Brouwerij Het Nest Dead Man's Hand

Dead Man's Hand

 

Brouwerij Het Nest in Oud-Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.25
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 64 Ticks: 39
Inspired by the Russian Imperial Stout. This jet black beer with roasted malt and a high alcohol percentage (10% vol.alc.) Is, as it were, a more driven version of the Kleveretien… only everything is even more extreme: the roasted flavors, coffee and mocha are even more intense.

In addition to the non-barrel-aged version, we regularly release versions of the Dead Man's Hand that have been matured in oak barrels.
 

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

Rating catch up. Shared 27/3/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 11:07


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

Bottle. Pours cloudy nearly black with stable beige head. Clear aroma of caramel, coffee, dried fruit, malt and yeast. Bitter, roasty and hoppy flavour with sweetish notes of fruit, chocolate and malt. Estery aftertaste with bitter notes of alcohol and touches of malt and yeast. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2024 at 21:03


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

Bottle, 10%. Roasted aroma, bitter chocolate. Almost black colour, red shine, seems clear. Good stable creamy light brown head. The flavour is roasted and semi-sweet. There is a spicy hop note. Late liquorice and coffee notes. Alcohol bitterness. I like the spicy hop and the base beer, but the alcohol bitterness puts me off a bit.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2024 at 21:02


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

20/6/2023. Bottle shared by ITFCDan, from Hopsters Ipswich. Pours black with a small bubbly/frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruits, roasted coffee, chocolate, toffee, slight ashy edge. Moderate sweetness. fairly heavy bitterness. Medium body, light creamy mouthfeel, average carbonation. Quite enjoyed it but lacks depth, hiding its abv very well.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2023 at 21:52


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle on 712 to Edinburgh, thanks to Doddy, 24/02/23. Light black with a well presented khaki cap. Nose is toffee fudge, dark malts, vanilla, molasses. Taste comprises light roast, charr, coffee bean, dark malts, spice, dried fruit rinds. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of booze. Okay impy if a little lacking in depth of flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2023 at 11:48


7

Tried on 24 Feb 2023 at 11:37


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Frothy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate mlaty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter fnish. Oily palate.

Tried on 05 Mar 2022 at 09:28


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours viscously with chocolate and whisky notes wafting up, to small dark cream head over jet-black beer. Liquorice, drop and black chocolate. Roast, but lots of sweetness suggested in the nose already. Bit floral somehow, despite all the roast. Taste is drier than feared, bit syrup in the finish only. Liquorice, roast, again some chocolate, mocha. Dry wood, woodfire. Quite well-bodied, however lighter than the 10% ABV would warrant. Invisible but good carbonation. Classic I.R.S., would have benefitted from a bit more dryness throughout.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2020 at 08:07


6

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2020 at 17:18


9.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Après avoir testé plusieurs versions vieillies en fût ou la Brewer’s Edition, je découvre enfin la version de base. Mention spéciale ici sur les arômes torréfiés de café et chocolat, pleins et intenses. De toute beauté. Sa spécificité vient de sa très légère acidité, bien dosée qui lui donne de la fraîcheur, cassant la curiosité mais sans que les arômes s'en voient altérés. Joli visuel sur une noir total recouvert d'une mousse brune et crémeuse de 5 mm. L'effervescence est relativement poussée pour le genre. Le nez présente de beaux arômes de café et chocolat, intenses, alliés à une légère acidité sur des airs de groseille. Cette petite acidité, liée aux 80 d'Ibuprofène donne une belle fraîcheur tout en gardant un bon équilibre avec les arômes de café et chocolat qui restent d'une excellente présence. La deuxième bouche est toute particulièrement pleine avec des arômes de caramel qui arrivent. Petit bémol pour l’arrière-bouche, peut-être légèrement trop portée sur l'acidité et quiconque d'ampleur. Mais tout s'arrange sur le final sur un splendide duo suave café/chocolat. L'alcool à 10 % est pour sa part d'une bonne efficacité pour un impérial tout très appréciable.

Tried on 07 Aug 2020 at 14:07