Black Albert
(has 13 batches)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.18
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This big mother of a Russian Imperial Stout is often considered one of our true classics. Despite the 13% ABV, you'll find Black Albert to be dangerously drinkable. With its thick, tar-like body, it's definitely a sipper, but the alcohol is very well-hidden.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a black colour with a small light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, fruit, licorice and alcohol. Sweet flavor of licorice, dried fruit, coffee and caramel. Has a warming alcohol finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2014
at 21:46
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Botella de 33 cl en beni casa bar, de zombier en octubre de 2012. --ba. no. 14 brs bew--. Increíble belgian royal stout, gran cuerpo, intenso y con gran densidad y con lo mejor, 13 vol q conjugan perfectamente. Sabores maltosos tostados y quemados bastante intensos. Muy muy buena. Imprescindible repetir una vez mas.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2014
at 04:16
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
330ml bottle from Les Crepes de Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours like thick motor oil with a beautiful tanned head. Dark, sumptuous and alluring with raisins, chewy toffee and maybe even a faint hint of bitter dark chocolate. Coats the back of the palette in a potent, viciously delicious paint-like liquid that sends the tastebuds into a frenzy. Incredible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2014
at 14:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 14C. Very black with a fine tan head that lasts quite well. Aroma of mocha with floral notes, dark/ burnt sugars, blackberries, fairly overt alcohol. Syrupy, low carbonation. Very sweet with fudgy caramel/ sweetmeat, coffee, surprisingly bright floral hoppy notes. Dries out towards the fairly bitter end. Alcohol doesn’t stick out as much as in the nose. Pretty harmonious and thoroughly pleasant, but no great depth - which, at 13%, it surely should have.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 04:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Pitch black colour with late awakening, average, frothy to creamy, fully lasting, moderately lacing, brown head. Rich dark malty aroma has notes of treacle, dark chocolate, coffee, mocha, roast, some liquorice, vestiges of bitter hop, enormous malt-spiciness. Taste is roasty dark malty, notes of coffee, dark chocolate, treacle, liquorice, strong bitter hoppy counterpart, cautious hints of warming alcohol; lasting, finish, oily, viscous texture, sticky palate. Strong and spicy, rich and complex, a massive attack on the senses - highly drinkable though. Excellent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2014
at 17:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Aroma chocolate, raisin, prune. Strong and rich, tempting. Oily texture, pitch black colour, dark brown head. Taste is caramel, chocolate. Light roasted grains. Mostly sweet, with only light roasted bitterness. Very good, though I would up black patent. Alcohol hidden well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 12:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampler bouteille @ RBBWG III, thanks Danko. Noire, col léger moka. Arôme malté, chocolaté suivi de grains. Palais est épais, plein de malt avec ici aussi une forte note chocolaté, léger café collant aux lèvres. Le tout semble moins doux que en bouteille mais reste très proche de la version habituelle. Note positive pour le profil ’real ale’ cher aux anglais mais qui n’ajoute pas grand chose à une version bouteille déjà très forte.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2014
at 05:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
25 cl. hand bottle sampled @ RBBWG 2014. Courtesy of & thx! to Danko. Bottled shortly prior to consumption. Lighter black with no head. Nose is sweet, mellow mocha, caramel, dark chocolate. Taste is sweet, brown sugar, mocha, touch soy sauce & charcoal, bitter herbs, overripe fruit. Creamy, lower carb. Solidon its own but cannot hold a candle to the regular one. RIS is prob. not the style that benefit the most from this kind of treatment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2014
at 13:16