Black Albert Costa Rica Espresso
(has 2 batches)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.36
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at Ace&Kees! festival. Almost black with dark beige head. Sweet sugary grains, roast, sweet coffee, dark earthy roast, blackberries. Rye bread, earthy dead leaves. Quite sweet but also a thick roasted bitterness. Almost full bodied. It’s nice, but not the Black Albert I remember.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2018
at 18:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at Ace & Kees. Bottle. Black with light tannhead. Big sweet deep roasted chocolate malts, dark fruit, rye, brown sugar, not so much coffee. Booze. Big sweet and bitter. Full body and soft carbonation. Bit boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2018
at 18:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Again from kappldav123. Thanks for sharing. Again jet black in the glass. Strong fruity choco alcoholic smell. Taste starts relative smooth, fruity, dark choco, some sweetness, barrelwood, resin. Increasing dry coffee and alcoholic to boozy. Coffee bitterness. Warming. Complex stuff.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2018
at 21:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Many thanks to Kappldav123 for sharing! Smooth deep malty beginning. Thick and rich, lots of coffee, nice smooth bitter roasted. Hints of vanilla, deep with a long fruity roasted espresso but sweetish milk-coffee aftertaste. Deep, rich, not too sweetish and intense dark bitter sticky roasted. Fantastic brew!
Tried
on 12 Mar 2018
at 19:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Looks really good. Beer in the glass deep black, almost no head. Heavy malty aroma. Starts intense malty, stouty, earthy notes. Nice coffee hints. Also hints of liquorice. Finish milder, balanced-malty, softer stouty notes. Some woody hints. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2018
at 19:44