Blood Brothers Brewing Balam

Balam

 

Blood Brothers Brewing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Stout - Smoked Regular
Score
7.53
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Our biggest beer to date, this beast is infused with a combination of smoked malts, coffee, and vanilla. Expect a big and boozy aroma with layers of chocolate, coffee, and bourbon.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Black with no head. Toasted malts, cracker, dark chocolate, sweet caramel, vanilla, coffee. Full bodied. Finish has coffee and sweet caramel with a touch of vanilla. 2024.

Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2026 at 20:04


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle from the brewery. Jet black, oily, medium brown head. Aroma is deep, dark, roasty coffee, luscious chocolate cake, thick oaky bourbon, sweet vanilla, and coconut. Mouth feel is full, and oily, coating my mouth, with a perfect carb. Notes of dark soy, dark roasty coffee, sweet, woody bourbon, toffee, and vanilla. Medium bitterness, alcohol is well hidden, excellent stout.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:30


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Canned, shared with Eric, MiroB, Max and others. Black with brownish head. Chocolate, marmalade fruit, cocoa, bourbon, sweet, oily. Nicely done.

Tried from Can on 02 Dec 2024 at 22:00


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Rated at Suomenojan jätevedenpuhdistamo. Smooth, slightly roasty and heavy with coffee and bourbon vanilla notes, chocolate sauce, cocoa and oaky sweetness. Quite smooth but complex and balanced.

Tried on 12 Oct 2024 at 15:58


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

Can at home, Espoo. Color is very dark brown with very small head. Aromas and flavors: Coffee, chocolate, bourbon, chocolate sweetness, malts....

Tried from Can on 12 Oct 2024 at 13:07


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tasting at Salesforce, bottle
Dark brown colour, near black. Heavy spice, maybe cinnamon, also strong earthy character from the coffee.
Good.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2019 at 08:12


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

Lemon grass, vegetal barrel notes. Jet brown with a decent beige head. Spicy, dark, bitter and a long barrel chocolate note. Finish is very woody and dry.

Tried on 04 Jul 2019 at 05:01


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma reveals some strange spicy elements, with sawdust, smoked malt, green pepper, and bourbon. Flavour is more impressive, with lots of bourbon barrels upfront, followed by vanilla, cocoa and some green pepper. Nice bourbon character, with a spicy, earthy finish. Tastes much better than it smells. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2019 at 04:59


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2017 version. A deep dark stout with a thick frothy lacing brown head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with light licorice, coffee, light peated notes, very nice and complex. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with light vanilla, light powdery character, cherry blossom, light coffee, very nice and complex. On tap at Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2018 at 18:28


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Brown bottle, 500 ml, via Peter Killam - CANBIF April 2018 (thank you!), savoured on May 29 2018; eye: liquorice, opaque, voluminous brown head that remains, good lacing; nose: roasted malt, bourbon, oak, coffee, chocolate, alcohol, light alcohol warmth, light metallic, smoke, light peat, caramel, finale in smoke with presence of peat, full body, lightly below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: quite likable

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, 11 %, via Peter Killam - CANBIF avril 2018 (thank you!), savourée le 29 mai 2018; œil : réglisse, opaque, volumineuse mousse brune qui perdure, bonne dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, bourbon, chêne, café, chocolat; bouche : malt torréfié, bourbon, chêne, café, chocolat, alcool, léger chaleur d'alcool, léger métallique, fumé, léger tourbe, caramel, finale en fumé avec présence de tourbe, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien aimé

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2018 at 20:59