Midnight Driver
Straete Brouwerie in Desselgem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Dark / Stout Regular|
Score
6.50
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Laag in alcohol en toch behoort deze tot 1 van mijn bieren met de grootste accijnskosten.
Zonder compromis op moutbeslag, gist, en mondgevoel!
Geen zoete wortsmaak of overgehopt water, maar een complexe moutigheid die zijn ingredienten mooi naar voor laat komen
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Bierridder (4318) ticked Midnight Driver from Straete Brouwerie 7 months ago
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Midnight Driver from Straete Brouwerie 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Low-alcohol stout (1% ABV) by this young one-man brewery in Desselgem – which quite originally opted for stout to become ‘NABLAB-ed’, must be one of the first in Belgium. Medium sized, creamy, yellowish beige, shred-lacing head, very dark chocolate brown robe (blackish) with burgundy edges. Aroma of caramel candy, walnut paste, ‘Koetjesreep’, old liquorice candy, stale sweat, coffee grounds or diluted cold black coffee, bayleaf powder, cream going sour. Sweetish onset with sourish edge, as if infected in a dull, ‘funky’ and lactic kind of way, persisting through the entire thing; hints of plum and cooked blackberry, medlar, medium carb with rounded mouthfeel which admittedly feels fuller than expected for this ABV range. Caramelly and Ersatz-chocolatey middle developing coffee grounds roastiness, a leathery accent and salmiak-like notes in the end, supported by a dash of earthy hops. That dull, dim sourishness keeps piercing through it all, reducing drinkability a bit, but otherwise this is a rather ‘believable’ attempt at creating a full-bodied stout experience without the alcohol – even if it is still no match for the non-alcoholic version of Guinness, for instance.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Midnight Driver from Straete Brouwerie 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2
8/III/25 - 33cl bottle @ home, BB: n/a (2025-262) Thanks to Alengrin for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small aery irregular beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, good roast, grains, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sourish, gentle roast, very herbal, laurel, weird but not too bad. Aftertaste: weird, very herbal, a bit funky, more roast, infected impression, a little sweet, meh.