8720615265497 - Barcode Nitro Blue
Moersleutel Craft Brewery in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Collab with: O'Hara's / Carlow Brewing CompanyStout - Imperial Series Out of Production
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Score
7.92
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Blend of port and brandy barrels. Notes of red fruit and dark chocolate. A complex blend of three different base beers, one of them was fermented with a Belgian yeast, supporting the fruitiness from the port and brandy barrels. Tannins from those barrels help with further complexity of the blend. To bring out the soft fruity notes we put this barrel aged stout with Nitrogen instead of CO2, introducing a new deluxe mouthfeel to our already super thick barrel aged stout.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. A hazed mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head tart cakey malts, raisin, roast, salt, rum and raisin. Oily. Palate is medium sweet, oily, tangy, mellow carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2026
at 22:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
10th December 2025
Tasting at CBJ, thanks to Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, small and short lived tan head. Smooth palate, very mild carbonation. Smooth and slightly viscous dark malts, decent smooth chocolate, milk chocolate. Mild whiskey soaked fruits. Light finish. Flavoursome but the body leaves much to be desired.
Tasting at CBJ, thanks to Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, small and short lived tan head. Smooth palate, very mild carbonation. Smooth and slightly viscous dark malts, decent smooth chocolate, milk chocolate. Mild whiskey soaked fruits. Light finish. Flavoursome but the body leaves much to be desired.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2025
at 21:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can split at Craft Beer Junction, from HOTM online, 10/12/2025.
Pitch black with a moderately appointed tan head.
Nose is rich roast, chocolate dipped raisins, molasses, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises chocolate shavings, dark malts, dried red berries, brown sugar melt, modest brandy nip.
Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Pitch black with a moderately appointed tan head.
Nose is rich roast, chocolate dipped raisins, molasses, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises chocolate shavings, dark malts, dried red berries, brown sugar melt, modest brandy nip.
Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Canned, 440 ml at Ambasada. Black with beige head. Roasty, chocolate, coffee, quite smooth, medium sweetness, some vanilla. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Can
from
Ambasada.
on 22 May 2025
at 22:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
poured very dark nearly black with no head whatsoever.
not that powerful aroma of roasted malts coffee and chocolate. the aroma does not hint 14% at all, but then it does hint full bodied not at all watery. so theres that. also no distinct wood or booze, it's more a mellow well blended aroma. pretty good at that. although i could use a bit more in-your-face power, the aroma is really really good.
palata is crazy oily, about the same as drinking-yoghurt, flavor is like thick chocolate milk with a bit of a roasted malty note and some great coffe thrown in. extreme amounts of what seems to be chocolate in the flavor. the sweetness is moderate and works well with the chocolate, giving it a melted dark 70% chocolate kind of expression.
alcohol is totally stealthy - you would never guess. the full bodiness and intensity usually following high alc beers are here, but the boozy flavor is not at all there. really well done for a 14% imp. stout. you could almost get away selling this as cold dark chocolate with no alc.
not that powerful aroma of roasted malts coffee and chocolate. the aroma does not hint 14% at all, but then it does hint full bodied not at all watery. so theres that. also no distinct wood or booze, it's more a mellow well blended aroma. pretty good at that. although i could use a bit more in-your-face power, the aroma is really really good.
palata is crazy oily, about the same as drinking-yoghurt, flavor is like thick chocolate milk with a bit of a roasted malty note and some great coffe thrown in. extreme amounts of what seems to be chocolate in the flavor. the sweetness is moderate and works well with the chocolate, giving it a melted dark 70% chocolate kind of expression.
alcohol is totally stealthy - you would never guess. the full bodiness and intensity usually following high alc beers are here, but the boozy flavor is not at all there. really well done for a 14% imp. stout. you could almost get away selling this as cold dark chocolate with no alc.
Tried
from Can
from
Kihoskh
on 08 May 2025
at 14:43
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can from Brætspilscafeen, Horsens. Pours pitch with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, light chocolate, dried fruit, brandy. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, roast malt, chocolate, dried fruit, brandy, some alcohol. Full body, oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol. Sweet, but smooth. 010225
Tried
from Can
at
Brætspilscafeen
on 01 Feb 2025
at 20:48