Black n Blue
Nordic Kiwi Brewers in Ekerö, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.55
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Our Black n Blue is a sweet full-bodied Baltic Porter with a smooth palate and tones of roasted coffee and chocolate. For the twist, we spike it with Swedish blueberries at the dry hopping stage, then lager it for a few months to let the flavors infuse. The tart blueberries are subtle yet distinct on the nose and in the flavour and balance well with the sweetness of the Baltic Porter. The rounded bitterness comes from the Pacific Gem hop, which is known to have very little aroma, leaving room for the blueberries to shine. Cheers!
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Ardbeg Embassy. Pours almost black with a tan head. Ash, roasted malt, blueberries, dark chocolate. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2021
at 17:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap @ TCBF2019. Smell of roasted malt. Black colour, brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, maybe some vanilla. Very stout-like, not too much BP sweetness. Medium bitter, soft palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2019
at 16:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Lådan. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and light blueberries. The same in the taste. The finish was quite dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2019
at 16:57
7/10
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Tried
on 11 Sep 2018
at 12:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a huge bubbly beige head. Gusher.
Aroma: Chocolate, malt, caramel, coffee.
Body: Medium body, heavily carbonated.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, chocolate, dried fruit.
Comment: Over carbonated. Most of the content of the bottle ended up gushing out as soon as the cap was popped.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a huge bubbly beige head. Gusher.
Aroma: Chocolate, malt, caramel, coffee.
Body: Medium body, heavily carbonated.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, chocolate, dried fruit.
Comment: Over carbonated. Most of the content of the bottle ended up gushing out as soon as the cap was popped.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2016
at 03:48
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from web SB cons 2016-05-24 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, liqurice AP: darkest brown, very high sand brown head (to much carbonation) F: salt liqurice, roasted malt, dry, wee blueberries,
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 14:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (thanks omhper!). Black colour with a big beigeish brown creamy head which leaves good lace. Aroma is mild toasted malts as well as some roast and mild toffee to it. So far so good as a Baltic Porter. Flavour is toffee, some roasted notes, rather tart berries as well as some slight wood to it. The berries makes it a bit strange. Also the carbonation is a bit too rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2016
at 02:13
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Near black, huge lively head. Fruity nose with some tart bilberries. Sweetish with medium body and rounded, spritzy mouthfeel. Slight notes of licorice, but dominated by insipid bilberries. Another beer ruined by these inferior berries. The just add tart sloppy fruitiness. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2016
at 14:23