7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the flat in Sofia - picked up from 100 Beers. Here it is, rating #500 for Bulgarian beers. Took about 14 years. The first few years were very slow going, mostly scouring supermarkets for macro ticks. Finally, in the early/mid 2010s, craft breweries start popping up. And the past few years have been great scooping. This beer pours black-brown with a billowing, frothy beige head. Medium to big sweet flavour with sturdy roast, faintly tangy semi-dried dark fruits, a little peat, raisins, black coffee, booze. Full bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, some burnt sugars, torched barrel, more raisins, accents of black coffee, chocolate, earth, peat. Punchy but actually pretty drinkable, just a little raw. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2024
at 20:21