6

Roast, chocolate, cocoa, Belgian yeast, hoppy

6

Magus, mõru, röst, suhkur, linnaseline, pärmine. Ok.

7

--- Beer merged from original tick of Anosteké Brune Imperial Stout on 14 Nov 2015 at 17:57

7.9

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

Opaque deep ruby brown colour, small frothy tan head, dissipating slowly. Aroma roasted and sweet malts, caramel, dark fruit, cocoa, liquorice. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, roasty, chocolate, light dark fruit, liquorice, earthy notes. Full-bodied, oily to creamy texture, soft carbonation, roasty and malty sweetbitter aftertaste, earthy notes, light fruit, overall a well-balanced and tasty stout.

6.9

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

33cl bottle at home (7 IV 2020), as Anosteké Imperial Smout. The North-French Anosteké brewers share an identity crisis, longing to catch up with a certain - perhaps non-existing - Flemish brewing tradition and trying to imitate different dull brew styles. But I do like this try of imperial stout. And the "smout" name; I see what you did there! As for the mouthfeel, it reminds me of a boosted Belgian dark with lots of coffee and mocca features. Lets start: the appearance is straightforward. A thick beige to cassonade coloured collar, quite long lasting, tops a black brew. Perhaps there is some reddish gloom in there as well. The nose has keen hints of liquorice, ox blood, liegeois syrup, dextrose. Lots of roast, some smoke and features of malts and straw. In the background one can find a few, different fruits flavours. Think of blueberries or dark forest fruits. The mouthfeel is sweet and bitter, with loads of dry hops and coffee notes. The combination rsults in a full sugarish powerbomb with heaps of different features. I would categorize this attempt as a Belgian strong ale, dark brown, with perfect herbs, dry ending. The ABV volume is not that heavy and does not disturb the fragrances and palate. All in all, this is a nice brew with powerful features of sweets, coffee and hops.

6.5

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

Pours hazy dark brown with a lasting, thin, foamy, tan head. Aroma of liquorice, old bread, stale chocolate, prune, black tea, red apple. Taste is medium malty sweet, notes of chocolate, prune & raisin over bitter herbs, black pepper, toasty edge, some sweet-spicy liquorice. Dryish, peppery hoppy finish, more chocolate & liquorice with faintly warming brown rum-like alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Belgian Strong Dark with a 'Stoutish' twist, but nothing more.

7

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

Keyaki. Bit thin again. Lightly medicinal, lots of roast, coffee. Dark fruit. Licquorice. That medicinal thing gets in the way though for me.

5

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