Dark Brut (Noir)
Brouwerij Malheur in Buggenhout, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.73
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(aka Black Chocolate - US)
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at tasting, thanks Rubin. 4,5 years after BBF. Malty aroma and taste, caramel, chocolate notes, ripped fruit, light sweet, light to medium bitter. Medium to full body, malty bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2019
at 19:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, kindly shared by Rubin77, many thanks. Brown color with small white head. Aroma of dark malt, wood, oxidation. Taste, dark malt, nougat, nuts, wood, coconuts, oxidation, alcohol. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2019
at 19:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
3 February 2019. At Brugs Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke & Pieter! Hazy dark red-brown with a lasting, thin, frothy, tan head; little lacing. Deep aroma of blue plum, raisin, red grape, red jam, fruit cake, port wine, walnut, cookie dough, milk chocolate, vanilla. Taste is medium fruity sweet, lots of plum, raisin, red jam almost, stuffed into a cake; light sourness provided by faint cherry & blackcurrant, woody bitter touch points towards vanilla & chocolate, some nuts too. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, lingering red fruit, vanilla, sweet dough & warming port-like alcohol. Medium body, creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. Very well balanced, very enjoyable.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2019
at 13:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Dark ruby, beige head. Aroma: Malty, dark red fruit. Taste: Dark red fruit, toffee, candy sugar, caramel, strawberry. Moderate to medium sweet and light sour and bitter. Light chocolate hints. Average to above average carbonation. Brut. Over medium body. When colder, more red fruit and when warming up more toffee, candy sugar. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2018
at 13:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Toranomon summer tasting, thank you Dede for this. Champagne looking bottle, super carbonated and the yeast is super excited to get out of the bottle. Pours very foamy but it does come down relatively quickly. Very Belgian nose, sweetish toffee, light caramel and candy. Taste has lots of Belgian yeast, sweetish and spicy, belgian candy sugar. Medium body with medium bitterness. Alcohol actually well hidden, maybe carbonation does that. Good herbal bitter kick in the finish, dry and lingering. Pretty good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2018
at 01:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Not as rounded as hoped but good. Lots of dark fruit huge yeasty character. Needs time.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2018
at 13:39
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Cette Dark Brut est un mariage réussi entre une Malheur 12, une bière brute et une maturation en barrique de chêne. On y retrouve cette complexité de la Malheur 12 enrichie du passage en fût et cette finesse de la bière brute qui l'apparente au champagne. Et on reconnaît bien les 3 à la dégustation avec par moment une bière qui se rapproche des arômes de la Bush de Nuit En verre, très belle prestation avec une bière brune surmontée d'une mousse beige et crémeuse de 2 cm. Le nez est très vineux, sur la barrique avec une présence acétique et une touche de chocolat. La complexité s'exprime davantage à la dégustation. A l'attaque, les arômes du champagne sont au-devant de notes fruitées et vineuses. La malheur 12 s'exprime davantage sur la seconde bouche sur le fruit, quelque peu accompagné de café et chocolat et où la barrique est également plus présente. L'arrière, relativement linéaire et d'une ampleur moyenne, est par contre d'une bonne complexité. Le final, long, est sec, mais bien élancé sur l'amertume, les fruits confits et en rétro, le café. L'alcool à 12 % est à la fois bien intégré et structure bien l'ensemble. Une excellente bière pour fêter une seconde étoile.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2018
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750ml bottle at Alex's. BB 2008-01-15. Pours a clear copper with a weak tan head. Aroma is a bit corky with raisin notes. Similar taste, very sweet with lots of caramel and dark fruits. Candy notes in the end. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2018
at 06:34
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
0.75l bottle thanks to Cristobal37. Hazy orangish brown body with a beige head. Aroma of chocolate, cocoa, orange zest, salt, dark sugar and rose water. Taste of cocoa, chocolate, hint of booze, salt, caramel and orange zest. Dry and highly carbonated. Super complex and smooth. Awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2018
at 20:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle at a tasting @ Koelschtrinker's place. Smooth malty beginning. Caramel, dark chocolate, grain, roasted sweetish caramelly malts. Sticky rich, round and deep, caramel, moderate bitterness, very interesting but a bit dusty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2018
at 16:34