’t Hofbrouwerijke Hofblues

Brewed by ’t Hofbrouwerijke
Style: Sweet Stout
Beerzel, Belgium

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On draft - A very good sweet stout to sit by me a drink spring taste in the mouth that nice long stick. A nice head, long stays, lots of coffee in the nose really perfect brewed.

Black, fairly rich beige head. Sweaty black currant aroma. Dryish and soft, salty and somewhat ashy. Packed with flavours, yet mild and gentle. Long salty tobacco finish. Good stout !!

I’ve tasted this beer a year ago and found my review on a sheet of a paper, here’s what was written on it; "Feels like you’re tasting the real thing, big roasted coffee after taste, awesome !"

Bottle @ KBF in Geel. This beer really amazed me. Pours black with a beige/brown head. Strong sweet aroma of roasted malts, laurel, liquorice, some dark fruits. Flavour is the same, with a nice bitter roasted finish and some chocolate. Sticky and oily palate. Very tasty beer!

chocolate caramel hops vanilla very good brew..... like the name as well, hof+blues

11.2oz bottle. Chunky, thick brown black with a magnificent beige head. Appearance is a five. Smooth, chocolate cocoa aroma. This is a really awesome Stout. Not dependent on big alcohol tones, this still has quite a lot of depth. This is not as sessionable as the ABV would suggest. Rich, thick, viscous chocolate tones with spicy hop balance. Dry cocoa in the finish. World class stuff, quite impressive.

Pours black with a beige/brown head. Strong sweet aroma of roasted malts, laurel, liquorice, some dark fruits. Flavour is the same, with a nice bitter roasted finish and some chocolate. Sticky and oily palate. Very tasty beer!

UPDATED: FEB 13, 2009 Bottle off Octo’s shelf. Been eyeing this one enviously for a while. Black as yer hat pour spiralling inkily into the snifter. Dense tan head going nowhere. Mouth-watering Lindt Excellence 85% aroma drenched with deep deep raisiny cocoa, fat humming blackcurrant, red apple, musty alpha hoppage, espresso,puff of English sulphur, Marmite, brine,charcoal. Come on, that’s a 9. No disappointments flavour-wise; massive charred high cocoa and full-on alpha bitterness, coffee,yeast extract, splashes of US impy stout intensity. Balanced and dry I’d say, and with the possible exceptions of Black Albert/Ellezelloise Hercule, the best Belgian Stout I’ve had. Above all, COCOA and HOPS. Love it.

Aroma of roasty, chocolate, with a hint of fruity ester. Pours a gorgeous thick head with a boatload of lacing, color appears as a sort of dark dark black red. Taste is very malt forward - roasty and toasty with perhaps a hint of belgian yeast but less than expected. Palate is thick and coating but finishes dry. Very good stout but less Belgian-y than expected.

Pours deep clear brown with substantial mocha head and lacing. The intoxicating aroma was strongly of roasted malts with a bit of molasses or toffee. Flavor was richly endowed with roasted malt and some dark fruits. The sweetness was happily restrained. This was delicious and drinkable and I’ll definately seek it out again.