Black Damnation IX - Beggar's Art (Vintage 2018)
(Batch of Black Damnation IX - Beggars' Art)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Whisky barrel aged version of Black Albert and actually one of the ‘first generation’ Black Damnation variations (number 9), now reprised in 33 cl bottles, like some of the other first Black Damnations. Sample at Dijleschuimers’ Winters Bierfestival. Waferthin, pale greyish beige, open ‘ring’ of mousse on a black beer with hazy mahogany edges. Aroma of black chocolate, toffee, whisky (though not so much recognizable as Ardbeg), walnut ‘pralines’, cappuccino, hazelnut oil, bayleaf, black cherries, wet leather, hints of wood, sweat and blood. Dense onset, sweet with an umami edge, candied dates, some porcini, raisins; soft carb, very full, oily mouthfeel. Cashew-nutty, toffeeish, bitter black-chocolatey and eventually mildly coffeeish dark maltiness fills the mouth, adorned with hints of dried prune, pipe tobacco and leather but little of the peat associated with Ardbeg, strangely; boozy ending, long and bittersweet, very whisky-forward but still – in spite of its formidable ABV – rather drinkable and not overly harsh. Not the best Black Damnation number I have had, but certainly tasty, powerful and intense; I do wonder, however, what happened to the peatiness of the Ardbeg – perhaps another whisky was used in this new, small-bottle version?
Sweet, Belgian yeast, toffee, alcohol, woody, oak, roast, burns
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