Strong Dark / Double Dark
Waterloo Brewery Mont-St-Jean in Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.73
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This top-fermented dark beer is brewed with roasted malts. The secondary fermentation in the bottle gives it its powerful and pleasant character. Reddish-brown with a creamy and persistent head.The nose is quite complex, powerful and full-bodied with earthy notes of old wood. First aromas are powerful (alcohol), spicy (wood) yet always well balanced, leading up to a pleasantly caramelised finish. The round mouthfeel and roasted malty flavour reinforce the aromas of coffee and toffee (molasses and caramelised butter). Its dark colour and warm strength make Waterloo Double Dark a delicious beer!
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was one of the first speciality beer that I have tried back when I got interested in this sort of thing, and it was, for a long time, my favourite beer. Re-visiting it now, after about 700 new beers, I realise that, while it isn’t as good as I remembered, this is still a solid beer, all around. Very dark amber, almost opaque, with a bit of head. Caramel, citrus, in the nose, with a bit of lambic funkiness, and, believe it or not, notes of bourbon and some vanilla. The taste is quite well balanced, with notes of cocoa, vanilla, caramel and some alcohol. Medium body with a bitter-sweet (more sweet than bitter) after-taste.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2015
at 17:41
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (from SIP, Tallinn). Pours dark ruby with beige head. The head doesn’t stay. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, dark fruits. Flavor is sweet, some sourness, dark fruits, plums, dark sugar, malt. Alcohol is rather well covered. Overall: ok dark BSA, but has noticeable "macro feeling", which I don’t enjoy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2015
at 16:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear deep dark brown colour, small frothy tan head, dissipates quickly, almost no lacing. Sweet malty aroma, roasted, dark fruits, caramel, brown sugar, alcohol. Taste medium heavy sweet, light bitter, roasted, toffee, dark malts, sugary, alcohol. Medium body, oily to creamy texture, softcarbonation, aftertaste mild sweetbitter, roasted, light fruity notes, alcohol, quite one-dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 12:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Donkerbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is licht zoet en licht bitter, krachtig, iets van chokolade en caramel.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2015
at 14:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(bottle 0,33l) (8% alc. version)
Aroma: Chocolate, sweet, light fruits/alcohol.
Appearance: Dark brown color. Medium, beige head.
Taste: Medium sweet, very light sour, ligth chocolate.
Palate: Creamy texture. Light dry finish.
Overall: Pleasant.
Aroma: Chocolate, sweet, light fruits/alcohol.
Appearance: Dark brown color. Medium, beige head.
Taste: Medium sweet, very light sour, ligth chocolate.
Palate: Creamy texture. Light dry finish.
Overall: Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2015
at 04:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl Bottle from AH. ABV is 8%. Almost clear amber-brown colour, light-beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, straw, some chocolate, toast, medium sweet, light caramel. Flavour is likewise, some nice toast and roasted notes, light chocolate, light-bitter finish. Medium bodied. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2015
at 13:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
pours hazy red-brown with a frothy but quickly disappearing beige head and little lacing. aroma rum & coke, sweet caramel. flavour dried fruits, rum, roasted malts, sweetener. expressive carbonation. alcohol is present and quite noticeable.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2015
at 19:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Color caramelo oscuro. Un dedo de espuma beige. Aroma de licor y regaliz. Tono efervescente. Cuerpo potente. Sabor Ligeramente acaramelado aunque no es dulce. Bastante licor, aunque no esta mal.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2015
at 12:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 8%. Clear dark brown medium beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, yeast, chocolate, little bread and hop. Flavour is malt, caramel, yeast, dark fruits, sweet, chocolate, little liquorice, spices and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2015
at 13:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From tap at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Dark brown reddish color with beige head. Malty aroma, bready, caramel, grainy, some dark fruits. Sweet and light bitter taste like aroma. Medium thin to oily body with soft to average carbonation
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2015
at 14:41