3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Somewhat smoked but stout like aroma. Taste burnt, smoked malts, chocolate. Quite flat.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Misses gas... dark brown, ok head but a bit low on carbonation. Needs a bit of a boost at the taste also. Malts, hops, roasted coffee. ok.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33 cl bottle from De Bierkoning @ home. Black color, no head. Aroma’s: sweet, syruppy, leather, peat, roast, whisky. Some sweet/dried fruit & alcohol retronasal. Flavor is medium sweet, a bit peaty, whisky-ish. Alcohol is quite present and warming. Very low carbonation. Finishes with some peat and bitterness.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
33 cL bottle. Pours pitch black with no head. Aroma is roasted malty and liqourice. Smooth vanilla and toasted malty flavoured. Solid bitterness to a mixed dark malty and liqourice flavoured based. Lingering dark malty finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33cl, as Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout ’Glen Elgin Barrel Aged’, new exclusive Dutch brew Anno 2011, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex sweet Stout, roasted/alcoholic and slightly spicy/malty, heavy, yet balanced, hazy, nearly no head, very good brew, yet expensive!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled. The aroma has coffee, whisky, chocolate. Black coloured beer with a beige head. The taste is light sweet, bit bitter, has coffee roast, chocolate and a nice touch of whisky. Full bodied beer. Nice one.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Bierkoning. Black body with no head whatsoever. Nose is licorice, medicinal and roasty. Plenty of whisky in there too. Taste is also roasty, licorice and plenty of molasses. But texture very smooth and creamy with nice bitter chocolate punching through in the end. That 11% abv sure goes down well...
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
No head, viscously pouring oil-black beer. Sweetish smelling, chocolate nose; roasted, nutty touches and a - difficultly qualifyable - spirit aroma. Chocolate, coffee, and a massive spirit/whisky presence. Roastiness held in check, alcoholburn not! Black chocolate-covered dried fruits as raisins, plums or apricots. Very thick & viscous, long-lasting rroasted-sweetish flavours. What a warmth! Many thanks to Kees!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle sample kindly of Kees, headbrewer @ Emelisse. Holy smoke, this beer rocks!
Couleur brune foncée, presque pas de mousse pour une surface huileuse et dorée sur le verre.
Arôme malt chocolaté, poudre de cacao le tout sur un bouquet aux relents de café avec une barrique présente et agréable.
Le tout prend une dimension exceptionnelle au palais. Un très bon profile épais de malt grillé, chocolaté avec une douce note de café, expresso et moka, cela se mêle à une whisky Glenrothes qui est réchauffant et suit toutes les gorgées donnant une touche et fini douce allant sur la vanille.
Ça se laisse déguster, le tout développant un profile complexe. J’apprécie vraiment cette stout et le produit final venant de ce traitement en Glenrothes.
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