Sword
Bier & Karakter in Slypskapelle, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.02
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RudiGR (65) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 4 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Gekocht bij Deca Services in Woesten op 3-07-2025. En thuis mijn smaakpapillen laten meegenieten op 17-10-2025.
Sword Strong Black Stout wordt gebrouwen door drie vrienden die in 2012 brouwerij Bier en Karakter oprichtten; Chris Bruynooghe, Chris Callewaert en Brecht Dumoulin nu brouwen ze nog bij Brouwerij Deca Services in Woesten maar op een vierkantshoeve in Moorslede wordt een eigen installatie ingericht. Sword verwijst naar het West-Vlaamse “Zwort”, wat zwart betekent, alsook naar het zwaard in het logo.
SWORD STRONG BLACK STOUT is een helder zwart bier dat een normale hoeveelheid bruinig en moussig schuim produceert dat naderhand inzakt tot een fijn dun laagje. Het blijft op een normale manier aan je glaswand kleven. De bodem van de fles is volledig bedekt met een gistdepot. CO2 belletjes zie je niet wegens te donker.
HET AROMA:
Licht zurig, zoetig, mokka, chocolade, mout.
DE SMAAK:
Licht zurig, zoetig, wat opgelegde kers, beetje pruim, chocolade, koffie, mout, beetje alcohol.
HET MONDGEVOEL:
Medium body, licht bitterdroog, gladde textuur, een normale koolzuurprikkel.
DE NASMAAK:
Licht zurig, zoet, koffie, wat droog, wat verwarmde alcohol, beetje kruidnagel. De chocolade, een houttint en de opgelegde kersen vloeien lang uit.
HET VERDICT:
Iets zoetere ‘Belgische’ stout, wel lekker maar het zuurtje hoort dat erbij?
Meer info en mijn befaamde sublieme foto’s vind je bij
http://www.beersfrombelgium.eu/nl/Sword_Strong_Black_Stout-b-4741.html
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Black with lasting thin head. Aroma and flavour are very sweet with loads of dried fruits especially prunes. Also dark chocolate. More of a strong dark ale than stout
nathanvc (6963) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours hazy black with a lasting, small, foamy, beige head. Aroma of prune, raisin, wood, toast, mocha, liquorice, clove, brandy. Taste is light to medium malty sweet, quite some dark fruits, prune & raisin, herbal black tea-like bitterness with a hint of toast, subtle coffee, nuts & dark chocolate. Dry, toasty, herbal hoppy finish, more dark fruit, chocolate, some spicy liquorice & clove, with warming brandy-like alcohol. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Quite Belgian interpretation, enjoyable.
Fin (18365) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle picked up from Dranken Vande Woude, Pervijze-Diksmuide and consumed at Camping Alpino, Lake Garda, Italy, Monday 30th September 2019. Pours black, soft, very Belgian in style, sweet but very agreeable. As with many Belgian beers tastes very easy to drink.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bier & Karakter Sword (by Bier & Karakter):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
24/VI/18 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ my godchild's birthday weekend, the Abeels' place - BB: see bottle, nothing on bottle though, nor on the cap (2018-801)
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. aroma: some chlorine, soft roast, some milk chocolate, bit yeasty, some banana, typical Belgian yeast signature. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body, creamy texture. Taste: rather sweet start, alcohol, some chlorine, CO2, some more alcohol, roasted, bitter notes, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: dead yeast, bitter hops, quite some chocolate, caramel, pretty sweet finish.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours black , clear ( reddish brown shine when put to light ) small tanned head that fades instantly. Smell is tad sweet, roasty, bit 'plastic' and ashy. Common factors in a Belgian Imperial Stout. Taste is full, sharp, bitter, very roasty, ashy aspects, dark chocolate. Bit thin in body, not very complex. Typical Belgian style Imperial stout. OK beer, for sure, but not the kind of things I enjoy in an imperial stout. Fairly hot due to the alcohol as well. Bit bitter ending, roasty.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bier & Karakter, the guys behind Klets, making their first attempt at the prestigious imperial stout style; 75 cl bottle with waxed cap, bought at Hopduvel. Thick and foamy, tightly lacing, stable, closed, beige-ish egg-white head, black robe with hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of old black chocolate bars, cold coffee grounds, beetroot, blackberries, damp earth, tea, bubblegum, gin, caramel candy, cloves, burnt tree branches. Sweetish onset, dried fig, dried banana, very old raisins, sourish accent, fizzy carb, full mouthfeel. Toasty, nutty and bitter-chocolatey malt body with a roasty ending, coffeeish but a bit dirty as well, with lots of phenolic yeastiness; quite boozy finish too, 'jenever'-like and somewhat astringent alcohol, herbal and earthy hop bitter note. Typically Belgian attempt at this Anglo-Saxon style, crude, boozy, heavily roasty, phenolic and too yeasty-dirty, but once you get used to this new combination of flavours in this country, this is enjoyable enough - though in this very specific segment, I prefer e.g. Nest's Dead Man's Hand series, Cabardouche's Stout Mokke or Broers' Zwarte Ruiter over this one.
77ships (14506) reviewed Sword from Bier & Karakter 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ Samson en Geert bierproeverij. 2018. First commercial release. Dark brown, small head. Nice roast in the nose, more dry, faint complimentary bark. Dry, easy to drink, more dry, faint umami, roods, dry chocolate, lower but clear roast, black chocolate. Not necessarily my kind of RIS but very nice for a drinkable & dry one. 2015 unofficial batch. First one. Has held up very well, clear oxidation, some cellar in nose & taste but doesn’t really take it down and works for it, maybe touch thin but held up well, new one should age fairly.