Black Magic
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.80
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, caramel, light chocolate. Bitter malty flavour, light sweet, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, toast, mocha. Bitter finish, coffee, liquorice, laurierdrop. Nice!
(from draught @ ZBF, Leuven 2015)
(from draught @ ZBF, Leuven 2015)
Tried
on 28 Apr 2015
at 19:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and light chocolate. Sweet, roasted, dark malty and chocolate. Breadish and roasted dry into a bitter and dense chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2015
at 08:25
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pitch blsck with a 2 finger creamy head. The nose is actually pretty weak. Very dark high cocoa chocolate with a mild toasted factor, cheap pancake syrup and vanilla. There’s no hiding the booze in this one. Incredibly boozy astringency is also high. Sweet and chocolate are redeeming but barely. Hard to tell what to do with this one. Age it? It’s interesting.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2014
at 12:25
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 10
Shared with + thanks to AdamJackson & tderoeck! Sampled draft @ ‘t Schooltje. Black, thick small mocha head. Nose is thick roasted chocolate, tad soy sauce, powdery feel to it, faint herbal. Taste is roasted malts, syrupy, faint soy sauce but mainly powdery cacao & black berries syrup, powdery chocolate, lightly herbal, touch roast. Body is mix beteen substantial, touch syrupy & tad light. Drinks unbelievably crazily easy for the 17 % ABV. An improvement for Double Black to my preferences. Interesting beer for sure.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2014
at 14:51
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as Struise Black Magic (by De Struise Brouwers):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
15/XI/14 - on tap @ Struise Schooltje (Oostvleteren) - BB: n/a (2014-1330) Thanks to AdamJackson and 77ships for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, big creamy irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, vanilla, sugary, chocolate, bit spicy, cinnamon touch. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: holy bimbam!!! Very roasted, coffee, mocha, chocolate, caramel, hint of vanilla, bitter hops. Aftertaste: roasted, charcoal, hoppy, little sugary, quite alcoholic, dry bitter finish. Amazing good stuff!
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
15/XI/14 - on tap @ Struise Schooltje (Oostvleteren) - BB: n/a (2014-1330) Thanks to AdamJackson and 77ships for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, big creamy irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, vanilla, sugary, chocolate, bit spicy, cinnamon touch. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: holy bimbam!!! Very roasted, coffee, mocha, chocolate, caramel, hint of vanilla, bitter hops. Aftertaste: roasted, charcoal, hoppy, little sugary, quite alcoholic, dry bitter finish. Amazing good stuff!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2014
at 13:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Het Oude Schooltje, during the 3rd Zombier Anniversary, 18/10/14. Black with a big tan covering. Nose is rich roast, dark fruits, light spice, pine, bitter chocolate. Taste comprises liqourice, roasted malt, molasses, dark fruit tang, raisens, plummy vibes, tobacco. Full bodied, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Decent stuff, not to sweet, good bitterings and hop presence to keep things moving along nicely. As for the style ... hmmm, Not a strong lager/imperial pils for me, perhaps a black IPA?
Tried
on 23 Oct 2014
at 14:25