Royal Swinkels (Bavaria Brouwerij / Swinkels Family Brewers / SFB) 8.6 Black

8.6 Black

 

Royal Swinkels (Bavaria Brouwerij / Swinkels Family Brewers / SFB) in Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  Porter - Baltic Regular
Score
6.04
ABV: 7.9% IBU: - Ticks: 39
The darkest member of the 8.6 pack. Black and robust with an exceptionally strong body. This lager is made from burnt barley, like roasted coffee beans for a full and intense flavour. It has a light and creamy texture and a pleasantly sweet taste finish. 8.6 Black is brewed with natural mineral water from our own spring and the best barley malt and hops. It takes character to tame this impressive black wolf.
 

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can shared with and courtesy of Deanso. Poured a clear dark brown with a fizzy short-lived off white head and a few bubbles. The aroma is roasty malt, light dry smoke, some hop notes. The flavour is liqourice bitter, light sweet with a light, crisp, bubbly, treacle, light fruit, light spice, dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2017 at 05:29

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
50cl can from Rimping supermarket shared with Jmgreenuk. Thin beige head. Clear dark amber pour. Some roasted notes. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2017 at 05:25

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, alcohol, and a little cocoa. Flavour is very sweet, with artificial vanilla and cocoa, toasted bread, and cloying residual sugar. Too sweet and somewhat artificial, which becomes more and more apparent with each sip, becoming rather undrinkable. Not quite a disaster, but it really isn't pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2017 at 23:08

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.
Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2017 at 13:37

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can. A red brown beer with a a brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2017 at 09:46

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Sample from 50 cl can. Pitch black with a thin, lightly tanned head. Sweet aroma with liqourice, Fishermans Friend, caramel, chocolate. Taste is sweet. Medium bodied. Finishes dry and slightly bitter with liqourice and toasted notes.
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2017 at 09:44

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can@Jespers - Black pour with nice firm beige head. Sweet and medium roasted malty with some notes of chocolate, some caramel, fudge, quiet a milky cocoa smooth body, brown sugar, actually better than expected.
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2017 at 08:27

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
50 cl can. Pours deep brown to black with a small tan head. Toasted / dark roasted. Bitter, dark malty, roasted, liqourice like. Dry and toasted malty finish. Malty and caramelish to light vanilla finish.
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2017 at 08:23

6.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Il gusto al naso ritrova orzo tostato. L’intensità olfattiva è elevata e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha una discreta resistenza. La grandezza delle bollicine è media. La carbonazione è media. Il perlage è dato da bollicine medio-fini, a carbonazione media e morbida. Il colore è scuro impenetrabile. Il corpo è strutturato. L’amaro è medio. L’intensità gustativa è elevata e la persistenza gustativa è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Il finale è lungo, pulito e complesso. In bocca l’aroma riporta sentori di miele, cioccolato, caffè, frutta secca e pane tostato.
Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2016 at 07:56

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml can. Clear very dark mahogany color with a beige head and good retention. Very dark roasted malt flavor; Almost burnt. Tastes good until the 7.9 ABV burn follows. Smooth. Light creamy mouthfeel. A little malt liquor-like tasting.
Tried from Can on 12 Jun 2016 at 12:12