4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
In bottle. A thick black beer with a thin tan head. Aroma is just subtly sour with Brett mustiness, coffee, chocolate, barley and alcohol. Flavours of Brett, chocolate, oak, caramel and hazelnut. Barnyard funk and bonito flakes to finish. Moderate carbonation, lovely oily mouth-feel and a little CO2 prickle. Superb!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
It pours dark oil thick black with, as described, a small sliver of tan head. The flavors are rich and potent sticking thick to the palate with notes of coffee and bitter cocoa, sweet malts, and subtle smooth alcohol to enliven everything. The body is thick, but somehow not heavy and overbearing. The aroma gives light sweet and light smokey malty and cocoa notes, as well as some black licorice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
#4100. On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Black with a short lived creamy tan head. Huge pressed coffee and light chili aroma with hints of dark chocolate and brown sugar. Coffee flavors dominant with roasted grain and sugar on the back end.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at Capone’s (2009 vintage). Thick black with thin tan head. Big flavors of coffee, chocolate, roast. Malty sweetness with moderate bitterness.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
[Draft @ Capones] Opaque black with a thin, tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, burnt wood, chestnut, coffee, light dark fruits, smoke, and alcohol. Taste of coffee, roasted malts, vanilla bean, some dark fruits, and light alcohol in the finish.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
6 oz sample pour from Capone’s. Sepia-black pour, a lighter brown around the edges with a very, very thin ring of lace. Having had both base beers, I would say the nose is 75/25% Hel&Verd/Albert. Brown malts, smoke, and a hint of dark fruit. As it warms, cocoa and syrupy figs are more prominent. Body is big and meaty, and flaunts perfect carbonation. My favorite De Struise offering of the day.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tar black color with a thick syrupy body. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, dark fruit, and light spice. Chocolate, coffee flavor with dark fruit, roasted malt, and a hint of brown sugar flavor. No one should have just one. On tap at Capone’s.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle shared at rbwg 3/5/11.
nearly black pour with a big ol’ brown head.
nice blend of roast, char, cocoa, vinous fruit, bs, spice, wet wood and toasted nuts. fruit provides a nice counter balance the steam version desperately needed. 8/4/8/4/16
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Außerordentlich dichter und bitterschokoladiger Geruch, dem eine fruchtige Note innewohnt. Startet fruchtig (Traube) und malzig. Mittig stark bitterschokoladig, malzig. Abgangs alkoholisch-wärmend, malzig, schokoladig und leicht klebend. Echt gut.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 mL bottle at Volo. (Could have sworn the menu said "de Molen," but the bill says "Struise," so I must be in the right place.) Whatever it is, it’s a big, full, splendid imperial stout. Creamy mocha, bitter roast, sweet, dark cherries. Long, bitter finish. Outstanding.
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