Brouwerij Bliksem Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

 

Brouwerij Bliksem in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Brewed at/by: Bierbrouwerij Breda
  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular
Score
7.07
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 32 Ticks: 42
“Big black shape with eyes of fire” Zingt Ozzy in het nummer Black Sabbath van de gelijknamige band. En wij nemen aan dat hij het had over dit bier. Een quadrupel gebrouwen met ahornsiroop. Onheilspellend en complex en gevaarlijk lekker
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33cl bottle, enjoyed at home on 5.10.2022. Poured brown in color, white head. Aroma of caramel, sugars, marzipan and raisins. Warming. some banana notes as well.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2022 at 10:45


6

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2021 at 11:30


6

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2021 at 23:11


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

13/3/2021. Bottle shared at the Ben Burrows memorial virtual bottle share. From Beer Republic online store. Pours black with a small creamy beige head. Aroma of toffee, chocolate, dark fruits, brown sugar. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Warming finish.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2021 at 11:58


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Fles 33cl thuis. 10%. IBU 32. Licorice, roasted malts, caramel, maple syrup, redelijk oily, stevig, redelijk bitter, haver, rozijn, donker fruit, flink droog. Geen typische quadrupel. Stout en porter invloeden. (12-2-2021).

Tried on 12 Feb 2021 at 22:48


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared. Pours completely black with little head. Aroma is malty, chocolate, maple syrup, caramel. Big body. Flavour is malty and sweet, lots of caramel, Candi sugar, maple syrup, figs, prunes. Finish is bittersweet, chocolate, long. Really nice! Close to a barley wine and imperial stout somewhat, but whatever it is it's a tasty beer. Good quadruple-ish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2020 at 21:06


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bliksem's interpretation of a Belgian style quadrupel with a very non-Belgian ingredient (maple syrup)... Bottle shared by Craftmember, thanks Vincent. Yellowish beige, cobweb-lacing, mousy, medium thick, slowly opening head on a very dark chocolate brown beer with misty bronze hue. Aroma of hard caramel, toast crust, raisin bread, burnt sugar, fresh bay leaf, sugared tea, liquorice candy, gin or even a vague whiff of juniper berries. Notably dry onset, dried fig, some old raisin but hardly any of the typical Belgian esters I expect from the style, nor any typical dark candi sugar presence - instead, the maple syrup by which it has been replaced here adds a sweetish note throughout, but only subtly so. Full, tad oily body, softish carb; dry and 'hard' caramelly maltiness with a brown-bready spiciness and eventually even bitterish toastiness to it, merging with herbal hop bitterness and boozy, peppery, gin-like alcohol. Lots of spicy aspects linger in the background, varying between bay leaf, nutmeg, liquorice and clove. Complex and rather powerful beer for sure, but way too dry, sleek and 'clean' for a quad - this is clearly heavily influenced by Scotch or even brown porter. Interesting one, though, with quite a distinct personality (like Black Sabbath's band members, I suppose...).

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2020 at 23:10


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Zwart bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is zoet en licht bitter met iets van chocolade, wat karamel en een vleug koffie.

Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2020 at 13:58


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Creamy tan head left a spotty cover on a near black still body. Chocolate & demerara aroma. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated with a dry clean back. Nutty, liquorice, chocolate, berries, brown sugar & boozy tastes. Nice one!

Tried on 18 Jan 2020 at 22:06


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Huge, ultra dense cream to light tan head, slightly irregular, over near-black beer. Chocolate, blueberries, roast. Dry and sweet smell at the same time, cardboard, oats. Typical burnt/roast stout flavours with stou acidity. Again some fruity notes, much less chocolate. But again the strange dryish cardboard note. Finish is more burnt-bitter, with a hint of coffee. Medium to better bodied, good carbonation, bit slick. Bit light. VERY light for a "quad", whatever that might be.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2019 at 22:31