7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Black with a brown head - Malt and berry aroma - Malt body with a berry flavour - The berry flavour goes into a long finish - This was good

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Black as hell this one and a fine curly beige head on top of the woman Ok intensity in the aroma. Smooth fine carbonation level. Easy and pleasant to drink Balanced sweetness and an oily texture Black berries, chocolate, dark malt and some roast in the flavor Nice tasty evening sipper this one. Not to boozy actually [On tap at Haand Festival -19 in Drammen, Norway]

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Totally black. Smells like blackberry jam and dessert wine. Creamy with a nice body. Thin and boozy toward the end. It’s like a dessert beer with all of the blackberry cookie yeast flavors. Still delicious in small doses

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

27 April 2019. At Zythos Bierfestival. Deputy Taster: Anke. Cheers to Ama Deke, Erwin, John & Meeki! Hazy dark brown-black, very thin, beige head. Aroma initially makes me think of Dr. Pepper, apart from that: sour & liqueur-drenched cherries, ‘Ersatz’ chocolate, blackberries, ‘carré confiture’, dough. Taste is medium fruity sweet, equally sour, mixing cherries, blackberries, red fruit jam with dough & chocolate, touch of vanilla, only slightly bitter (nuts, toast). Dryish, earthy hoppy finish, lingering cherries & chocolate, subtle alcohol hinting at Maraschino liqueur. Medium body, slick-oily texture, soft carbonation. Bit of a weird mix but it goes down easily.

6

Taster On tap at Haandfestival, Drammen. Almost Black with offwhite head. Roasted malts, berries, some bitterness.

6.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Tap. Pours opaque black, large creamy tan head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is strong BlackBerry, roasty, ash. Flavor is Light plus sweet, light berry tartness, minimal bitter. Sharp. Too fruity. Medium body 5,6,6,4,11

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the cask festival 2019. A mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is nice blackberry jam, tart fruit, hint of black forest gateau, cherry. Flavour is composed of tart cherry, blackberry jammy fruits, woody berries. Great on cask. Palate is semi sweet, tart, rounded, good cask condition. High strength boost ale.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle picked up at the Brewpub. Reddish black with a tan head. Aroma of astringent blackberry. Flavour is blackberry jam, toasted malt, boozy fruit, sharp and acidic dark fruit finish.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Brussels Beer Project Black Swan (by Brussels Beer Project):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5

14/III/19 - on tap, shared with Erwin @ Brussels Beer Project (BXL), BB: n/a - (2019-378)
Clear dark brown beer, big creamy beige head, bit irregular, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: oh boy, super fruity, blackberry jam, sweet impression, soft roast. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit sweet, soft acidity, lots of blackberries, bit sugary. Aftertaste: soft roast, fruity, more sourish blackberries, bit sweet, bitter finish, roasted, jam, nice stuff! I'm really surprised about the low scores here... (60 overall/29 style)

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Baltic porter with blackberries by BBP, bottle at Kantien in Ghent. Mousy, pale greyish beige, slowly diminishing and opening head, eventually reduced to a very thin ring, over a very dark reddish burgundy-hued purple brown beer, close to black in general appearance. Aroma of blackberry jam more than real and natural blackberries but not unpleasantly so, blueberry crumble, Ersatz chocolate, toffee, Liège pear syrup, dry tree leaves, dried prunes, ‘drop’, sugared tea, hazelnut, latte macchiato. Very sweet onset, sugary blackberry jam but with a light and refreshing sour touch, hints of fig, pear and plum, softish carb, very smooth, full, toffeeish malt body, milk-chocolatey and nutty with a light bitterish toasty edge, covered in treacle- and ‘drop’-like aspects and drenched in this blackberry jam flavour which remains more sweet than sour. Gently roasted bitter ending with a herbal aspect (hops, but something liquorish-like as well), lingering toffee and chocolate aspects and a hint of warming, but well-hidden alcohol. Fruit stouts and porters rarely do it for me but this was a very enjoyable one, probably because it focuses more on the sweetness of blackberry jam than the astringent tartness of actual blackberries, making it merge better with the sweet and nutty qualities of the malt profile. One I’d happily revisit.