Kuro Grand Cru
OWA Brewery in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Van Den BosscheBelgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
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Score
7.15
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Owa Kuro (Black) aged for 10 months in red wine barrels.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at Bruce’s pad, thanks to Kenwold, 12/06/14. #475/500. Chestnut brown with a moderate light beige covering. Nose is ripe fruits, Belgian yeast esters, toffee, bitter shandy notes, dark fruit peel. Taste comprises caramel, dark fruit, subtle BA effect, red berry fruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok, not overly dynamic, doesn’t deliver at lot for a BA beer or for the ABV, not unpleasant just a little whelming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2014
at 12:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Ken. It pours dark ruby with a minimal beige head. The nose is roasty, sweet, earth, chocolate, dark fruits, candied, wood and sweet vanilla. The taste is sweet, roasty, cherry cola, caramel, vanilla and light alcohol in the background. Medium body, high carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Not much wine action. Plenty of cola. A bit thin and foamy. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2014
at 11:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28.04.2014, 0,75l bottle (2013 vintage, bottle #480/500) @ home:
Big light brown slightly fizzy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish, dark malts, dark sour fruits, sorrel, caramel, oak, unripe banana, chocolate, coffee, hints of licorice. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, dark malts, oak, dark sour fruits, hay, caramel, chocolate, coffee, paper, alcohol. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and watery mouthfeel, high carbonation. Fair enough.
Big light brown slightly fizzy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish, dark malts, dark sour fruits, sorrel, caramel, oak, unripe banana, chocolate, coffee, hints of licorice. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, dark malts, oak, dark sour fruits, hay, caramel, chocolate, coffee, paper, alcohol. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and watery mouthfeel, high carbonation. Fair enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2014
at 13:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours dark and foamy. Looks like a stout but feels somewhat thinner and more flowing. Taste reveals the sourness of this beer - it has sour, fermented fruits, feels like a cider but not sweet at all. Besides well balanced sourness, I can also feels some roast, dried fruits. For some reason there is a hint of bee wax in the otherwise roast malt aftertaste. Very complex and multi-layered beer, soft but assertive.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2014
at 09:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very dark brown color, almost black. Rocky light brown head. Moderately sour with red wine, toffee, tannic nose. Very interesting. The mouth is very light for 8%, notes of milk chocolate, red wine, toffee. Very well integrated and balanced. Never too sweet. Lingering sour finish with some red wine notes with toffee.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2014
at 04:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flaske (nr.116 av 500, kjøpt på Delices et Carpices) på RB samling hjemme: lite aroma, men fatlagringspreget gir en god og spesiell (engangs)opplevelse. Slanteparty på brygga med Willy: god, men den vet ikke helt hvor den vil.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2013
at 16:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle with the brewer. Almost black, orange-brown with a huge, airy head. Rounded, woody nose, chocolate, figs, cherry, spicy yeast. Great BA falvor, subtle yet unmistakable. Smooth, rich, great chocolate, dried fruits come out more than in the original. Silky, soft palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2013
at 02:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Very dark colour, off-white head. Smells glue, malts, alcohol. Tastes a very sweet maltyness, slightly roasty.. Medium body, fizzy carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2012
at 13:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl bottle shared by Dutchdrebus. Clear ruby red color with a light brown head that diminishes fairly quickly. Smell is weird, a mix of glue, paint and wine, but somehow it’s not that bad. Taste malts, slightly apple, slightly alcohol, a champagne-like sweetness. I actually like the combination. Medium a bit tingling carbonation and a decent body. A lot better than expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2012
at 13:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75cl bottle, #153/2000, BB 10/2014, nice Japanese label kind of scroll type paper. Cuivrée claire, col fin beige. Arôme de grains, possible riz? levure belge, fruité avec un fort bouquet fruits noirs. En bouche, le tout apparaît faible pour une bière à 8%, pétillant médium, profile à ce côté typique belge, le seul élément japonais pouvant être un grains épais rappelant le riz. Fruits noirs, sur une légère amertume houblonnée et citronnée, malt caramel et grillé, le tout est sec et poudreux en fin de bouche.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2012
at 06:54