Black Damnation XIX - Maestro
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.47
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Belgian Royal Stout aged on Maestro Rum barrels.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
31 December 2024. 33cl bottle from Stacks. Vintage 2020. Bottled: 4/11/2022. Cheers to New Year's Eve with Anke, Silke & Elke!
Hazy black, stable, frothy, beige head. Aroma of old fondant, ink, soy sauce, teriyaki, raisin, leather, dried fig, blackberry, dried apple peel, charred wood, tobacco, brown rum. Taste has sweetish fig, raisin & ripe green apple with a hint of sourish blackberry in a thick malt body of fondant, toasted nuts and brown bread; surrounded by umami notes of soy sauce, mushroom even. Whiff of herbal tobacco in the middle before the (black-) peppery hoppy finish; dried fruits, coffee roast and wood (vanilla) all come together, topped off with a dash of brown rum alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Complex, bitter and elegant as a 'low-intensity' BA: the alcohol is certainly there, but the rum sits firmly within the big malt body. Lovely!
Hazy black, stable, frothy, beige head. Aroma of old fondant, ink, soy sauce, teriyaki, raisin, leather, dried fig, blackberry, dried apple peel, charred wood, tobacco, brown rum. Taste has sweetish fig, raisin & ripe green apple with a hint of sourish blackberry in a thick malt body of fondant, toasted nuts and brown bread; surrounded by umami notes of soy sauce, mushroom even. Whiff of herbal tobacco in the middle before the (black-) peppery hoppy finish; dried fruits, coffee roast and wood (vanilla) all come together, topped off with a dash of brown rum alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Complex, bitter and elegant as a 'low-intensity' BA: the alcohol is certainly there, but the rum sits firmly within the big malt body. Lovely!
Tried
on 05 May 2025
at 13:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with minimally late awakening, small, creamy, diminishing, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and slightly sweet-ish, caramel malty aroma, yeasty fruity overtones, notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, some caramel, a touch of blueberry, plum butter, weak BA overtones with a touch of molasses. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty and mildly roasty, chocolately, dark malty, slightly yeasty fruity, minimally woody and alcoholic, hints of dark caramel, a touch of molasses, rum; minimally warming, alcoholic finish, well hidden alcohol overall.
Initially well adjusted BA support becomes a tad pert after a while, not overly complex overall - minimally underwhelming.
Initially well adjusted BA support becomes a tad pert after a while, not overly complex overall - minimally underwhelming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2025
at 23:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black with tan head. Lots of rum, chocolate, leather, dry coffee, vanilla, very earthy roasted malts, a lot of licorice, old oak. Very strong on tannins, 'old' and classic licorice stout. Quite sweet and bitter. Almost full bodied. Quite old school, but not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2025
at 21:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle from Struise Beershop Woesten e-shop.
F: thin, tanned, quick gone.
C: black, opaque.
A: dark malts, chocolate, dried fruits, cocoa, spicy, woody, rum.
T: full malty base, dark malts, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, woody, rum touch, bit herbal, roasted tones, long lasting bitterness, low carbonation, very nice, enjoyed for sure.
F: thin, tanned, quick gone.
C: black, opaque.
A: dark malts, chocolate, dried fruits, cocoa, spicy, woody, rum.
T: full malty base, dark malts, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, woody, rum touch, bit herbal, roasted tones, long lasting bitterness, low carbonation, very nice, enjoyed for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 19:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is roasty with liquorice, alcohol, roasted malt, spicy notes, wood, some rum. Flavour is medium sweet with some bitterness. Medium to full. Boozy, strong, too much liquorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 22:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ De Struise, Oostvleteren. Hazed dark with a beige head atop. Thick dark malt aroma. Soft palate, decent whack of malt, roast, a little more rum BA influence would've been nice but still a solid meaty stout. Marked down a little due to the low rum notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2024
at 16:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Frothy off-white fair mostly diminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter nice rumfinish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2024
at 17:28
6/10
Tja haalt de beleving en kwaliteit van weleer al minstens 10 jaar niet meer , ook deze vrij matig
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2024
at 23:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 330ml (DBH)
Opaque colour, small beige head. Roasted, a bit toffeish aroma. Medium-bodied. Roastyness, earthy notes, coffee, rhum in the flavour. At the end spiceyness, alcohol and even watery end slide. Not the best of Damnations. Boozy, spicey and thin.
Opaque colour, small beige head. Roasted, a bit toffeish aroma. Medium-bodied. Roastyness, earthy notes, coffee, rhum in the flavour. At the end spiceyness, alcohol and even watery end slide. Not the best of Damnations. Boozy, spicey and thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2023
at 21:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fles 33cl in Stieltjeskanaal. Chocolade, roasted malts, licht koffie, rumtonen, pruim, wat rozijn, licht boozy. (25-8-2023).
Tried
on 25 Aug 2023
at 21:36