4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20on tap at Brouhaha brewpub. served in a tulip, this beerk pours pitch black with a nice moka coloured head. i asked the bartender what this beer was like, and she told me it was like black forest cake in a glass. she was bang on! the nose is full of roasted malts, with a hint of cherry in the head. taste is sweet, like the cake, but with a slightly bitter finish. this beer is full bodied and delicious. the alcohol is well hidden for 11.5% like it said on the board.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Someone (probably Dany) shared this in the evening after the HF Harvest Festival. Pours brown with a small tanned yellow head. Caramel and old fruit on the nose. More caramel with a touch of acid. Sweet and old fruit. Long musk and a touch more tartness on the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
My Bottom Line :
Cherries develop lots of aroma and flavor as well as subtle acidity atop this Belgian-style Imperial Stout’s chocolate malts.
Further Personal Perceptions :
-A veil of foam covers the blackened dark brown.
-This is lean, elegant and easy drinking for a 10% plus brew.
-The soft bubbling increases drinkability.
-Vanilla flavors link chocolate and cherries.
Bottle.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[4137-20111119] 750mL bottle. Odd fragrant fruity malt aroma has an unpleasant pungentness. Black brown body with a medium-lasting foamy dark tan head. Cherry-infused roast malt flavour has quite a boozy sweet fruit roast base throughout. Full body. Odd transition from sour beers but settles in nicely. (7/3/7/4/14) 3.5+
(@ Rudy’s Sourfest 2011)
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle at Brouhaha with Andy, PJ and Niles after Igloofest. Great black pour with a red aura. Tan head. Aroma is sweet dark chocolate and dried red fruit. Tastes thin and yet rich. Slightly dry, awesome dark cherry flavor mixed with notes of chocolate and a little roast. Absolutely loved this beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to Ian for this. Pours black as night with a thin brown head. Aroma is bitter chocolate and light cherries. Taste is dark chocolate, slight cherry, and roasted malts. Nice but I wanted more.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at the brewpub after igloo fest 2012. Supple stout with cherries... Not overly sweet. More dark fruits than I would have expected, fantastic.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011-11-19. Red tinged black bodiy with a small beige head that fades. 3+ Mild aroma at first, sweet fruity notes, dark fruit, muted dark malt. 7+ Flavour of muted dark malt, mild sour cherry, generic fruity character, lingering cherry pits. 7+ Smooth average to medium bodied palate, very lightly carbonated. Nice, bit muddled but quite pleasant. Bit of cocoa, black fruit cake. Bottle shared at Rudolf’s Sourfest 2011
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
A very good dessert beer!
Although not a big fan of fruit beer makes it a very pleasant beer with the acidity of cherry in the stout.
Try it with a cheescake you won’t be disapointed...
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle shared with Seb for a big occasion. A: some cherries, chocolate. App : black with small lasting beige head. T/P : it’s thin and offer a nice sourness from the "griotte" O: great. This beer would have score more if marked to be a fruit beer or belgian speciality. It’s doesn’t offer much complexity on the malt side. But surprisingly does well on another side it does taste like "foret noire"
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black with a medium beige creamy head. Aroma is cherry, chocolate coffee, caramel and roasted malt. Full body with soft carbonation. Flavours are cherry at first, with a warning chocolate taste following. Alcohol is warming. Finish is a smooth fresh cherry. Very good
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