Dupont Monk’s Stout

Brewed by Brasserie Dupont
Style: Stout
Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Found randomly in the Imperalist Dictatorship of the Republic of Ontario. Has a perfect black body and light brown-ash head on top, fits perfectly into a tulip pint glass. Very soft aroma of watery barley however. Flavour is a slightly spiced barley with not complexity and a bitter finish. This one started so well and ended so badly. Not a very good brew.

Dark brown/black. Some yeast sediment. Head lacing along the rim of the glass. Aroma: Dry roastyness. Taste: Dry smokiness - almost acrid, but not at all unpleasant. There is almost no detectable sugar left here. Thinnish body and dry, clean finish. The smokiness is the most upfront flavour here, but there is also some tart raspberry and plum notes. A faint grassiness and bitterness from the hops remains.

330ml bottle. Dark brown body, small mocha head with good retention, noticeable sedimentation. Aroma is bready, with a good dose of yeast and caramel, roasted malt, roasted hazelnuts. Taste is dry and smoky: prunes, roasted malt, dark berries, some yeast. Lively carbonated. Unusual stout.

bit different then what you might think a stout would taste like. I have no experience with any other Belgium stouts so I don’t know what a stout made in Belgium might taste like. A dry finish but still pretty tasty.

On tap at moeder lambic, brussels. Dark color with medium brown head. Carbonation is fair. Aroma is light chocolate and light coffee.

330ml bottle. Deep brown almost black with a mocha coloured head. The nose is mostly cold coffee notes, earth, and light citrus. Lighter bodied, and much drier than one would expect from a stout. There is a light tangy acidity, with again, coffee, light caramel, citrus, and a bitter almost ashy finish. A lot of the things that make stout great are missing from this. I can’t recommend it.

Roasty, nutty aroma. Light licorice and anise. Solid mouth feel, soft carb. Medium bitter finish, great toasted, roasted malt aftertaste. Nice stout.

Aromas of flora, soil, subtle roasted coffee, subtle ground black pepper. Black with ruby highlights along the edge of the glass, and with a lasting, rocky, tan head. Dry, fruity, with dark berry flavors, roasty, and floral. Medium body, lively carbonation, refreshing, smooth, and with a clean finish leaving behind some subtle coffee.

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Felix-Antoine. De couleur noire-brune et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, léger de café, de levures fruitées (prunes rouges) aux notes terreuses et faiblement épicées, de chocolat noir avec des notes de houblon herbeux et floral. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux notes crémeuses. Léger goût de levures fruitées (prunes) aux petites notes épicées (poivrées) et terreuses avec de faibles traces de chocolat au lait lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de malt rôti aux petites notes brûlées avec un léger goût de chocolat noir puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon floral et herbeux avec des petites notes de café. Post-goût moyen et aux notes sèches, légèrement amer de rôti avec des notes de chocolat noir, de houblon herbeux et de levures fruitées.

This is an unexpectedly dry and light-bodied stout that shows some FES-like sourness at the front & on the slightly lactic (and slight acrid) palate and finish. Whispers of smoke, cold sumatra coffee and cola-spice, chocolate, lemony hops. Audacious and sassy Dupont-style farmhouse brewing, a work both admirable and original.