Black Bean
Varvar Brew in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.29
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Tonka bean imperial stout
Black Bean is a bit Malevich here, but this beer was born as a kinda joke for black Friday. A black imperial stout, fullbodied with black tonka beans. These magical beans reminds some people of dried cherries, some of cinnamon, some of vanilla, and sometimes all of those. Well, it seems it's our first beer which have grown from super tiny batch into more, and all this thanks to your feedback. So this beer is yours as it is ours.
Black Bean is a bit Malevich here, but this beer was born as a kinda joke for black Friday. A black imperial stout, fullbodied with black tonka beans. These magical beans reminds some people of dried cherries, some of cinnamon, some of vanilla, and sometimes all of those. Well, it seems it's our first beer which have grown from super tiny batch into more, and all this thanks to your feedback. So this beer is yours as it is ours.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours a dark brown, fairly clear. Small tanned head. Scent is speculaas like, tonka, tad 'thin'. Taste is fairly full, tad sweet, tonka, bit sugary. Rather thin, especially for the ABV.
Tried
from Draft
at
Beerlovers Bar
on 28 Dec 2021
at 12:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Chocolate notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2021
at 10:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Jet black with a decent beige head. Coffee, cinnamon and marzipan. Sweet cinnamon and chocolate with some marzipan. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dynamo - Bar de Soif
on 01 Nov 2021
at 16:35
8.5/10
Yes, tonka. Tonka in the smell and in the taste, that nice suikerbrood flavour. Nothing too extreme, but definitely on the foreground. The stout itself is nice and solid, soft and smooth, not thick and with some roastyness. Real enjoyable, and well made.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2021
at 22:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml. can shared with @Fombe89. @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo (Spain). 12/06/2021 [#4.026 Global - #2 Ukraine - #2 Varvar Brew] Color marrón oscuro casi negro. Espuma beige, retención media. Aroma: tonka, vainilla y chocolate negro. Sabor: sirope, chocolate negro y azúcar moreno. Intenso dulzor. Next one please!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2021
at 09:34
7/10
Lata @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo. 12/06/2021. Color negro opaco corona de espuma, aromas tostados, sabor tostados, vainilla, cuerpo medio.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2021
at 22:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 330ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰
[ As Varvar Black Bean ].
ABV: 11.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, tonka, cocoa, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, tonka, vanilla, roasted - chocolate, dark malt, chocolate, cocoa. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20210606]
8-4-8-4-15
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2021
at 18:55
7/10
Tried
on 06 Jun 2021
at 18:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml can. Jet black colour with average to huge, super-dense, creamy, moderately to mostly lasting, moderately lacing, beige to tan head. Chocolately, dark malty and nutty aroma, notes of tonka beans, dark chocolate, whiffs of cherry, mahleb. Taste is sweet-ish, roasty and chocolately dark malty, slightly nutty and fruity, motes of dark chocolate, a touch of liquorice, notes of tonka bean, some cherry, mahleb, whiffs of plum, plum butter, coconut; minimally warming, alcoholic finish, well hidden alcohol overall. Viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying palate, fine and soft carbonation. Well balanced, well dosed usage of tonka beans, nice fruity aspects - very, very good!
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2021
at 20:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich tonka, vanilla, roast malt, chocolate, little caramel and hops. Sweet tonka finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2021
at 21:38