De Molen / Struise Brouwers Black Damnation

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

2010 Vintage
Tasted on 1/28/12 from a capped 330mL bottle obtained in a trade. Pours completely pitch black with an average, even brown head that slowly recedes to average lace. The nose is full of roasted coffee, espresso grounds, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, and just a hint of vanilla. The flavor is more of the same with tons of dark chocolate and coffee espresso, with a touches of prune, vanilla, and black pepper. The body is hugely full with average, stinging carbonation, and a long, lightly bitter, dark chocolate covered espresso bean, vanilla, and touch of black peppercorn finish.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2012 Pours deep black, quickly receding tan head with residual lacing. Aroma full of charcoal, dark roasted coffee sprinkled with cocoa powder, nutty, melding with milk chocolate brownie overtones. Taste is sweeter than nose indicates, with chocolate liqueur, rum raisin, slightly bitter finish with coffee roasted malts. Palate is smooth and full, bordering on creamy. Super enjoyable, everything is rich and lush, making this perhaps my favorite of the first four in this series.

La primera de la saga BD. No es pot perdre la oportunitat de provar-la. No decepciona.

Had this a few times, but never rated it.... From notes: Bottled @ In De Wildeman. Pitch black color with beige head. Aroma’s of roast, coffee, fruit (berries). Flavor is medium sweet, with roast & fruit, a hint of acidity. Strong alcoholfeel, heavy mouthfeel. Long finish.

This is just about as perfect as this style could get. Wow. Big massive coffee and dark bitter chocolate hit up front. Backed by a beautiful dark fruit and maybe some vanilla. Pours a pitch black with a dark tan head that sticks around as a light coating. Big and foamy in the mouth. Amazing.

330ml bottle, black color, with a bubbly tan head, with a yeasty, grainy, chocolate, roasted, black, toasted malt, milky chocolatey pudding, bitter cocoa powder nose, with some fruitcake, chocolate cake, burnt toast, burnt dried raisin, fig accents, with a kind of burnt woody barrel, chocolate wafer note in the aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a warmth syrupy, yeasty, dark dried juicy fruit, chocolatey, milkyish, bitter dark chocolate, cocoa powder, faint roasted coffee bean character, with some green molasses sweetness, burnt toast, burnt bran muffin, mild roasted, chocolate, black, toasted malt flavours, with a fudgy, chocolate wafer, chocolate granola bar, cookie dough backbone, leading towards a warming, silky, yeasty, burnt fruitcake, cocoa powder, dark bitter chocolate, roasted grounded coffee bean, chocolate liquor chocolate cake finish.

Bottle 33 cl from Willems - Grobbendonk (B). Black beer with short tan head. Nose of espresso, mocha, chocolate, ashes. The taste is chocolate, woody, bitter of coffee, earthy notes and raisins in alcohol, caramel-licorice. Delight complex and intense, but total. Unforgetable finale in bitter of roasting and hops, combined with round of alcohol.

Small bottle. First batch. Pitch black, amazing solid , big, brown head with long duration. Roasted malty aroma with lots of coffee, and hints of chocolate, fruit and vanilla. Rich and full boded, thick mouthfell. Roastd malt taste, fruit, coffee ,chocolate,vanilla, cognac, oak, Very well balanced and well crafted.