Struise Black Damnation VI - Messy

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

Serve in Snifter

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Draught @ MesandSim Wedding.

Clear dark black colour with a large, creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, burnt, caramel, sweet malt, sugar - honey, oak - peat, vanilla - chocolate, dark chocolate, alcohol. Flavour is heavy to harsh sweet and heavy bitter with a long long duration, wood, peat, dark dark malt, coal - ash, sugar - syrup - honey, chocolate. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy - syrupy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. Great beer hidding the 39% very well - but very very sweet and a very nice look - great head - special for a 39% beer - so a messy beer no - but you will quick get messy you self if you drink to much - Cheers to a lovely couple and we wish they will have many great and happy years .. Love J&C >;O) [20110618]

Handbottled. A black beer with no head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, alcohol, and iodine. The flavor is sweet with iodine, malt, roasted malt, and wood, leading to a dry, woody finish.

From tap at Cask. Pours pitch black with a chocolate brown head. Bitter, smoked, thick chocolate and dark malty. Thick, smoked and dark malty flavoured. Dark roasted malty and chocolate thick finish.

Handbottle. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a pitch black with a tiny, tiny beige head. The nose has some iodine and thick, sticky overripe fruits and dark malts. Very solid body, no carbonation, hard roast, smoke and iodine, very salty and minerally with a heavy booze finish. Not bad, but not exactly thrilling either. 240811

Draught@Mes & Sim’s Wedding. Pitch black colour, no head. Aroma is liquorice, alcohol, some slight smoked notes mild sweet maltyness. Flavour is liquorice, alcohol, some mild toasted notes as well as wood, dark dry fruits and raisins. Rather balanced, and actually a very pleasant sipper.

Draught at SBWF. Very black, brownish head. Tarry heaty nose with whisky and peat. Very heavy with lots of licorice and treacle. Creamy, arming and whiskyish. Surprisingly non aggressive. Unsurpassed as a super iced strong stout.

Hasndbottled from tap. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of caramel, peat, liquorice and alcohol. Roasted flavour of caramel, peat, liquorice and dried fruits with notes of soy sauce, tar and whisky. Roasted and warming alcoholic finish.

Hand bottle from Craft Beer Co, London. Pours a black color with a small fast disappearing tan head. Has a roasted malty licorice and thick chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate, licorice and molasses flavor. Has a roasted malty warming chocoalte and licorice finish.

Entered to celebrate my 8200th Rating. Cask @ Craft Beer & Co, RBESG, 2011. Pours black with a small creamy brown head on top. Smoke, roast, coffee and alcohol. A bit hot. Very sippable and quite elegant. Lovely dark roasted notes. Silky.

Draught. Laphroaig peat aroma. Black colour. Dark brown head. The flavour is nicely peaty as well. Does not taste that strong, actually. Surprisingly good.