7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at La Fine Mousse. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aroma is chocolate and light nutty. Caramelish and chocolate, dark roasted, light alcohol presence, light to medium bitterness. Dry and roasted into a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2013
at 09:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear black colour, no head. Malty aroma, caramel, lots of alcohol. Alcoholic flavour, liquorice, quite sweet, roasted malts, bitter notes. Finish liquorice, roasted malts, hops and alcohol.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Courtesy of 77ships. Thanks Eugene!)
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Courtesy of 77ships. Thanks Eugene!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2013
at 15:05
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottle courtesy of 77ships, thank you! Clear maroon color, flat. Aroma of licorice, tar, black pepper. Taste is pure alcohol, along the lines of Mikkeller Black.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 16:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl bottle sample @ RBBWG 2013, courtesy of 77ships. Brune foncée, avec pas de col. Bière atypique, qui ne veut pas dire grand chose si je me base sur mon expérience, hasardeuse, des bières Fleurac. Je m’attendais au pire, et donc au final, je retrouve une bière sympa à déguster. Le tout est assez plat avec un alcool qui est en évidence mais sans pour cela gâcher le tout (à la Brewdog); ce qui ne veut pas non plus dire que on est devant une perle. Notes subtiles de malt chocolaté, caramel et une fine amertume houblonnée venant juste en retrait. J’aimerai revoir la même version mais avec un alcool plus digne d’une Black IPA, soit 7-8%. Reste agréable en petite quantité.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 09:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG 2013. Black color, small light brown head. Smell malts, lightly roasted malts, lots of alcohol and liquor. Taste has malts but mainly alcohol. Really strong and over the top. Besides the alcohol there’s not much there. So, bad attempt at a black IPA if that was intended, not a very good attempt at a high ABV-beer, but it could be a start to a better, if not a good strong beer. Some work to do though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 10:58
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Fleurac Octo-Pyroclastic Black IPA (by Fleurac):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.2/5
19/I/13 -33cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - BB: n/a (2013-60) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear brown beer, no head. Aroma: caramel, sugary, boozy, mocha, some chocolate. MF: no carbon, medium body, oily texture. Taste: caramel, citric sourness, bitter chocolate, bit hoppy, sugary. Aftertaste: alcohol, nail polish remover, bitter, bit chemical, bitter hops. Pretty bad. And not an ipa. And not a black ipa either. I would describe it as attention whoring. :p
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.2/5
19/I/13 -33cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - BB: n/a (2013-60) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear brown beer, no head. Aroma: caramel, sugary, boozy, mocha, some chocolate. MF: no carbon, medium body, oily texture. Taste: caramel, citric sourness, bitter chocolate, bit hoppy, sugary. Aftertaste: alcohol, nail polish remover, bitter, bit chemical, bitter hops. Pretty bad. And not an ipa. And not a black ipa either. I would describe it as attention whoring. :p
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 10:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle labelled Bière d’Hiver. Cloudy amber-golden colour, mid-sized off-white head. Spicy hop aroma with ginger. Full-bodied, malty base with a yeasty touch and lots of spicy and fiery ginger. Unusual but I rather liked that!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2012
at 03:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle from Saveur-Biere. Cloudy deep amber colour, mid-sized off-white head. Aroma of tropical fruit. Medium-bodied, malty base with a yeasty fruit character - bitter and aromatic hops that add tropical fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2012
at 03:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle from saveur-biere. Hazy orange-golden colour, mid-sized white head. Spicy hop aroma. Medium-bodied, good malt flavours with a yeasty touch and a lot of aromatic hops, bitter and aromatic at the same time - lots of tropical fruit there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2012
at 03:22
1.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 2
33cl bottle. Drain pour. Opens without your typical hiss, pours flat, no sign of carbonation whatsoever. Smelled like acetone, apple cider with uninspiring fruit notes of possible citrus/orange. Palate was horrible, again flat with a lingering nasty apple profile that appeared a lot more boozier than a 5% beer. Palate remains oily, syrupy which is off for that type of beer. At this point, I am not throwing any more € in this brewery, most of their beers have been disappointing with clear signs of poor bottling and inconsistency between batches.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2012
at 09:24