Black
Brasserie de Bellevaux in Malmedy, Liège, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout Regular|
Score
6.68
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A dark black beer with a creamy head. Dry touches of coffee (roasted malt) that explain the bitter sip at the end.
The beer was born from a taste memory. A memory of a tour of Yorkshire in the 1970s, and of beers like Theakston’s Old Peculier. Black was developed with British brewmaster Ian Ward from the inspirational experiences of 30 years ago. With Ardennes spring water, Belgian malts, English hops, a slightly higher alcohol content, lightly carbonated and brewed the English way: the perfect example of a mixed marriage.
The beer was born from a taste memory. A memory of a tour of Yorkshire in the 1970s, and of beers like Theakston’s Old Peculier. Black was developed with British brewmaster Ian Ward from the inspirational experiences of 30 years ago. With Ardennes spring water, Belgian malts, English hops, a slightly higher alcohol content, lightly carbonated and brewed the English way: the perfect example of a mixed marriage.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Carrefour at Bütgenbach. Color: Almost black, light brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt, some floral hop. Dry coffee bean. Some liquorice. Taste: Roasted malt, floral hop backbone. Earthy notes. Medium body, below average carbonation. Moderate to over moderate sweet and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2026
at 18:58
6/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 12:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at ZBF’13, Leuven: Black coloured brew with an fine bitter taste and hints of roasted malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(sample, bottle) Dark brown. Medium beige head. Sweet, fruity, chocolate, malt. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2024
at 19:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Backlog August 2011. Dark brown body under a big, creamy beige head. Aroma has dark malt, dry fruit, coffee and caramel. Taste is sweet, dark malt, chocolate, caramel and mild bitterness. Medium body and average aftertaste. Decent.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2023
at 19:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle. A clear dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of dark malts, melasse, caramel, yeast. Taste of dark malt, some red fruits, caramel, melasse.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2023
at 20:46
Tried
on 29 Oct 2022
at 10:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Drop, donker fruit, malten, licht stroperig, licht koolzuur, wat zoeten en bittertonen. Wat waterig. (14-2-2020).
Tried
on 14 Feb 2020
at 20:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Roast and milk chocolate in the aroma. malty sweet flavor with chocolate, ash and hints of licorice. Very plesant beer, delicious but not too complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Brasserie de Bellevaux, Saturday 16th March 2019 en route to our new home in Attenkirchen, Bavaria via a stop off for the night in Heidelberg. Pours dark brown with a ruby glint when the light catches it. This is a decent beer and actually not so different from the Old Peculiar that it's trying to head towards. Malty with a very light roast a bitterness not unlike a UK bitter or porter. A touch of dark fruit, it's good.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2019
at 11:17