Back to Black
Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.22
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Back to Black is a dark brown, almost black, beer (9,5 % vol.alc.) that appeals to our imagination. Brewed with an IBU-bitterness of 100, the beer matures on foeder over a period of nine months before reaching it's unique taste.
Taste: This wayward porter brings you the perfect balance between sour- and bitterness.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
2020. A black beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has sourness, cherries, some balsamico. Taste has cherries, sourness, some roastiness and barrel, also bitterness. Medium bodied. Interesting, very good.
Tried
on 19 May 2023
at 09:14
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Tried
on 04 May 2023
at 11:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Hazy brown colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is oaked, some coffee, mild toffee, liquorice and red wine tones. Flavour is red wine tartness with some wood, mild fruits and berries with some slight herbal and alcohol tones. Excellent sour Porter!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2023
at 12:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9
750ml bottle from Malt Attacks, I think this bottle maybe 4 years old now, BB October 2021. Consumed 9th July 2022. Pours a very dark brown. Aroma is funky, brett, caramel and roasted malts, taste is very complex, sour and bitter, first the the sour and then a bitterness almost herbal finish and linger, roasted malt layers, intertwined with tart red and dark fruits. Very interesting and complex beer. Only for the decerning connoisseur.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2022
at 20:12
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle with many thanks to pivnizub! Deep brown, Almost black colour, small beige head. Sour nose. Sour fruity flavours throughout, shy hoppy hints, some dark malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2022
at 20:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bouteille (recolte 2018): Deep amber coloured with a ruby sheen, hazy, small and persistent eggshell head, complex sweetish-sourish aroma of chocolate and (sour) cherries, faint illusions of wood underneath; moderate sweet-sour flavour, only medium bodied, not overly soft; sweet and sour malty-chocolatey finish with a distinctive sourish-fruity-woody touch and a warming alcohol-burn in the aftertaste. A blend of a Flemish Red and an Imperial Stout..
Tried
on 28 Jan 2022
at 21:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Bierkiste. Light murky brown, low head. Nice Bretty fruity nose, medium light body, fine sparkly, a hint balsamico, a bit bubblegum sweetness, Funk and sweetness. Easy drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 17:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2018 bottle. Opaque brown color with off-white head. Aroma is cherries, chocolate, dark malts, nice fruitiness. Taste is chocolate, not too much, cherries, a touch of balsamico, tobacco. Not too high carbonation, not too puckering. Lovely balance!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 17:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle with the Ratebeer München group in Garching, Friday 26th November 2021. Pours dirty brown with a filmy head. Really bretty, really woody, tart, funky, dry finish, super dry. Bitterness plays second fiddle, but very decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 17:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle (vintage 2020, bottled JAN 2020) from Prik & Tik Dranken Marlou as my beer from Belgium #2900 again as RB admin delete today 2 of my ratings for Hoegaarden Citrus 0,0% and Hoegaarden Rosée 0,0%. F: no real, some tanned bubbles. C: dark with coppery hue against the light, opaque. A: sour fruits, cherries, bit woody, blackberries, red wine, chocolate touch. T: full body, blackberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, caramel touch, bit chocolate yet not sweet, light fruity sour, Porter - Imperial with strong wild touch, woody, almost like Flanders Red / Oud Bruin, very nice beer, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2021
at 19:29