Alvin
Basqueland Brewing in Hernani, Basque Country, Spain 🇪🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.56
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This Stout will only improve with age (bottled Feb 6, 2016). It is infused with freshly toasted coffee beans and dried coffee skins from Sakona Coffee Roasters (Irun) along with split vanilla beans.
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7/10
Dark roasted coffee, chocolate, dry and malty. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2017
at 19:32
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Botella. @Cimmeria, Oviedo 17/03/2017 Color negro con una corona de espuma beige, aromas intensos a cafe con notas torrefactas, sabor pronunciado a cafe con notas a cacao, cuerpo denso, cerveza agradable.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2017
at 00:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle - Nice coffee and chocolate notes. Jet brown with and a nice brown notes. Coffee and dark chocolate with a nice long finish. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2017
at 17:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours thick & viscously to a dark brown-beige head, stable, over near black beer. Dry, woody, ashy nose, aromas of ink, black mushrooms, chocolate. Very rich aromas. Quite bitter, roasted/burnt. Goes over to a sweeter taste with a marked black chocolate and dark malts character, finishing ultimately harsh bitter. Very thick-bodied, viscous, even chewy MF. Some alcoholwarming, gradually increasing. Hardcore Imperial Stout. A black chocolate nuclear bomb indeed. Don’t search for subtlety here.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2017
at 08:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Jesper - Black pour with tan head. Roasted and sweet malty with some nice chocolate notes, some caramel, silky mouthfeel, vanilla caress into the close.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 10:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
66 cl bottle. Pours pitch black, small brown head. Aroma is dark roasted malt and coffee. Solid bitter, coffee and dense dark roasted malty finish. Brutal dsrk and roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 10:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 10.5%. Almost black with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, sweet, liquorice and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 06:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Johns. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, lots of coffee, little toasted bread. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, malty, caramel, coffee, expresso, little licorice. Medium to full body, light oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation, light warming alcohol. 301216
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 05:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and heavy coffee. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. Oily. 301216
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 05:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting, my place. Nice creamy head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich coffee, lots of roast malt, chocolate, hops, caramel and has a nice long bitter finish. Nice and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 05:59