Imperial Donkey
Brasserie de la Senne in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Bellwoods BreweryStout - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
7.34
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Brugmansia (22477) ticked Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
fonefan (85107) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As De la Senne / Bellwoods Brewery Imperial Donkey ]. ABV: 8.8%. Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate - dark chocolate, flemish sour, belgium yeast, sour fruit - wine, wood, funk, vinous. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long to average duration, dark fruit, brett, funk, wood, dark malt, sweet malt, chocolate, medium dry, belgium yeast, vinous. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190909] 8-3-8-4-16
Leighton (35102) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - sourced via Etre, I think. Slow gusher - left it on the counter for a minute or two and it started oozing out, albeit very slowly. Pours deep brown, clear, with a foamy beige head that settles down quickly. Gorgeous beer, with a comical amount of complexity without being too silly. Has some soft roast, lots of subtly tangy, dark fruits, a little warming alcohol, red wine, mellow drying wood, low bitterness, a nip of funk. Full bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Lightly warming finish, pretty clean and dry, with more red wine, some buggy notes, ripening berries. Really delicious. And dangerously drinkable.
Bierkoning (17700) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Almost black. Caramel, dried red fruit And citrusfruit, soft roast in the aroma. Sweet flavor, citric, hint of tartness. Brett even. Complex, interesting, delicious even.
Beertalk (16426) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Mikkeller Odense. Black with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of brettanomyces funk, licorice and chocolate, with a touch of dried fruit. Dry, roasted and funky flavour with a lot of complexity, and a nice smoothness
Jybi (2414) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Non, cette bière n'a rien à voir avec un Imperial Stout. Aigrelette, nous sommes davantage sur une oud bruin vieillie en fût. Je ne suis donc pas réellement sur mon terrain de jeu. Mais là où certaines oud bruin font preuve d'une bonne complexité, cela n'est pas vraiment le cas de cet Imperial Donkey qui présente des arômes assez simples et linéaires de vinaigre de vin, de chêne avec une pointe de cerise. Je n'ose imagier le résultat si cette bière n'avait pas été maturée en fût... D'ailleurs c'est peut-être pour cela qu'ils l'ont mises en fût...mais je deviens là mauvaise langue. Visuellement nous sommes sur un noir total surmonté d'une mousse brune de 5 mm. Le nez se porte sur le vinaigre de vin avec une pointe cerise. Simple et basique. L'attaque est acide et aigrelette avec vinaigre de vin, chêne et légères cerises. La deuxième bouche est moins acide mais toujours sans arômes de mats torréfiés. Hallelujah en arrière-bouche où il est possible de déceler des traces de chocolat. La troisième bouche est quant à elle plus particulièrement vineuse avant un final qui n'apporte pas grand-chose si ce n'est de petites traces de café. Les 8,8 % ne se sentent absolument pas, cassés par l'acidité. Les amateurs d'oud bruin apprécieront mais cette simplicité me désespère pour une telle brasserie.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brownish. Aroma is funky leather, some berries, marmelade, some prickly pear, caramel. Taste is fres sour berries with sweet caramel base. Funky finish. Very complex. Amazing.
SinH4 (15514) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Hazy brown color with beige head. Aroma is wood sugar, cherries, nice funk as well. Taste is cherries, wood, fresh funk, earthy, very balanced. Silky mouthfeel with high carbonation. Nice!
one51 (2501) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown, very fine lasting head. Super sour aroma with hints of dark grains. The caramel comes in first on the flavor followed by a nice complex sourness, finishing with balanced bitterness. Mild coffee. Not much pickle here.
jhaase (14941) reviewed Imperial Donkey from Brasserie de la Senne 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Black, low off-white cream. Tart, barn, roast, orange blossom. Ribes, chocolate, rya bread, orange peel, chewy, chestnut, chocolate retronasal.