Hopduvel Gentse Stouter
De Graal in Brakel, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.45
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Jybi (2409) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Même si cette Hopduvel se rapproche davantage d'une quadruple que d'un Imperial Stout, elle sait être bien construite et bien structurée avec des arômes d'une bonne complexité. Ce stouter est en tout cas bien mieux réussi que le stout qui était, lui, très hétérogène. En verre pas de fausse note avec un brun sombre surmonté d'une mousse brune d'1 cm d'épaisseur. Au nez, on se rapproche encore d'un stout avec des arômes bien présents et dominants de chocolat et de café, enrichis de vanille de prune et de cerise (à noter l'ajout de cacao et de vanille dans la recette). A la dégustation les arômes fruités deviennent dominants accompagnés de porto, de vanille et de chocolat. Le café pour sa part devient beaucoup plus discret. Ainsi, l'attaque commence piano avec des arômes de fruits noirs (notamment prune et figue) et de porto en avant. L'équilibre y est très bien trouvé avec de surcroît une texture soyeuse appréciable. En seconde bouche, l'alcool à 11 % s'affirme renforçant l'impression de quadruple. De fines épices viennent également le cocktail. Belle prestance et élégance de l'ensemble. L'alcool est d'ailleurs très bien intégré. Le porto s'affiche quant à lui plus nettement en arrière-bouche. Le final, bien que manquant de longueur laisse de beaux arômes en bouche, la corpulence étant également appréciable. Bien faîte et agréable.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
F: huge, creamy, tanned, long lasting. C: dark, non-transparent. A: malty, chocolate, bit fruity, cocoa, bit banana, dark caramel. T: malty, chocolate, lingering dark fruits, bit vinous, coffee/smoked tones, bit vanilla at the end, medium/full body, medium carbonation, not bad at all, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Bierwinkel De Hopduvel in Gent.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ home. Opaque dark brown color, medium to full sized beige to light brown head that lasts for a decent while. Aroma is malts, quote some chocolate, slightly sweet, slightly earthy, light roast. Taste malts, lightly roasted malts, again quite some chocolate, lightly vanilla, lightly earthy, a slight sweetish hint initially only to be overtaken by a light pleasant bitterness in the finish. Medium body and carbonation, although a bit fizzy as well. Quite pleasant though.
Bierridder (4318) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22/08/2015 – sample (bottle) @ Gents Bierfestival Black colour, small head. Nose is coffee, chocolate, licorice. Taste is nice, light roasted malts, chocolate and some licorice. More for my liking than the Gentse Stout which I found too roasted.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Hopduvel Gentse Stouter (by De Graal):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
27/VI/15 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: IV/2018 (2015-822)
Little cloudy dark brown beer, creamy irregular beige head, frothy, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, banana, yeast, bit sweet, liquorish, caramel, mocha, some chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: dark chocolate, spicy, liquorish, bit sour, hoppy bitterness, roasted, coffee notes. Aftertaste: bit sweet, caramel, spicy, mocha, liquorish.
77ships (14506) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330 ml. bottle sampled. BBF 04/2018. Purchased @ De Hopduvel. Pours dark brown, small dark mocha head. There is nothing RIS about the smell, overly Belgian, Belgian dark fruits with plenty of bubblegum, light liquorish, thin spices, huge Belgian character & rather thin esp. for this ABV. Taste is a disappointing Belgian beer, liquorish & herbal BE notes with bubblegum, leaves, faint bitter cacao, BE dark fruits,… Not getting vanilla here. Very thin & over-carbonated. Fails as a Belgian & has nothing reminiscent of a RIS.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Pours very dark brown. Small white head. Smell is roasted malts, rather unintense. Taste is sharp, rather bitter, waek MF, roasted malts. Not very stout-ish. Bit vanilla. Overcarbonated. OK beer, all and all, But I miss a thick, silky MF.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Hopduvel Gentse Stouter from De Graal 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from De Hopduvel. Dark brown, beige foam. Medium carbonation. Aroma of caramel, dried fruit (raisins, plum), brown sugar, vanilla and cocoa. This is more a quadrupel than an imperial stout. Lacks roastiness. But well balanced and easy drinkable. Very good.