7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
25/X/25 - 33cl bottle, bought and shared @ kelderschatten tasting by Gentse Biervereniging (Baracuna), BB: 22/XII/22 (2025-1068)
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: nice, gentle roast, lots of chocolate notes, some caramel, red fruits, cherries, cuberdon (candy “noses”). MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice, lots of chocolate up front, slightly sourish, milk chocolate, caramel. Aftertaste: gentle bitterness, a little sweet, some (over)ripe banana.
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: nice, gentle roast, lots of chocolate notes, some caramel, red fruits, cherries, cuberdon (candy “noses”). MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice, lots of chocolate up front, slightly sourish, milk chocolate, caramel. Aftertaste: gentle bitterness, a little sweet, some (over)ripe banana.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2025
at 18:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
25 October 2025. At “Gentse Biervereniging Kelderschatten” (Baracuna). Cheers to the whole crew!
Dark fudge, caramel sauce, molten fondant, cappuccino, dried fig & date, liquorice. Sweet fig & raisin, dark fudge & chocolate sauce maltiness, softly bitter coffee. Earthy hops, dried fruits, warming liqueur-like alcohol. Medium body, oily-sticky texture, soft carbonation. Almost pastry-like Stout but the malts do all the work here, cleverly done by Galea.
Dark fudge, caramel sauce, molten fondant, cappuccino, dried fig & date, liquorice. Sweet fig & raisin, dark fudge & chocolate sauce maltiness, softly bitter coffee. Earthy hops, dried fruits, warming liqueur-like alcohol. Medium body, oily-sticky texture, soft carbonation. Almost pastry-like Stout but the malts do all the work here, cleverly done by Galea.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2025
at 14:20
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
25 October 2025. At “Gentse Biervereniging Kelderschatten” (Baracuna). Cheers to the whole crew!
Ginger, pineapple, lime. Sweetish pineapple & plum, spicy candied ginger. Slightly tart and peppery finish. I dig this as a NA beer.
Ginger, pineapple, lime. Sweetish pineapple & plum, spicy candied ginger. Slightly tart and peppery finish. I dig this as a NA beer.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2025
at 12:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Greige head with purplish sheen over orange-brown rimmed black beer, pouring viscously. Booze, wood, charcoal, roast, sweet liqueur. Roast, vanilla, cream, coffee (especially retronasal). Sweet, if nowhere cloying. Very late, a more pronounced coffeeflavour appears. Very well-bodied, some alcohol, slick-oily. Good carbonation. Tiramisu, Amaretto... I feared the worst. But then, it proved to be quite good, and even grew on me. Pastry on the next level.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 19 Oct 2025
at 09:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cream-russet small head over deep dark redbrown beer. Rum, rumbonen, raisins. Felt, musk. Black cardamome. Eggnogg, some roast, rum, booze, musk. Alcohol & fusels, raisins. Dried red/dark fruit. Fiery MF, furious alcoholheat, some alcoholthinning. Medium carbonation. For a rum barrel aged beer, I rather like it, which is far from obvious. Weak souls, please abstention.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 28 Sep 2025
at 08:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
330 ml can. Pours a dull dark mahogany with full foamy head. Aromas of caramel/brown sugar, dark fruit, some dankish bittering hops and bready malts. Flavors are big sugars and big doughy malts leading with some underlying dried fruit. Unrefined and too sweet and malty.
Tried
from Can
at
Spéciale Belge Taproom
on 09 Sep 2025
at 14:35
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml bottle. Pours black with moderate tan head. Aromas of strong black coffee, oak, nuts, ash, vanilla, and slick roasted malts. Flavors of oak, sour mash, dark fruit with figs leading, espresso, vanilla and oily roasted malt. Unique. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
from
De Struise Beershop
on 26 Aug 2025
at 00:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 24/08/2025.
Clear rich amber pour topped with a lasting light beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, booze, light herb, candied fruit rinds, caramel, grilled pineapple.
Taste comprises Creme Brulee, caramel, fruit cake mix, brown sugar melt, booze, light spice.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with a balanced spike of alcohol.
Tidy sipper.
Clear rich amber pour topped with a lasting light beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, booze, light herb, candied fruit rinds, caramel, grilled pineapple.
Taste comprises Creme Brulee, caramel, fruit cake mix, brown sugar melt, booze, light spice.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with a balanced spike of alcohol.
Tidy sipper.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2025
at 15:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle at home shared with Laura. Opaque black color, average sized brown colored head. Aroma is malts and a sick amount of espresso. Flavor is malts, insane espresso again, bitter with lingering bitter espresso beans after that, I don't think I've had 3 beers in my life that had a stronger espresso bomb than this. Over the top in the end, even though I like it as a coffee / espresso lover, but this is too much. But I still like it. Even though i don't get bourbon & whiskey...
Tried
on 23 Aug 2025
at 22:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Opaque black color, medium sized beige head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is malts, barrel aging going on in there clearly, I guess it's rum but it doesn't taste like that imo, light raisins, some bitter notes in the finish. Sticky texture. Quite nice though, I like it.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2025
at 23:38