New Belgium 1554 Enlightened Black Ale

Pours deep brown. Toasty yeasty smell. nice burnt toast flavor and not too sweet. I enjoyed it.

light roast aroma with sweet caramel. Brown pour with a tan head. Lots of malt in the flavor and light on the palate.

Pours a brown color with tan head. Aroma is caramel, roast, chocolate, and honey. Flavor is roast, caramel, toast, chocolate, and a sweet malty finish.

Dark reddish beer with a medium brown head. Nice aroma of sweet malts. Flavor is sweet chocolate and roasted malts. Dry in the finish. Smooth and fun.

A deep red beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel as well as slightly smoked notes. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of berries and caramel.

Very tasty, light roated malt, sweet like a porter, roasted, but not too much. Does not cling to the palate, clean, refreshing for a dark beer. Just very good and drinkable, while roasted and sweet.

Slightly chilled into a New Belgium goblet. Nice head, deep mahoganey color. Toasty malt and a touch of roast in the nose, with suggestion of fresh fig. Malty, somewhat sweet upfront, the malt turns warm and the roast develops. Mild but crisp hops clean the beer up. Very nice, very drinkable. Not amazingly complex, but a solid beer. Try with a nice fontina.

pours a dark brown with offwhite sudsy lacing and small head. Smell is subdued chocolate roasted malt, smoke, toffee. Flavor is a one dimensional mild smoky chocolate malt. Not a huge fan.