Black Swan
Brussels Beer Project in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.17
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Black Swan is a robust yet delicate, soft and complex blackberry Baltic Porter. We went a bit overboard on the berries and used 360kg of blackberry puree for 9000L! It's dark with a nice purple brown head. On the mouthfeel, we have a nice chocolate and sour fruity finish
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6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
24/11/22, can. Nice creamy head. Intensive aroma of dark fruits, black berries, blue berries, cherries, dried plums with hints of chocolate, caramel. Taste of dark fruits, blue and blackberries. Light sourness. Some chocolate hints. Original one but expected more.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2023
at 20:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black with thin lacy head. Aroma and flavour are really fruity and juicy. The blueberries come through well. Behind the sweetness there's a solid Porter. Silky taste.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2022
at 20:36
6.8/10
Does have the dark fruit flavour, somewhat soured. However it is a bit thin bodied for the style. Middling. Foeders ams
Tried
on 08 Oct 2022
at 15:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Brewcraft on a walk. Aroma is nice and bright with berry flavor coming through. Taste is surprisingly light and bright with a nice tartness and a sort of crispness that wasn’t at all the syrupy dark berry beer I expected. Unexpectedly refreshing for a 9.7% porter. Black and blueberries do a great job lightening things up too. Palate is light and frothy. Really good!
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2022
at 12:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, 9.7%. Roasted aroma with sweet liquorice and dark bread notes. Black colour. Good stable rocky light brown head. The flavour is quite citric with bread and metal notes. Aftertaste of sweet liquorice.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2022
at 21:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Drak brown pour. Aromas and taste of chocolate, coffee, cream, blueberry/red berries with a smooth finish. Enjoyed it
Tried
on 19 Apr 2022
at 10:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can, courtesy of the staff at the brewery’s taproom. Pours cloudy very dark brown with airy tan head. Clear aroma of dried fruit and yeast, with touches of malt. Dry flavour of berries, with sweetish notes of yeast and malt and touches of roast. Estery and dry aftertaste. Warming alcohol presence. A nice one. Merci beaucoup, messieurs.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2022
at 21:32
7/10
Mõnusalt mustikane, marjane, magus, röstine, šokolaadine, kakaone, nats alksine. Keha võiks veits rohkem olla, aga muidu sobib.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2022
at 19:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours very dark chocolatebrown. Medium large, creamy tanned head. Scent is sharp, roasty, typical porter, but noticably stronger indeed. Fruits aren't noticable just yet. Taste is rich. Fruits much more clear now, in perfect balance with the sharp roast that's typical for the style of the basebeer. Heavy, but not boozy. Could use a bit more body to me. Average carbonation.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2022
at 15:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Haandfest. An unclear brown beer with a dense finger-thick beige head. Some curtains. Roasted malts, some coffee and dark chocolate and a good dash of blackberries in the aroma. It's full-bodied, lightly warming and soft on the palate, with a berry dominated flavor. Both blackberry and berries in a more generic way. Roasted malts, some coffee and chocolate too. A touch of bitterness toward the finish. Nice indeed, but the blackberries got a bit overwhelming. 190503
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2021
at 11:14