LVSTRO

F: huge, light tanned, long lasting. C: dark, opaque. A: rich dark malty, coffee, bit smoky tones, bit ash, caramel, bit dark fruits. T: malty, smoky tones, coffee, dry on the palate, dark caramel, ash, peat, good IS with a lot of coffee/smoky tones, bit herbal, fully enjoyed, medium to full body, lower carbonation, 33cl bottle as courtesy from tderoeck, many thanks.

Bottled 330ml (Beer Republic)
Opaque colour, small brownish head. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, alcohol and peated smoke. Medium-bodied, suprisingly thin for this ABV. Flavour is toasted, some peat, licorice and cold coffee. Should be more robust, now too watery.

Bottle from Beer Gonzo. Pours very dark brown with a decent sized beige head. Aroma of coffee beans, wood smoke, bitter dark chocolate. The flavour is dominated by smoke, it's bittersweet with light coffee & dark malts. Thin bodied, moderate carb, dry smoked coffee finish, super smooth mouthfeel. Pretty good

0.33 l bottle from 'Speciaalbierpakket.nl', best before February 2019. Black with a thin, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Slightly sweetish, malty, rather roasty and slightly smoky aroma of dark chocolate, lots of coffee, licorice and some ash with a touch of peat. Moderately sweet, malty, rather roasty and a little smoky taste of dark chocolate, licorice, lots of coffee, some ash and hints of peat, followed by a medium long, rather roasty-bitter, earthy-dry and slightly peaty finish. Medium to full body, slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very interesting but a bit unround, overall quite good though!

Bottle. Had no idea this was a kees, it looks very different. Pours nearly black, small white head. Smell is smoked, and so is the tastem some burnt aspects,but no clear coffee to me. To smoked for my taste.

Commissioned smoked porter with added coffee, taken over from Emelisse by its prodigious son Kees Bubberman. Bottle shared by 77ships at tderoeck’s place in Ghent. Thin, pale yellowish beige head, retaining on the edge but opening in the middle, over a very dark caramel brown beer, blackish in general appearance but with translucent mahogany brown edges. Aroma of smoked herring, coffee beans, light moist peat, bitter black chocolate, walnuts, dried fig, Cuban cigars, cappuccino, caramel candy, leather, bayleaf. Candied fig-like sweetishness in the onset, dried berry touch, light dried meat-like umami accent, soft carbo, oily mouthfeel. Thick caramelly and very nutty malt body leading to an increasingly smoky profile, ’smoked bacon umami’ almost but not that expressive, mixing with generic coffee powder bitterness, bit leathery, with toasted peanuts in the aftermath alongside herbal and spicy hops and warming, near-whisky-like alcohol. Beautiful porter, bringing the features of smoked porter (think Alaskan) and coffee porter together in a remarkably balanced way.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Kees LVSTRO (by Brouwerij Kees):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

21/VII/17 - 33cl bottle @ Belgian Ticks Tasting (home) - BB: II/2019 (2017-1106) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, practically no head, just some beige bubbles. Aroma: very peated, sweet, caramel, lots of coffee, very roasted, sugary, more peat smoke. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty roasted, sweet caramel, bitter touch, peated, more roast and smoke flavours. Aftertaste: lots and lots of coffee, roasted, smoky, charcoal, ashes, very bitter, too much coffee and peat for me, lacks some balance, the result is too harsh for me. And it's not just because I ain't no coffee guy. :p

330 ml Bottle. Thanks to Maakun for the bottle. Pours with a dark, almost black color and a very nice brown head. Nose is roasted malts, dark coffee, cold bonfire and hints of chocolat. Taste follows the nose with wery nice peated flavors. Slighly some vanilla. Nice long lasting finish with coffe and chocolat. Great one!