Black n Blue

Nordic Kiwi Brewers in Ekerö, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪

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Score

6.55

ABV: 7.1%

IBU: 48

Ticks: 8

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

wombat23 (6032) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 4 years ago

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

Psytron (8000) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 7 years ago

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

Gyllenbock (17517) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 7 years ago

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

Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 7 years ago

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Tried on 11 Sep 2018 at 12:58

6.4

AndySnow (19631) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 9 years ago

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.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2016 at 03:48

Nisse666 (17733) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 9 years ago

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

oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 9 years ago

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

omhper (44752) reviewed Black n Blue from Nordic Kiwi Brewers 9 years ago

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