Bellevaux Black

Brewed by Brasserie de Bellevaux
Style: Old Ale
Malmedy, Belgium

Serve in English pint, Snifter

Bottle. dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is licorice, berries, malt, yeast. Flavour is sweet, licorice, roasted malt, yeast, alcohol, berries. Medium body. OK beer.

33 cl bottle @ 101Beers, Tampere.
Pours dark ruby red color with large foamy head. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, liquorice, dark ripe fruits and some vegetables. Flavour of ripe fruits, liquorice notes, sweet caramel malts and some spicy notes. A bit too sweet, otherwise decent.
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Bottle. Pours black with a high head. Aroma burnt malts, nuts. Thin palate yet slightly sweet. Not Bad.

Chocolate/coffee smell, low on foam, very clear dark amber/brown color, mild in alcohol (6,3%); good in body, roasted malt maintaste with a mild bitterness aftermouth

(33cl bottle, BB 09/11/11) Pours a clear brown body with a spare beige head. Aroma of cola, chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, and nuts. Flavor of roasted malt, light smoke, sulfur, and baking cocoa with a dry finish.

Bottle: A vast centred and airy around creamy beige head on top of a deep dark ruby with orange tints colored beer. Smell lots of stingy malts, some barleys and hay, some hints of dark fruits and the slightest hint of liquorice. The stingy sharp malts are more or less on the dominating side. The taste is a bit weak and watery with a bit of an unbalanced mix of dark fruits; some light hints of prunes and raisin, coal/ash, nasty malts, some (elder) hops, sharper grains and herbs. Low sweetness and low to medium bitterness. Aftertaste is an ashy herby (nasty) malty mix. Not so good. Medium carbo, light tingly mouthfeel, medium body and a light creamy/watery texture. Had expected more of this beer, guess due to it’s black label. That thought already seem to disappear with the pour and when the smell came through. But the taste, mostly aftertaste, is not that good. Kind of a pity!

Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2011 in Essen (B). A dark brown colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of dark fruits, sweet malts and notes of chocolate. The taste of dry coffee, bitter with some sweet fruits. The aftertaste is bitter with some sweet.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. deep brown almost black with ruby highlights. yeast, fruits, chocolate, and roast. smooth on the palate, roasty finish. fruits, and yeast.