Glops Negra

Brewed by Llúpols i Llevats (Glops)
Style: Schwarzbier
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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33cl bottle from Cerveteca, Barcelona, with the ABV declared as 4.5%. Claims to be fermented for seven days, matured for 21, for serving at 8-12C. A very dark brown beer with a creamy fawn head and a markedly malty aroma with soy sauce, chocolate and caramel. Much less malt than expected on the palate which is slightly tangy and fruity with a touch of sourness, unintentional I’m sure and not especially welcome. There are some pleasant chewy and spicy flavours but otherwise it’s a bit aggressive and raw. Mouth-coating cocoa on a long lasting finish with light roast notes, but the malty promise is not followd through and the beer can’t make up its mind where it’s going. Unlike Mes I didn’t have the benefit of Park Guëll as a backdrop!

Dunkler, etwas süßer und röstiger Malzantrunk. Aromatisch röstig, die Süße ist passend gesetzt. Dazu kommt ein nach und nach einsetztender und natürlich wirkender Hopfen, der nur zaghaft in das Geschehen eingreift. Zum Ende etwas süßer, das frische Röstaroma bleibt lange erhalten. Sehr gutes Exemplar! 7/11/11/12/10/11

Bottled 330ml (Old Bank, BB 05/2011)
Dark, almost opaque brown color, huge fluffy brownish head. Tobacco, caramel, toasted malts in the aroma. Active carbonation, tickling! Light to medium bodied. Some toasted malts, tobacco, coffee beans, vegetables. Carbonation is so active that it disturbs badly for enjoying this beer.

Bottled. An unclear brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and light notes of smoke, meat, and herbs. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of smoke and herbs. Thanks yespr for sharing.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hints of chocolate. Roasted malty fruity chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

<i>courtesy of Antonio Rey Ruiz</i> - pours a very dark brown colour under a creamy dark beige foam; very toasted aroma of nuts, gingerbread and brownies; mouthfeel starts creamy, some sweetness, a touch of sourness and a medium malt body; long toasted aftertaste of coffee and cookies - a beer with class

A Mes rate: Drank this in Gaudi’s Park Guell while sat at a park bench with a stunning view out over the whole of Barcelona with his incredible Sagrada Familia directly ahead of me. A view worthy of many a photograph and without doubt the most amazing setting in which I have rated a beer. Anyway... Strong dark malt aroma with slight notes of straw and caramel. A dark cloudy brown colour with a thin but lasting tan head. Strong malt flavour that is rich and bready. Faint notes of liquorice too. Fair amount of caramel giving it a slightly aged feel. Faint chocolate in the finish with a very delicate bitterness. Medium dry on the palate. Certainly one of the better Spainish beers I have had.

Hazy brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt, coffee and caramel. Sweet flavor with fairly hard roasted malt, bitter coffee and chocolate.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy brown with a tint of orange and a dense and stable beige head leaving some lacework. Lightly tart aroma of burned malt. Medium body with burned malt and coffee notes and a whiff of vanilla. Dry finish, no real hoppiness but maybe a light malt bitterness. 220608

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a lacing light tan head. Light chemical, roasted malt and light note of chocolate. Hard roasted malt, light coffeeish and followed by a more smooth chocolate flavour. Holds a mild herbal to spiced brief flavour before the finish. Dry and medium bitter finish.