1554
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Gruit Regular|
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1554 Black Lager beer uses a lager yeast strain and dark chocolaty malts to redefine what dark beer can be.
A surprisingly bright taste and a dry, chocolaty finish -- one evocative of dark brews enjoyed in Belgian taverns 500 years ago. Not a porter, not a stout -- it's 1554.
Enlightened Dark Ale
1554 defies the style guidelines of modern beer. Although dark in color, 1554 is not a porter, stout, schwarzbier or bock. Rather, it is a rebirth of a lost beer style called zwert (Flemish for black), which uses gruit for bittering. The oldest reference to zwert beer comes from 1285. However, our brewing inspiration came from a book published in 1554, which was the height of popularity for zwertbeer. First released in 1998, our whimsical improvisation includes a variety of specialty dark malts, a dash of licorice root, and a European lager yeast that’s fermented at ale temperatures.
A surprisingly bright taste and a dry, chocolaty finish -- one evocative of dark brews enjoyed in Belgian taverns 500 years ago. Not a porter, not a stout -- it's 1554.
Enlightened Dark Ale
1554 defies the style guidelines of modern beer. Although dark in color, 1554 is not a porter, stout, schwarzbier or bock. Rather, it is a rebirth of a lost beer style called zwert (Flemish for black), which uses gruit for bittering. The oldest reference to zwert beer comes from 1285. However, our brewing inspiration came from a book published in 1554, which was the height of popularity for zwertbeer. First released in 1998, our whimsical improvisation includes a variety of specialty dark malts, a dash of licorice root, and a European lager yeast that’s fermented at ale temperatures.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark mahogany brown colour with thin head. Has some sweet dark malt, caramel and brown bread. A bit thin.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2024
at 17:25
6/10
Magus, suhkrune, linnaseline, karamelline. Ok, puhtalt pruulitud, aga lihtsama poolne selle stiili kohta.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2023
at 20:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A very dark brown beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma is interesting, sweet fruitness, complex spicyness, some earthyness and sourness. Taste has dark and sweet fruits, spicyness, hint of roastiness. Medium bodied. The complex spicyness is interesting.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2023
at 11:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Burg Bar & Grill, downtown St Pete. Mid-brown and a little translucent with a film of beige head. Chocolate malt in the aroma with lightvgrassy and herbal notes. Nuanced taste of sweet treacle, some chocolate bitters, cola. Bitterness on the medium to long finish. Light body, with heavy, tight carbonation. Hard tenpin down, and that's what's fun.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2023
at 15:21
7/10
Style hunt complete! Been since college since I've had this one!
Smooth and malty
Smooth and malty
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2023
at 19:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6%. Very dark ruby to mahogany colour, nearly black. Small and shortlived beige head. Weak and uninteresting aroma, a little malts, a hint of chocolate and dust. The dry flavour is not very exciting either, but fairly refreshing. Moderate malts, a hint of chocolate again, also a hint of prunes and liquorice, very mild spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2022
at 00:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 355ml @ yngwie nyttår 2021
Pours dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, chocolate and coffee. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, chocolate and coffee finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, chocolate and coffee. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, chocolate and coffee finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2022
at 17:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Solsletta 311221. Deep amber color with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate. Flavor is fruit, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, dried fruit, bread, caramel. Nice beer.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2022
at 17:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. God locking, clear, deep amber body under a small, lacing, beige head. Aroma has dark malt, bread, and coffee. Taste is medium sweet dark, gentle roasted malt, coffee, bread and hint of dark chocolate. Balanced in taste and body, pleasant aftertaste. A really balanced, smooth and elegant one indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2022
at 20:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. A clear, dark brown beer with a small beige head. Some curtains. The aroma has a good dash of dark dried fruits, with roasted malts, notes of coffee and dark chocolate, with some caramel notes. It's full-bodied and softly carbonated, semi-dry, with flavors of dark chocolate, some coffee and a touch of dark dried fruits. Lasting finish. Quite pleasant this one. Easy drinkable and tasteful. 211231
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2021
at 16:42