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 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at ash’s. Pours deep brown, nose is sweet caramel, berry, light treacle, taste is fizzy, dry, malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 06:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Ash?s. Aged by cagarvie! Pours opaque brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas of apple, toffee. Taste is musty, apples, toffee. Charcoal, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 06:21
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks kerenmk. Cloudy brown. Aroma of malt, caramel, some roast, cardboard, dark fruits compote. Sweet flavor with cardboard, a bit of caramel, fruitiness, and a bitterish roasty finish. Medium-bodied. 2 months before BBD but already feels too old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 09:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Opaque dark brown colour, small loose frothy tan head, mostly diminishing, no lacing. Aroma roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, dried dark fruits, liquorice. Taste light to medium sweet and bitter, roasted malts. Medium body, oily texture, flat carbonation, aftertaste dry roasted bitter, chocolate, earthy undertones. Difficult to categorize but I think stout would be the best, anyway a very nice dark beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2015
at 12:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Appearance is very dark, almost black, with a big beige frothy head. Aroma of dark fruit, coffee, milk chocolate. Taste is cocoa, dark fruit undertones, milk chocolate, with a short finish. Pretty good.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2015
at 11:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Dark brown colour, beige foam. Soft carbonation. Dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel and plums. Sweet and light bitter. Ok beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2015
at 11:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Cafe Rose Red, Brugge, 17/10/14. Light black with a good sized faded tan covering. Nose is earthy, dark malts, spice, cocoa rub. Taste comprises light roast, bitter cocoa powder, toffee, spice, dark fruit rinds. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2014
at 11:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle from Prik&Tik Pauwels. Deep dark brown to black colour, beige head. Aroma of a dry stout, coffee and cream, not sweet, dry, liquorice, hint of plums in the back. Flavour of dark fruits, hard-roasted malts, coffee and cream, some caramel, quite dry, bitter, coffee, light earthy. Light-bodied, firm carbonation. A dry stout imho, reminded me of some of the Guinness variations (e.g. Indonesian), just a bit sweeter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2014
at 12:31
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 6
Winter ale with off-white, creamy but not very thick foam and very dark ruby brown colour, near black. Aroma of raisins, coffee with milk, cacao powder, cinnamon, pepper, dates, toast, sherry. Taste a rounded, supple maltiness, candied fruits, faintly sweetish, bit yeasty, evolving into a full roasted bitterness that lasts long and hides the hops a bit, mouthfeel rather thin. Apparently a tribute to Theakston’s Old Peculier but the roasted bitterness makes it more of a dry stout or even a porter than any type of real English ale in my opinion.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2014
at 13:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample at Essen Kerstbierfestival. Pours near black with a ring beige head. Aroma of roast, caramel, chocolate and overripe fruit. Flavour is over moderate sweet and bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2013
at 12:11