L'Abbaye Noir

Panda at home, thanks to Graham, 14/11/24. Deep reddish amber topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge. Nose is dried fruit esters, herb, vinous, tangy fruits, dried red berry nip. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, damp oak, vinous, herb, stewed fruits, red berries, sugar dusting. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light tangy edge. Pleasant enough sipper for the style.

9/11/2024. Bottle from Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival. Pours close to black with a short lasting off-white head. Aroma is dark fruits, ashy, plummy, prune, roasted malt. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Average carbonation. Very dry fruity finish. Likeable.

500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Quasi black colour with small, frotyh to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Roasty, slightly chocolately, dark malty and yeasty fruity, minimally yeasty spicy aroma, earthy hints of dark berries, bramble, a touch of plum, plum butter, blue grapes, some dark chocolate, minimally peaty and leathery overtones. Taste is bitter, roasty and slightly chocolately, minimally ashy, dark malty, slightly bitter hoppy as well, yeasty, earthy fruity hints of dark berries, blue grapes, dark chocolate. Slightly oily texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation. Fairly complex, some nice, dirty flavours - decent.