8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Roasted malt and coffee. Flavour: Sweet roasted malt with bitter coffee. Aftertaste is sweet and lightly bitter. Colour: Black with a tan head. From: Bottle
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2024
at 19:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beerdome. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, wood and light whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 250524
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2024
at 18:48
6.8/10
Decent, but a little too chocolate ice cream like, artificially flavored a bit. Mikkeller ams
Tried
on 19 May 2024
at 18:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
9 February 2024. At Bar Beenhouwer. Cheers to Tim, Erwin and the whole crew!
Clear dark amber, small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of dried plum, raisin, brioche, hard caramel, green tea, red apple, vanilla, bourbon. Taste has sweet red apple, raisin & fig in a caramelly, peanutty malt body surrounded by herbal tea notes and a whiff of butter. Herbal hops in the finish, bitter orange peel, pink grapefruit almost, slight vanilla and warming bourbon alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Rich and malty, but 'modernly' bitter BW.
Clear dark amber, small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of dried plum, raisin, brioche, hard caramel, green tea, red apple, vanilla, bourbon. Taste has sweet red apple, raisin & fig in a caramelly, peanutty malt body surrounded by herbal tea notes and a whiff of butter. Herbal hops in the finish, bitter orange peel, pink grapefruit almost, slight vanilla and warming bourbon alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Rich and malty, but 'modernly' bitter BW.
Tried
on 18 May 2024
at 14:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
5-17-24, HCB
Tried
from
Hop Cask & Barrel
on 18 May 2024
at 03:33
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2024
at 15:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imperial porter aged on Irish whiskey barrels (hence the -e- in ‘whiskey’), thanks to Craftmember for sharing! Moussey, pale greyish beige, dotty-lacing, slowly breaking head, black(ish) robe with deep mahogany glow. Aroma of coffee cream, mocha ice cream, touch melting milk chocolate even, caramel, whiskey, beef stock, cappuccino, fresh bayleaf, dry tree leaves, coffee grounds, nutmeg. Sweetish onset but somewhat restrainedly so (in fact less sweet than expected), notes of prune and dried apple peel, medium carbonated; full, rounded body, bit oily, with toasted-walnutty, dry-caramelly and brown-bread-crusty malt layers filling the mouth. Roasty, coffee- to chicory-like bitterness comes quickly in this one, supported by a leafy hop bitterness and woody tannins, as well as a peppery, warming, whisk(e)y-like alcohol effect in the finish. Very solid and oldskool, as usual in this brewery’s stouts and porters.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2024
at 22:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imperial stout from the country where it originated in the 18th century, aged on whiskey barrels from said country, thanks Craftmember for sharing. Greyish pale beige, moussey, shred-lacing, breaking yet retaining head on a very dark chocolate brown beer, as good as black in fact, with misty mahogany edges. Aroma of walnut paste, soft Irish whiskey, coffee grounds, deep-fried parsley, toffee, young oak wood, burnt potato chips, dried thyme, mocha ice cream, chewing gum somewhere, almond, nutmeg. Restrained in sweetness yet rounded, with a touch of raisin and a light hint of smoked prune or chewing tobacco somewhere, softishly carbonated with full, rounded body. Some black olive-like umami (even a whiff of beef stock) lingers over a smooth toasted pecan-, bitter chocolate- and brown bread crust-like middle, with again that vague smoky (pipe tobacco) touch at the back coming from the whiskey but very softly so; coffee grounds-like roastiness plays a part as well, but not too emphatically, while gentle woody tannins add dryness without becoming outspokenly astringent. Warming whiskey in the finish as can be expected, but like the other barrel features (the wood itself), kept relatively subdued and in that sense remaining well in balance with the actual beer. Opens gradually upon warming – one for the lovers of more restrained ‘oldskool’ imperial stouts.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2024
at 22:30
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Appearance: Opaque deep brown to black with a nice beige frothy head. Aroma: Roast & toast, prunes, other dried fruits, floral hop. Taste: Dry, malty & hoppy. Roasted, burnt bread, chocolate, pleasantly hopped. Lingering hoppy ending. Mouth feel: Light to medium body, soft carbonation. Summary: Not bad.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2024
at 20:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black with a tan head. Aroma of smoky wood malt. Flavour is wine wood, roast malt, dark fruits finish.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2024
at 21:50