Troubadour Imperial Stout

Brouwerij The Musketeers
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial Stout
Ursel, Belgium

Serve in Snifter

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light burnt aroma,black, light brown foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light medium malty finish.

Bouteille de 750 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de céréales grillées et d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un large col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d café torréfié avec une pointe de chocolat et de fruité. La durée de l’arrière goût est moyenne. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #4759)

Dark ruby red with off white head. Aroma coffee, hops, mocca. Taste is coffee, hop bitterness, mocca, bitter aftertaste. Well balanced.

Pratiquement noire aux reflets rougeâtres, une mousse volumineuse beige et persistante la garni en laissant une écume aux parois du verre. Au nez, c’est le grain grillé, le houblon et l’alcool qui font office d’odeurs. Le goût est de torréfaction, de chocolat noir, de café espresso, avec une finale assez prononcée d’alcool. On arrive tant bien que mal à percevoir, détecter, certaines pointes caramélisée.Texture soyeuse laissant une bonne amertume, qui semble troublée par l’alcool.(548-0100313)

Bottle at home. Dark brown pour, solid rocky head. Aroma is sweet roasted, dark fruits, creamy, nuts and candy sugar. Flavor is sweet, creamy and smooth. Bit thin but well drinkable.

This stuff pours masterfully. The head is easily manipulated after a few minutes but always substantial. The aroma is pretty yeasty and fascinating in complexity. The palate is various and the taste is as good as the aroma. This became my favorite beer when I found that I liked the art that’s achieved through dark IPA. I am a stout fan and IPA fan in particular. I am not a fan of Belgians or Trappists. Or the ones I’ve tried...

Capped 750 from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours a ruddy dark brown with a 5 finger creamy/foamy beige head. The aroma brings to mind an Abba Zabba bar (taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers). Tho in years passed I think the contents were longitudinally striated. Med body more or less. There’s a really nice toffee/treacle flavor. Not a lot of bitter. Clearly this finishes on the sweet side, but it is a unique flavor experience in beer. Put this one on your bucket list.

Snifter pour dark dark brown with thin khaki head that doesn’t stay. Nose is mild, smooth malt, some sweet caramel... Not bad. Flavor has a little more going on, but not tons. Sweet malts and caramel, some chocolate notes.. Lighter body for an imperial. Could be worse.

750 ml bottle. Pours a foggy dark brown with a ruby red tint and a resilient, creamy beige head. Aroma is roast, coffee, licorice. Flavor is a typically belgian-dubbelish start, very sweet with brown sugar, candi sugar and almost maple syrup-like notes. Some obvious roast in there, too. Finish is clearly coffeeish, good roast feel in there. Nice level of bitterness. Some lingering licorice, sweet flavors. Medium to strong body, somewhat oily mouthfeel. A very good dark ale. Although I felt it lacked in body for an imperial stout, I felt it had very good drinkability, and easily combined the best attributes of good belgian strongs and imperial stouts.

Black with large head. Chocolate and malts aroma. Taste chocolate, malts, some coffee and caramel. Roasted malts aftertaste.