Billiard
Brouwerij Frontaal in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.33
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An Imperial coffee oatmeal stout with Bourbon Royale coffee beans
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Strong oatmeal stout flavoured with coffee, brewed at Frontaal in Breda (southern Netherlands); thanks again to Tim for the bottle. Medium thick, mocha-beige, shred-lacing, mousy head on a black beer with a thin, hazy mahogany edge. Aroma of black coffee as well as used coffee filters of several days old, mocha powder sprinkled on chocolate ice cream, black pepper, brandy, ground walnuts, charred meat, toast, nutmeg, varnish, dried blackberries, even a whiff of pear juice. Sweetish onset with a sourish undercurrent that runs through the whole beer, a bit more prominently so than I am used to from this type of stouts, but certainly not in an infected way; dried blackberries, some dates, light umami hint too. Medium carbonation, full and oily body, hard-caramelly and walnutty middle with a bitter-chocolatey edge. Black coffee flavour becomes very apparent towards (and already before) the finish, clearly aromatic, but nicely bittering as well, a bitterness reinforced by spicy hops and brandy-like alcohol. Long, bit powdery, warming, bitter-chocolatey, still somewhat sourish and evidently coffee-flavoured ending. Quite a typical strong coffee stout indeed though perhaps a bit less sweet than they are usually done nowadays, in any case powerful, robust and well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2020
at 14:16
8/10
Roosterig, koffie en chocolade. Genieten!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2020
at 21:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
1/I/20 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Ardennes holiday, BB: 7/VIII/21 - (2020-9)
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice roast, cocoa powder, lots of coffee, malty, bit dusty sugary touch, caramel notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, very malty, some coffee, soft acidity, nice roast, an alcohol touch, bitter. Aftertaste: very roasted, lots of coffee, malty, more roast, bit sweet, some caramel.
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice roast, cocoa powder, lots of coffee, malty, bit dusty sugary touch, caramel notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, very malty, some coffee, soft acidity, nice roast, an alcohol touch, bitter. Aftertaste: very roasted, lots of coffee, malty, more roast, bit sweet, some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Dranken Geers
on 01 Jan 2020
at 20:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pour un Imperial Stout, ce Billiard manque nettement de corps. La texture très fine n'aide pas en cela et il met un certain temps à s'exprimer en bouche avec un départ poussif. Côté arômes, les arômes de chocolat sont intéressants bien qu'un peu poussés par rapport au café mais c'est surtout l'utilisation du Columbus trop importante et donnant un côté fruité qui me dérange davantage (le second houblon étant le Brewers Gold). Visuellement nous sommes sur un noir total sans mousse et une effervescence très peu poussée (EBC de 110). Joli nez sur le café, le chocolat de légères épices et une petite touche fruitée qui ne dérange pas à ce stade. L'attaque est peu intense. On y retrouve les arômes présents au nez sur une texture trop fine. L'intensité va alors crescendo mais l'ensemble manque de punch malgré un alcool à 10,1%. L'ensemble est frais, avec une amertume à 55 d'IBU qui aurait même pu être abaissé mais cet Billiard manque cruellement de profondeur. La complexité n'est pas non plus du voyage. L'arrière-bouche plus porté sur le café est un peu plus intéressante mais insuffisamment ample. Le final, très long est sur une fraîche amertume et un cocktail café, chocolat et agrumes pas désagréable mais manque de caractère. Pour un Imperial Stout, on attend surtout davantage.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2019
at 10:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Dark roasted malt with coffee and fruity notes. Flavour: Roasted malt with malty and fruity sweetness and coffee. Aftertaste is roasted malt and bitter. Colour: Black with an offwhite head. From: Bottle @ BestOfBeers webshop Aug. 2019.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 15:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Uiltje Freshfest. Almost black. Roast, caramel, coffee and licorice in the aroma and flavor. Sweetish, but well balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2019
at 08:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Well this is a splendid thing. Black stout, thick collar, hefty coffee aroma. Taste is coffee, dark chocolate, toasty malt, maybe a little anise and it feels slightly viscous. Smashing.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2019
at 23:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle from Beerwulf Webshop. F: medium, dark tanned, average retention. C: black, opaque. A: rich dark malty, chocolate, cocoa, bit coffee, dark dried fruits, bit ash, burned sugar, dark caramel. T: dark malts, cocoa, chocolate, coffee, bit smoky touch, dark fruits, dark caramel, dark bread crust, bit nutty, full body, low carbonation, nice one, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2019
at 20:38
7/10
Tried
on 04 May 2019
at 07:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thuis uit een flesje. Pikzwart inderdaad, mooi. Schuim verdwijnt helaas snel, hoewel het wel goed op kwam. In het aroma geroosterde koffiebonen, goed. Ook koffie en wat caramel in de smaak. Verassend zacht voor het percentage. Een heerijk mondgevoel. Uitstekend!
Tried
on 01 Feb 2019
at 17:22