The Dark Side of Paradise

BramBrass in Heestert, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Brewed at/by: De Meester
Stout - Imperial Regular

Score

7.26

ABV: 11.0%

IBU: 30

Ticks: 5

Imperial stout aged on Weller bourbon barrels for over a year. Refermented in the bottle with maple syrup.

Hops: Columbus.

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arvidspiny (5151) ticked The Dark Side of Paradise from BramBrass 6 months ago

Tried on 20 Jul 2025 at 22:35

8.1

nathanvc (6963) reviewed The Dark Side of Paradise from BramBrass 7 months ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Stacks. Hazy black, stable, foamy, dark beige head. Aroma of fondant, dark fudge, maple syrup, vanilla bean, cappuccino, prune, black olive, teriyaki, bourbon. Taste has sweet candied fig & prune in a thick pecan-nutty, dark fudge- & chocolate sauce-like malt body, some bitter coffee roast. Peppery hops in the finish, lingering sweetened fondant, woody maple and syrup; along with a decent dash of warming bourbon alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Lovely as ever!

Tried on 08 Jul 2025 at 08:08

6.9

Sloefmans (15389) reviewed The Dark Side of Paradise from BramBrass 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cream-tan-mossy head, fast gone over black beer. Faint cigar ashes, cigarleaf, maple syrup, molasses, wood. Sweet, molasses, treacle, sugar syrup, maple ditto. Faint dry-almost-bitter from the roast, faintly phenolic. Very sticky, viscous; good carbonation; alcoholheat, heavy. Sweet, punch-y. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2025 at 08:34

Bierridder (4318) ticked The Dark Side of Paradise from BramBrass 9 months ago

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2025 at 14:23

mike_77 (15875) ticked The Dark Side of Paradise from BramBrass 11 months ago

Tried on 23 Feb 2025 at 20:13