See the Light?
Oriel Beer in Bucharest, București - Ilfov, Romania 🇷🇴
Collab with: Wicked BarrelStout - Imperial Special
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Score
7.36
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A blast of sweet chocolate, pralines, coffee, molasses and roasted notes come in a creamy, smooth, balanced taste by few esters and with a refermentation in the bottle, everything becomes more interesting. Let yourself be seduced and See the Light or the darkness.
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tricksta_p (13664) reviewed See the Light? from Oriel Beer 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Aroma is roasted malt with lots of chocolate, cocoa, touch of coffee, hint of dried fruit, caramel. I can definitely get behind the mention of pralines on the label. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet with a mild roasty bitterness and a little suggestion of yeastiness and tartness. Body is above medium, no sign of the 10%. Could be a bit more full, but... so nicely chocolate-y with a distinct 'Belgian twist'.
Basementonline (12540) ticked See the Light? from Oriel Beer 2 years ago
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DSG (25977) reviewed See the Light? from Oriel Beer 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks Stas. Black. Chocolate, fruity esters (some banana, plum), caramel, wood, sweet.
Fruitsalad (2249) ticked See the Light? from Oriel Beer 6 years ago
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed See the Light? from Oriel Beer 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
25th August 2019
Opaque dark brown beer, good tan head. Smooth and somewhat airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft dark malts, a little dark malt cream. Mellow creamy dark chocolate with a near perfectly integrated soft Cappuccino coffee. Mellow fruity tones on the back end. Description says Pralines and I have to say I am persuaded. Soft finish. My second beer from Oriel and it's an impressive Impy, light and flavoursome. Definitely a brewery to watch.
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed See the Light? from Oriel Beer 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pitch black, fast diminishing mocha head. The aroma is not the showiest - humble dark sugars and some burnt / roast notes. Very light hints of alcohol and peppery spice. You do get some dark alcohol soaked dried fruit as the temperature goes up. So, roughly a Quadrupel / Impy hybrid, just not as bold as expected. The taste, on the other hand, is bolder and even closer to a Quad - not as much chocolate, roasty coffee or big dark sugars, as there's alcohol soaked dark fruit, light notes of dark bread crust, some basement / mold notes, palate numbing alcohol and light spicy bitterness. All, in a traditionally thin and easy drinking body. Imperial Stout is a bit of a misnomer for this beer, otherwise a decent Belgian Dark strongie - not as showy as American style implies, but it does have other strong sides.