Mariënrode Black Star
Halen Breweries NV in Halen, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij Anders!Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.89
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The base of the Black Star is the Halen Mariënrode Quadrupel 12 that has ripened for five long years on old oak barrels. These oak barrels have served in their previous lives to mature peated whiskey and bourbon. When tasting the Black Star, this peat and bourbon aroma is all around. This is a beer that is five years old, and yes it is black.
Limited production with numbered bottles 800 bottles
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tderoeck (22946) reviewed Mariënrode Black Star from Halen Breweries NV 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
19/XI/19 - 75cl bottle @ HoReCa-Expo Gent, BB: n/a - (2019-1856) Thanks to the brewers and the Ghent Beer Posse for sharing today’s beers!
Apparently they put the "Zonderik XII" in peated whisky barrels for five years, which was a good idea as nobody seemed to like the original beer back then. For some reason Zonderik changed names to Halen Breweries and they took these barrels with them, to release them under the new name.
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: dusty, spicy, nutmeg, some maple, oxidized, roasted, smoky touch. MF: soft roast, medium body. Taste: nice roast up front, acidic touch, little bitter, somewhat peated but just a little at first. Aftertaste: nice roast, lots of peat, nice one, just a little too oxidized.