Struise and a barrel aged imperial stout, should be a good combination thanks to the Struise beer shop delivery several months back. My large, New Belgium globe glass is ready to receive and I see a black liquid with brown showing at the edges. The head, what there is of one, is a tan oval around the glass. The smell, well, it is good. Berries, chocolate and alcohol. And now I have a drink, even better than the scent. It tastes of a combo of imperial stout and belgian ale. Dark fruit, grain, bakers chocolate, caramel, roasted malts, strawberries, leather and whiskey. Superb.

Bottle from Raynville Superstore. It pours opaque, black with a decent light tan head. The aroma is rich sweet, slick, roasted malt, deep chocolate flavour, gateaux, vanilla cake frosting, bourbon, nuttiness, coffee, mocha and neopolitan ice cream. The taste is slick, oily, toothy, chewy, slick, bitter - sweet, vanilla cake frosting, decadent chocolate cake, toffee, bourbon, warming alcohol, some dried fruits, nip of spice, charred oak and a splash of cola with a toasty, cacao finish. Fulsome body and fine+ carbonation. Flavourful, rounded and moreish. A classy Imperial stout and what Struise do best.

12 June 2022. Bottle from Beers@Moviefun. Bottled: 25/06/2021.

Cloudy black, lasting, thin, beige head. Aroma of chocolate sauce, espresso, prune, ripe brambleberry, pear, charred meat, burnt coconut flakes, earth, vague soy, bourbon, wet wood, aceton. Taste has sweet prune & date and vague sourish brambleberry in a thick chocolatey & fudge-like malt body next to bitter coffee & pure fondant; something meaty-umami and leathery in the back. Peppery hoppy finish with dried fruits, wood, fondant, tobacco and boozy bourbon alcohol, yet never sharp per se. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Not as elegant as Cuvée Delphine or not even as 'full' as the Black Albert base beer, but the bourbon barrel component is added in a balanced and structured way. So all in all another delight in this series.

Bottle: Poured a deep black with a khaki brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, boozy, bourbon, chocolate. Taste is bourbon, boozy, alcohol forward, loads of molasses and roasted malts, dark fruits, figs, chocolate, thick and chewy. Burning alcohol in the finish.

33cl bottle from Prik&Tik Kampenhout, Belgium. F: thin, tanned, quick gone. C: dark, opaque. A: dark malts, red wine, bourbon, woody, chocolate, rum touch, coconut, berries. T: full malty base, light roasted tones, berries, dried figs, coffee, tobacco touch, bourbon, woody, chocolate, decent bitterness, soft carbonation, nice complex beer, fully enjoyed.

Vintage 2020. Black color, with almost no head. Roasted aroma, chocolate, wood, a little burnt, nut hints. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, light liquors notes, sweetish but balanced, also the alcohol is there but not booze at all. Full body, chewy mouthfeel, low carbonation. Another beautiful beer from the Black Damnation series.