Cassandra
Siphon Brewing in Michelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Oyster Regular|
Score
7.33
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Captured by a local fisherman, Cassandra the Mermaid cursed Damme. She was banished to a pond right beside the brewery where she died of despair. She lives on today as the city weather vane.
Cassandra's bitterness derives from both its coffee-like roasted grains as well as its earthy European hop bill and a subtle touch of minerality through the addition of oyster shells at the end of the boiling process brings out a perceived chocolatey-liquorice sweetness.
Water: damme Malts: pale ale, munich, special b, chocolate, roasted barley, oat flakes, barley flakes Hops: challenger, goldings Yeast: american ale Other: oyster shells EBC: 117.
Cassandra's bitterness derives from both its coffee-like roasted grains as well as its earthy European hop bill and a subtle touch of minerality through the addition of oyster shells at the end of the boiling process brings out a perceived chocolatey-liquorice sweetness.
Water: damme Malts: pale ale, munich, special b, chocolate, roasted barley, oat flakes, barley flakes Hops: challenger, goldings Yeast: american ale Other: oyster shells EBC: 117.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs. Pours deep brown, nose is roasty, liquorice, chocolate, taste is bitter, roasted, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2017
at 07:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Cloun. Pours clear brown with a frothy, khaki head. Light roast in the nose, some tangy berries, scorched earth, vague cocoa. Light sweet flavour with some burnt wood, more earth, leathery berries, roast. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Really dry in the finish, a little astringent, with some ash, more cocoa, leather. So so overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2017
at 13:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at L42. It pours opaque black with massive tan head. The aroma is rich earthy, charred, liquorice, umami, ashy, salty, cacao and tar. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy, charred, umami, salty, leather, warming, tangy fruits, charred stuff and ash with a drying and charred finish. Medium + body and high carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2017
at 13:28
8/10
Tried
on 26 Jul 2017
at 13:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight breadish. Dry, toffee roasted. Mild liqourice. Dense dark breadish and roasted finish. Slight sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2017
at 18:27
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Brown color with beige head. Aroma is candy sugar, chocolate, sugar. Taste is chocolate, lacto, some sugary sweetness. Medium carbonation. A bit too sweet for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2017
at 06:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2017. Fast schwarze Farbe. Geruch ist schokoladig, Lactose, Vanille. Geschmack röstmalzig bitter, Lactose, Vanille, lecker.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2017
at 04:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Black with thin head. Aroma is a bit grassy. Flavour is nice with lots of heavily roasted bitter malts. Too much carbonation.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2017
at 02:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
At Zythos 2017. Pours black. Aroma is coffee, liquorice, dark chocolate. Body is medium, darkly roasted, some sweetness, but not overdone, slightly salty. Pleasantly gentle. Shortish palate. Good.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2017
at 12:23