Amburana & Chocolate Stout
Brouwerij Kees in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.42
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AMBURANA & CHOCOLATE STOUT van Kees is weer een meesterstuk. Imperial stout gemaakt met chocolade en amburana, dat is een kruidig hout uit Brazilië. Het bier is niet gerijpt op houten vaten maar het hout heeft gerijpt in het bier. Alles wat je proeft naast de chocolade komt af van de kruidigheid van het hout. Super gaaf natuurlijk... zou zeggen proeven maar! |
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33 cl can @ Armonkallio. Canned 16.10.2020, BBE 11/2025. Rated on 12.12.2020 Aroma has orange, licorice and toasted malt. Also fruit juice and liquor. Flavour has liquor, bourbon tones, wood, chocolate. Quite ok stuff and rather easy-going for the style and ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2020
at 06:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
5th December 2020
Can. Almost clear dark brown beer, small tan head. Nose of strangely perfumed dark chocolate. Smooth but fairly dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Much dark chocolate on the dark malts, edging towards the high cacao dark chocolate. A savoury tangy perfumery Amburana wood plays havoc with the dark malt base. I see what Kees was going for here but Amburana is the most punchy wood around and I think it's very tricky to use. Here it sits apart from the rich dark chocolate and makes it taste like some cutting edge cocktail from a fancy restaurant. An acquired taste. I'm still trying to acquire it.
Can. Almost clear dark brown beer, small tan head. Nose of strangely perfumed dark chocolate. Smooth but fairly dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Much dark chocolate on the dark malts, edging towards the high cacao dark chocolate. A savoury tangy perfumery Amburana wood plays havoc with the dark malt base. I see what Kees was going for here but Amburana is the most punchy wood around and I think it's very tricky to use. Here it sits apart from the rich dark chocolate and makes it taste like some cutting edge cocktail from a fancy restaurant. An acquired taste. I'm still trying to acquire it.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2020
at 19:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A black beer, a head is quite small and light brown. Aroma has chocolate, hazelnuts, richness of malts. Taste has smooth maltyness chocolate, hint of liquorice. Almost full bodied. Quite simple, but balanced. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2020
at 21:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Black pour. Aroma of smooth chocolate, caramel, wood, licorice, soft smoke and malt. Taste has sweet creamy chocolate, earthy vanilla, caramel, licorice, malt, soft smoke and wooden flavors. Nice one, has dessert character, but it's still a stout and not molten ice cream.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2020
at 22:25
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours nearly black, small tanned head dissapears fast. Scent is rich, chocolate malts, roasty, intense. Amburana is relatively mild, but noticable. gingerbread pops to mind. Taste is full, roasty, chocolate malts & cacao ( including it's bitterness ) . Amburana wood really takes the uperhand towards, during, and finalizing the aftertaste. Bit spicy as well (due to the wood) . OK . medium body and carbo.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2020
at 20:39