Troubadour Westkust
Brouwerij The Musketeers in Sint-Gillis-Waas, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.39
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Troubadour Westkust is a dark, almost black tasting beer with notes of hop, roasted malt, coffee and subtle hints of chocolate and vanilla. The taste is a balance between roasted malt and coffee followed by a strong but pleasant bitterness that slowly becomes more persistent and creates a long hoppy aftertaste.
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8/10
Bottle from Belgiuminabox. Pours a very very dark brown almost black colour with a large very thick creamy beige head. Nice lacing. Beautiful looking beer. Aromas of chocolate, caramel, nuts, some dark, citrus and tropical fruits and hints of herbs and spice. Taste is fairly nutty, more chocolate, caramel, some roasty notes and some citrus hop. Full bodied, very smooth slightly oily mouthfeel and a fairly long roasty and citrus hop bitterness on the finish. Complex and beautifully made beer. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2020
at 19:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle) clear, bright, dark brown colour with a medium tall brown head; aroma of jam, brown sugar; intense dryish flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2020
at 22:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml brown bottle from the LCBO, written on front label 8.6% ABV and 55 IBU - with a best before date 2022/APR/08. Pours a hazy copper brown colour with light ruby highlights. The head is huge, fluffy-creamy, great retention and some nice creamy lacing. Aromas of roasted malts, oatmeal, with notes of chocolate and mild grassy hops. The mouthfeel get fairly dry in the end, with lots of bitterness lingering. The flavours are mostly hops over the very light roasted malts. A pretty decent Black IPA... from Belgium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2020
at 04:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the LCBO. Clear dark mahogany under a large foamy khaki head that fades slowly and leaves spotty lace. Nose is molasses, dark fruit, grass, roast nuts, light coffee, licorice, minerals and light yeast. Light+ brown sugar sweetness with a medium+ grass and coffee bitterness. Mouth is full and creamy with soft carbonation. Warming but not boozy. 8/4/7/4/15
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2020
at 02:22
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Dark brown, big solid golden bubbly head. Looks like a milkshake. Aroma citrus hops, bit funky, touch of cream too. Taste is strange and nice. Quite strong, initial citrus, lemon and lime, goes into big creaminess and roasty chocolate, long roasty finish. Really biscuity too. Bit like hob nobs. Creamy too. Really nice. Nice and full bodied. --- Beer merged from original tick of Troubadour Westkust on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Dark brown, big solid golden bubbly head. Looks like a milkshake. Aroma citrus hops, bit funky, touch of cream too. Taste is strange and nice. Quite strong, initial citrus, lemon and lime, goes into big creaminess and roasty chocolate, long roasty finish. Really biscuity too. Bit like hob nobs. Creamy too. Really nice. Nice and full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Murky brown color. Malty, roast and herbal hops in the aroma. Malty sweet, roasty flavor with oily herbal hops and licorice. Some fruit hidden in the background. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @Foeders, Amsterdam, with Joost, small sample. Deep ruby brown, tall frothy tan head, good retention and lacing. Aroma roasted malt, overripe fruit, liquorice, chocolate notes. Taste medium sweet and bitter, touch of acidity, malty, syrupy, light chocolate, pine resin. Malty sweetbitter aftertaste, roasty notes, full-bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Robust but alcohol well-hidden, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2019
at 08:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Van de tap in Foeders op 18-4-2019 met Huub. Donker, met goed schuim, zoet aroma. Een heerlijke volle smaak en stevige nasmaak. Lekker.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2019
at 07:16
5/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2018
at 14:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. (8.6% ABV) Pours a murky red-brown with a large, foamy, long lasting, beige head that leaves plenty of lace. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, caramel, dark chocolate, plum, orange, grapefruit, coffee, piney hops and light yeast. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, dark chocolate, licorice, caramel, prune, raisin, plum, bread, grapefruit, vanilla, coffee and earthy yeast with a dry, bitter, piney hop finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2018
at 05:59