7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle by the brewer, thnx !

Seems like the past 'problems' with the fake immagery of owning a brewery in Antwerp, is finally a thing of the past. In that same past, the actual brewery brewing the beer was kept 'a secret'. Now it's just clearly labeled on the bottle - Leysen. Already a great improvement to me, as I love honesty.
This one is said to be a Oak aged (since it's with oak cubes, not on barrels) Imperial stout. The ABV is definately pushing the lower limit of the style parameters though. The beer pours a fairly clear, but very dark brown (not black ! ) Medium large to large, creamcolored head. Scent is white oak (?) like herbal, green, cedar like wood, actually more so than white oak. Interesting !
Taste is full, roasty, sharp, fairly bitter, cedar - Though I can't be sure of this being Cedar rather than the advertised oak, the taste really, really makes me think it is. Lovelt. not very expressive basebeer, certainly not a typical Imperial stout - reminds me more to a brown ale, or a Belgian dark strong with less expressive yeast. Medium thin body. Medium high carbo I kinda like it, but it's not at all what it's named to be.