Black Damnation
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Brouwerij De MolenStout - Imperial Series Out of Production
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Score
8.11
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This is the OG (original gangstah) of our Black Damnation series and the one that started it all. This beer is a blend of Struise Black Albert and De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis imperial stouts. Both beers on the very edge of darkness, of which the brewers' minds both sit on the verge of insanity.
Black Damnation is black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and boasts massive taste. This brew is the perfect marriage of the sweet, unxious flavors from Black Albert and the bitter charcoal and coffee profile from the Hel & Verdoemenis. Good luck finding some, the last batch was made in 2010!
50% of Black Albert was used with another 50% of H&V. Black coloured beer with just a sliver of a dark tan head. Aroma is glorious & full of coffee, brown sugar, dark fruity chocolate. Flavours of H&V are quite evident, charcoal and mineral notes, chocolate, cocoa powder. Good coffee chocolate finish with good balancing bitterness and hops & sugar in the after taste. 2009 vintage 12% abv 2010 vintage 13% abv.
Black Damnation is black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and boasts massive taste. This brew is the perfect marriage of the sweet, unxious flavors from Black Albert and the bitter charcoal and coffee profile from the Hel & Verdoemenis. Good luck finding some, the last batch was made in 2010!
50% of Black Albert was used with another 50% of H&V. Black coloured beer with just a sliver of a dark tan head. Aroma is glorious & full of coffee, brown sugar, dark fruity chocolate. Flavours of H&V are quite evident, charcoal and mineral notes, chocolate, cocoa powder. Good coffee chocolate finish with good balancing bitterness and hops & sugar in the after taste. 2009 vintage 12% abv 2010 vintage 13% abv.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle that says 13% abv, brought direct from Ølbutikken and shared with Skinnyviking at Absalon. Black as the devil. Brownish, bubbly foam. Some sediments floating around. Smoked dark malts to the nose. Rich taste of black fruits, roasted malts, espresso coffee and a delicious spicy bitterness to the finish. Well integrated alcohol. Strong and full bodied, but still dangerously easy to drink. Perfect (Copenhagen, 15.05.2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2009
at 05:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasted several times at KBH Festival, 2009. Bottle. Dark black with a lovely creamy brown head and lacings. Nose is balanced. Smooth, roast, coffee, chocolate, ashy. Stikcy and oily. Ends dry and bitter. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2009
at 10:38
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Draught @ pré-ZBF 09 @ Alvinne: Alvinne-Struise beerfest.Clear dark black color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark chocolate, fruity, smoke - peat. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - sticky, carbonation is soft. Very delicious and well balanced ;o)) [20090306]
Tried
on 06 May 2009
at 02:25
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ de Molen. Visited de Molen after tasting session at jbrus. Still a bit early in the day, trying the get the small hangover away and I’m checking out all the new supplies in the de Molen store. Hey, there is an advertisement for the Black Damnation. So, I kindly ask if there are any bottles available. Not at the moment, is the reply, but you are lucky: we have it on tap right now! So, there we go, 2 hours after waking up after a night full of delicious beers. But what a nice breakfast this stuff is. Dark color, thick creamy brown head. Aroma of chocolat, coffee, roasted malt, hint of brown sugar, some dry fruit. Great mouthfeel, creamy. Again coffee and chocolat in taste, slight alcoholic, but in a good way. I like to have this for breakfast every day!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2009
at 11:54
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap @ De Molen. Big head. Almost pitch black. Very intense creamy black chocolate aroma and flavor. Dried fruit, some oak. Hint of butter. Licorice and coffee notes. Very full bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Intense bitterness, but totally embodied in the beer. Very well balanced. Can’t wait for the bottled version. Bottle @ UDRM, Oirschot. Ash, chocolate and dried fruit in the aroma. Dark chocolate, ash and tobacco in the flavor. Malty yet fairly dry. Quite a complex beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Mar 2009
at 10:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at the Alvinne Pre ZBF 09 event. Black colour. First word that hits me in lovely. Bourbon? Lovely black roasted malt. Some good hops. Rather gorgeous. Just so lovely, so drinkable even with a gingerish spicey heat on the finish. 4.3/5. Re-rate bottle from LCRBM5. Black bubbly tan head. Lovely choc and coffee aroma. Bit of creamyness on aroma, but mostly real ground coffee and choc. De Molen make some fantanstic dark beers and Struise make some of my favourite beers period. So can they make a beer together? Oh yes they can. Having had a fair number of impy stouts now, this is one of the best. It’s like having ground coffee and flaked dark belgian chocolate in a glass. Really very good indeed.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2009
at 16:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draught at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Good roasted aroma, some yeast. Black colour. Small frothy but OK stable brown head. Very flavourful, starts off vinous, then turns roasted with plenty of sweet liquorice. The finish is quite yeasty as well. On the sweet side, but nice.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2009
at 12:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Pre ZBF, Alvinne, 06-03-09 Pours very dark brown with a tan coloured head. The aroma is a mixture of coffee, dark sugars and liquorice. Plenty of roasted flavours zip around the mouth, coffee and mollasses present themselves, there is a solid bitterness and the alcohol is very well hidden in this beer. I really like this, though not quite as much as the Hell and Damnation. A7 A4 F7 P4 OV16 3.8
Tried
on 10 Mar 2009
at 03:52
9.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
on draft at the Pre-ZBF pours black with a tall dark tan head. Aroma is out of this world. Dark malt, coffee and a bakers chocolate nose that is very powerfull. Flavors are dark malt, liqorice and chocolate with a mild earth wood flavor in the background. I was a fan of the two beers already, but I really do believe the mix brings the earthyness of the BA and the dark malt and roastyness of the HandD and creates a great brew that I can’t wait to try bottle conditioned.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2009
at 09:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap. Pours pitch black and with a small tan head. Dense malty and hardroasted maty with a solid dark chocolate aroma. Smooth chocolate malty and light smoked flavoured with a light bitterness from hops and roasted acidic malty. Subdued alcohol presence, surprisingly as there is 12% of it - but I guess the yeasty fruity flavours, dense malt and some sweetness really takes the alcohol burn out. Dense roasted maty flavoured. Light fruity touch into the far finish. Fantastic!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2009
at 04:20