aroma: Dark malt, chocolate.
Taste: Dark malt, roasted. Slight sweetness, vanilla and chocolate. Good!
Bought: Saveur-Biere.com, 341 ml, €5.40
Info: 6/4-2015
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2015
at 04:33
Tried
on 22 Dec 2014
at 16:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
11.5 oz bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, vanilla, cream, and roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and vanilla/cocoa spicing; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, vanilla, dark bread, cream, light smoke/char, and roasted earthiness. Fair amount of roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, vanilla, cream, light smoke/char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, balance, and robustness of dark/roasted malt and cocoa/vanilla spice flavors; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome spiced stout style. All around great robustness, balance, and complexity of dark/roasted malt and cocoa/vanilla spice flavors; and very smooth to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2014
at 19:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Brewdog Shoreditch, London. Pours black with small creamy brown head. Roasted malts, chocolate and coffee aroma. Sweetish dark chocolate, vanilla flavor.
Tried
from Draft
at
BrewDog Shoreditch
on 30 Nov 2014
at 12:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
341ml bottle from Brewdog online store. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is roast malt, milk chocolate, vanilla. Flavour of roasted malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, hop with earthy coffee, boozy. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2014
at 14:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at BierCab, Barcelona. Black color with beige brown head. Aroma is roasted malty, chocolate and some coffee, light hoppy too. Taste is sweet and bitter like the aroma. Medium to light, oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2014
at 06:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
At Eurhop festival in Rome-ITALY. Pours black, with a cappuccino tan and long lasting small foam. Nose of vanilla flowers, little macchiato notes. Mouth: mild stout, soft coffee, roasted malts great cappuccino aftertaste. Fresh stout. Lovely. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 03 Oct 2014
at 11:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from my local supermarket. Served in an antique crystal snifter. It has a fantastic rich cocoa aroma, not as complex as I expected but just great. A soft velvety texture with round carbonation and a medium body. The taste is very rich cocoa, vanilla, roasty, chocolate, savory umami richness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2014
at 22:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, taste is sweet milky chocolate, dry bitter roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2014
at 23:41