Imperial Dutch Stout
Brouwerij Frontaal in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
At Café De Zwaan, Maastricht. From their walk-in fridge. Shared with Anke.
Pours cloudy black with a frothy, beige head. The aroma contains cookie dough, cinnamon, syrup, caramel, some spices & vanilla, 'kruidnoot' and 'peperkoek' (pepper cake). It tastes light to medium dough-like/syrupy sweet and light spicy bitter; comparatively shorter finish. Full body, slick/oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Very unusual for an Imperial Stout; indeed full of cookie delight. Well done but definitely not up there with the best.
Pours cloudy black with a frothy, beige head. The aroma contains cookie dough, cinnamon, syrup, caramel, some spices & vanilla, 'kruidnoot' and 'peperkoek' (pepper cake). It tastes light to medium dough-like/syrupy sweet and light spicy bitter; comparatively shorter finish. Full body, slick/oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Very unusual for an Imperial Stout; indeed full of cookie delight. Well done but definitely not up there with the best.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2017
at 09:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pitch black pour with a tan head. Notes of roasted (or burnt) malt, smoke, molasses, anise star, dark chocolate, mint, a bit of vanilla and a bit of caramel. Full body, thick and viscous, low carbonation and a sweet and lightly spicy finish.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2017
at 11:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from het Biermoment, dated 05/09/2017, 33cl sample. Dark brown color, short brown head. Aroma has caramel and toffee, but also some minty and rhummy notes, which maybe comss from the burned caramel combined with some spices like cinamon and clove? This comes back in the taste as well. Burns a bit in the back of the alcohol. I dont get a lot of stroopwafel sensation and the balance could be a bit better with the alcohol dominating somewhat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2017
at 13:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Maakun’s. Black with tan head. Sweet dark roasted malts with spices and floral notes up front. Stroopwafelstroop, speculaas, licorice, waffle dough. Big sweet and moderate bitter. Full body and soft carbonation. Bit boozy. Quite nice but the aromas are hardly recognizable as stroopwafels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2017
at 15:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Black with light brown head. Cinnamon, strong caramel, licorice, lot of spices, speculaas more than stroopwafel, alcohol, flowery, toffee, cognac, light roast, schnapps. Over medium sweet with herbal and alcoholic bitterness. Almost full bodied with soft carbonation. Very herbal and spicy with quite some booze. It sort of works well but I wouldn't say "stroopwafel" if I didn't read the label.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2017
at 15:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
8 3 8 3 16 Bottle shared at home. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of caramel, roast, coffee, definite stroopwafel showing up, dark chocolate, licorice and toffee. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Light full bodied with noticeable alcohol in the finish and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2017
at 15:39