Struise Black Damnation V - Double Black

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Imperial Stout
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle @ LCRBM 2008, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
[ Courtesy of Urbain and Carlo ]. Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, coffee, oak, cask wood, vanilla. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration. The alcohol is very well hidden. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft and very smooth. ;o)) Thanks again Urbain and Carlo, [20081025]

Draft. A pitch black beer with a huge dark brown head. The aroma has strong notes of alcohol and chocolate combined with medium notes of roasted malt. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of roasted malt and chocolate, leading to a dry roasted and alcoholic finish. The body is oily thick.

LCRBM08, courtesy of Carlo and Urbain. Pours dark brown to black with a small chocolate brown head. Aroma is smooth malty, wineous and vanilla. Flavour is smooth wooden oak, vanilla and nicely roasted malty and alcohol warming. Smooth and vanilla to wineous finish. Extremely smooth and pleasant sipper.

On tap. Black and completely opaque with a small light brown head. The nose is rich in intense dried dark fruits, vanilla and alcohol. Very full-bodied, low carbonation (but it’s there!), somewhat sticky hard roasted malts and again vanilla and dried fruit. Plenty of chocolate notes with a salty mineral edge. Has a light malt bitterness with a warming but not overly alcoholic finish. Interesting indeed. 141210

Bottled@Mes & Sim’s Wedding (Thanks to the random guy with a bottle, who gave me a pour!). Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, some wooden notes, liquorice, mild toasted notes as well as some slight alcoholic sweetness. Flavour is being liquorice, vanilla, chocolate, some slight toasted notes as well as mild plum and wood as well.

Draught at Borefts Bier Festival 2010. Pitch black coloured with a huge brown head. Roasted aroma of caramel and dark chocolate with notes of liquorice. Roasted flavour of caramel, dark chocolate and liquorice with notes of hops and alcohol. Roasted, hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Near black, no head. Syrupy alcoholaroma. Super-mega sweet with black hole style body. Compact with syrupy sugar, resin and burning saccharine compressed to a singularity. Inky and very aggressive. Yikes, this is certainly not for me.

Draft @ Ørsted Ølbar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma with some hints of licorice. Roasted malty warming coffee and chocolate flavor with some bitter hints. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate finish.

Bottle, 26% at LCRBM08. Black colour, very small brown head. Vanilla flavour, mild and nice. Quite peppery, a lot of alcohol. But mellow enough.

UPDATED: NOV 4, 2012 Bottle @ Bandlys Blålys, Odense 2012. Pours black with a small creamy beige head. Soy, roast, ashes, coffee, liquorice and mild wood. Sticky and oily.