8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle @ Belgian Beer Geeks Winter Gathering. Pours pitch black, dense tan head. Prominent coffee nose, rich dark malts. Oily palate. Flavour profile is dominated by coffee grain and an espresso bitterness, earthy moments and an enticing chocolate side with distant dark berry murmurs. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2025
at 19:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
1/III/25 - 50cl bottle @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (2025 Winter/Spring edition), BB: 14/IV/22, lot 0475 (2025-214) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Pretty clear dark brown beer, practically no head. Aroma: very oxidized, some whisky, soy sauce, a bit spicy, gentle roast, some caramel, chocolate notes. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, very roasted, lots of alcohol, caramel, bitter, pretty acidic, dusty, more alcohol. Aftertaste: a bit oxidized, some alcohol, sourish touch, spicy, is that a chilli burn, or just lots of alcohol burning? More oxidation, meh. Clearly past its prime.
Pretty clear dark brown beer, practically no head. Aroma: very oxidized, some whisky, soy sauce, a bit spicy, gentle roast, some caramel, chocolate notes. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, very roasted, lots of alcohol, caramel, bitter, pretty acidic, dusty, more alcohol. Aftertaste: a bit oxidized, some alcohol, sourish touch, spicy, is that a chilli burn, or just lots of alcohol burning? More oxidation, meh. Clearly past its prime.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 22:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Brewver Belgian Winter Gathering. Opaque pitch black color, virtually no head. Aroma and flavor are malts, espresso, light tart, pretty bitter. Hmm okay but not as good as I'd hoped.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 18:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at Belgian Beer Geeks Gathering. Almost black with small head. Dry earthy malts, soft coffee, whisky, blackberries, dry earthy notes. Almost medium sweet, light sour and bitter finish. Over medium bodied, quite dry. Not my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 18:39
8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 17:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bouteille 50cl @ Belgian Winter gathering 01 March 2025 – Tim’s place, thanks Bjorn.
BB 14/04/2022, batch# 0475.
Brune foncée voire noire, col léger café au lait mais pas tenace du tout.
Arôme sur une bonne dose maltée, caramel, crystal, chocolaté fin repris par un apport barriqué rappelant le Porto – le tout repris en rétro-nasal par des notes de café qui après plus de six ans restent encore présentes.
Palais est un peu sec – boozy réchauffant, café avec une petite note Porto – fruits/baies noirs, cerise noire, datte, cassis. Le tout sublimé par l’apport malté – caramel, chocolaté, biscuité et un léger café qui arrive en retrait. Avec les années ce dernier s’est un peu estompé.
BB 14/04/2022, batch# 0475.
Brune foncée voire noire, col léger café au lait mais pas tenace du tout.
Arôme sur une bonne dose maltée, caramel, crystal, chocolaté fin repris par un apport barriqué rappelant le Porto – le tout repris en rétro-nasal par des notes de café qui après plus de six ans restent encore présentes.
Palais est un peu sec – boozy réchauffant, café avec une petite note Porto – fruits/baies noirs, cerise noire, datte, cassis. Le tout sublimé par l’apport malté – caramel, chocolaté, biscuité et un léger café qui arrive en retrait. Avec les années ce dernier s’est un peu estompé.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 10:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml. can. @"home", 27/02/2025
[#8.051 Global - #152 Ireland - #17 Galway Bay Brewery]
Pours hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma: melon, bitter orange, papaya and pine. Taste: white grapes, ripe melon and pineapple. Light hop burn. Easy drinking.
Next one, please!
[#8.051 Global - #152 Ireland - #17 Galway Bay Brewery]
Pours hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma: melon, bitter orange, papaya and pine. Taste: white grapes, ripe melon and pineapple. Light hop burn. Easy drinking.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2025
at 20:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from Craft Central.ie, 25/02/2025.
Moderately hazed orange golden topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is orange pith, grass, pineapple, mandarin, papaya, mango splash.
Taste comprises grapefruit, pine needle, ripe melon, faint mineral bite, grass, papaya, guava.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close spiked with lightly aggressive dankened hop bitterness allied to light boost offered.
Tidy DIPA with a little old skool vibe about it.
Moderately hazed orange golden topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is orange pith, grass, pineapple, mandarin, papaya, mango splash.
Taste comprises grapefruit, pine needle, ripe melon, faint mineral bite, grass, papaya, guava.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close spiked with lightly aggressive dankened hop bitterness allied to light boost offered.
Tidy DIPA with a little old skool vibe about it.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2025
at 21:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Dark tan head over pitch-black beer. Liquorice, roast, sweet breadcrust, and slightly perfumey, mint. Sweet dark roast, something of eggnog, sweet. Finish is molasses with alcohol-drenched wood, rum. Parsley. Very oily feel, chewy, alcoholburn. For a sweet stout, quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Café Pardaf
on 23 Feb 2025
at 08:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso resta attratto dal fruttato. L'intensità olfattiva è sufficiente. Il mantello birroso superiore ha una buona ed la schiuma è abbondante. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido appare opalescente. Il colore è giallo ambrato. Il corpo è pieno. Il dolce è pesante. L'amaro è deciso e c'è anche una punta di leggera acidità. La forza gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il finale è semplice e dissetante. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. In bocca l'aroma è quello di zuccherino, miele, luppolo, resina, pino, agrumi, arancia amara, ananas, limone, mandarino, frutto della passione e mela verde.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2025
at 11:40