4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20Bottle. Aroma has notes of sweet cacao, espresso, roasted malts, bourbon, wood, molasses, Belgian yeast and dark dried fruits. Black as sin with a nice large foamy brown head that mostly diminished and left good lace. Flavor is very sweet and bitter. Palate is very full bodied and oily soft. Overall a monster brew! Just decadent and delightful. Very sweet with a nice alcohol burn. Great beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Ahh ba balck albert. Draft. It has cocoa, dark fruits, slight tnginess, nice bourbon backing, spice, caramel. A well-rounded brew.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
from bottle and tap on several locations. pours deep dark with a light brown/beige head. roasted flavour, with some vanilla hints back in the nose. roasted smell comes back in the taste. some dark coffee, and the great barrel taste! delicious beer
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
330 ml. 2009 bottle. Thanks Kai! Pours black with a very nice tan head. Aroma of chocolate, fruit, roast, caramel, and coffee. Taste is dark chocolate, dark fruits, roasted malt, caramel, coffee, licorice, and wood. Amazingly complex. Amazingly good!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
bottle at home from bottleshop, Canterbury
Pours dark brown with fluffy dark coffee tan head that starts off at a few inches then collapses to a more manageable few mm (yes mixed measurement systems...deal with it)
Slightly sour, tart red fruits, milk chocolate and coffee. extremely full bodied, sultanas, maltloaf, rich coffee, slight sourness, astringent coffee roast barley, gentle caress of whisky with more coffee building in the finish. Finishing quite dry with some balsamic fruit notes. Lovely and hides its strength magnificently.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sample at Belmont Station. Pours black with a medium thick foamy tan head that recedes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt, chocolate and black licorice. Full, smooth body with flavors of chocolate malt, vanilla, earthy hops and anise. The finish is mocha and licorice with a bit of warming alcohol in the background. Really good all around.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
da questo momento in poi (cambio gettoni allo zbf 2013) comincia un vero e proprio delirio/declino..il birrificio struise diventa il mio principale punto di riferimento..e come potrebbe non esserlo??da quello che ricordo posso solo dire che su 4/5 birre assaggiate ognuna era un vero e proprio capolavoro..nel vero senso della parola..aromi impressionanti,complessi all’ennesima potenza..ogni sorso era un tripudio di sapori quasi impossibili da decifrare completamente ma che sicuramente meritano un altro assaggio..per la maggior parte ho assggiato birre scure,come questa..micidiale e il tutto servito alla spina insieme al GATTO LOPEZ :D zbf 2013
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bouteille 330 ml. Servie dans un snifter. Une belle robe d’un noir intense surmontée d’un collet mousseux et épais brun-beige. Arôme: malt rôti, alcool, chocolat, café. Même chose au goût. Excellent équilibre et bonne buvabilité. l’alcool est bien cachée, malgré les 13% abv. Du gros stock!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance dark maybe black rather dark. Aroma bourbon overtones taste of chocolate and bourbon Rather sweet long on the palate
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
@zbf13. Dark colour. Dark fruits,chocolate and some bourbon. Very nice
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Belmont Station
A: Pure black with a non-existent head. Spectacular legs, though
N: Roasted malt, chocolate, heavily roasted espresso, and oak. Quite a bit of licorice and there’s a backdrop of vanilla. Not particularly strong, though.
T: Tons of roast and there’s a pleasant sweetness balanced out by the slightest bitterness. Lots of the nose shows up here.
M: Thick, oily, and coating. Alcohol is expertly hidden.
O: A well oiled machine I’d recommend. Wish it had a little more barrel character, though.
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