375 ml. bottle sampled @ Vini, Birre, Ribelli 2014. Dark wood brown, little mocha bubbles only on the side. Nose is huge ashes & charred oak, charred coffee, liquorish,… Taste is vinous red grapes mixed with charred coffee, ashes, roast, burned, charred,… Bit thin body. More unique than good. Interesting never the less. This would probably get higher scores if it were labelled as a “sour/wild ale” instead of “Imperial Stout”.

Bottle sample @ Vini, Birre, Ribelli ’14, Bruxelles. De couleur brune foncée, col assez faiblard tirant sur le café au lait. Arôme est puissant au niveau du café, ce dernier étant ponctué par un bouquet légèrement aigrelet ainsi que de notes de barrique. Note une petite pointe de noisette et de chocolat. Palais reste centré sur la malté, avec cette impression de café refroidit (en bon) accompagné d’une pointe terreuse rappelant presque des racines. Encore une bière surprenante de la part de Loverbeer accordant le meilleur de deux styles - stout et spontané.

Draught at CBC 2014. Opaque black liquid with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, spices, licorice, lemon and saffron. Taste is light sweet and light sour with notes of coffee, spices and licorice. Light to medium bodied with low carbonation. Pretty weird.

Tap at CBC 2014. Beer in the glass deep black, small head. Heavy malty aroma with notes of liquorice. Starts heavy malty, intense notes of liquorice, a lot of coffee and bitter chocolate. Dry malty finish. Heavy beer!

[5/3/14] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. 3rd session. Opaque black. Sour aroma with fruits and sauerkraut. Roasty flavor, sourish and fruity, with coffee and a spicy note. Full-bodied. Really nice.

Draught @ CBC 2014. Pours black with a very small brown head. Aroma of raosted malts, coffee, sourness, fruit, veggies, light peppers. Flavor is malts, coffee, some sourness, redwine, wood, bitterness, peppers. Medium body, average carbonation. 030514

Draught @ CBC’14
Aroma is odd and sourish with coffee notes and jalopeno-like vegetables. Flavour is tart with some grapefruit, citron, coffee and some rubbery tones. Weird, just 5 minutes ago the aroma was ok. I hope I’d tasted it then.

Bottle (vintage 2011) shared at GBBF 2013. Many thanks to some kind man at the table! Pours black with a creamy brown head. The nose holds char, tangy dark malts and light peat. Light to medium sweet flavour with oil, tar, burnt wood, light smokey peat and definitely some tangy dark malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Tangy finish, fairly roasty, with dark berries. Alright but I really don’t go for tangy elements in my stouts. (August 2013, score: 3.2)

Draft at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014 - Red Session. Pours dark brown with a bubbly, tan head. The nose holds heavy burnt wood, some spicy cedar, burnt pine. Medium sweet flavour, very dry and tannic, with some rubber and ash. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Drying on the finish, with lots of burnt rubber and faint cocoa. Eh, not very enjoyable overall. (May 2014, score: 3.0)