ruuurd (427) - Utrecht, NETHERLANDS - APR 26, 2018UPDATED: APR 26, 2018 Mokka black pour. Intens but well balanced stout, best i’ve had so far. Sticky, bourbon taste lasts forever!
ciocanelu (3351) - Timisoara, ROMANIA - APR 25, 2018Dark brown color with mocha head. Aroma has some mellow whiskey notes, like an Irish, not really scotch but neither bourbon. Also dark chocolate and some liquor. Taste has wood flavor with its specific astringent notes, quite boozy, bitter and roasty on the finish. Medium plus body, medium carbonation. It has nice flavors but it's a bit boozy.
nihtila (4153) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - APR 18, 2018Bottle from Bottle Baron. Pours almost black, brown head. Nose is roast, sweet chocolate, liquorice, prunes, vanilla, wood, sweet - very nice and complex. Mouthfeel is sticky, a bit too carbonated straight off bottle. Tastes sweet toffee, chocolate, roast, dried fruits, coffee, vanilla, warming boozy, btter roasty and ashy finish. Lovely complex beer.
brnandersen (4714) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - APR 13, 201833 cl bottle, 2013 Vintage, bottled in 2017. Pitch black with a thin, tanned head. Roasted aroma with coffee, bitter chocolate, liqourice, wooden notes, vanilla and bourbon barrel. A herbal bitterness. Taste is bitter roasted. Full body with an oliy texture and a soft carbonation. Lasting drying and roasted bitter finish with dark malts and bourbon barrel. Rather bitter as promised. Excellent Stout.
kaserov (1307) - Oviedo, SPAIN - APR 12, 2018Color negro con capa de espuma marrón de dos dedos de grosor y muy buena retención. Carbonatación media. Textura entre oleosa y cremosa con algo de chispeo en los primeros tragos. Aroma a melaza, azúcar, chocolate negro, dark fruits, bourbon lejano pero presente, ligeros toques de madera vieja. Sabor a melaza, chocolate, fruta madura, café, con ligera acidez a mitad de trago, también pasas, higos, ligerísima madera vieja y húmeda y ligerísimo bourbon. Final ligeramente amargo, acompañado de algo de alcohol. Postgusto meloso y a fruta madura. Una maravilla, probablemente mejor que la Black Albert.
rafael52 (1947) - Łódź, POLAND - APR 10, 2018Kolor: czarny, nieprzejrzysty.
Piana: Średnio obfita, drobno pęcherzykowa, dość trwała.
Zapach: wyraźne nuty bourbona, trochę beczki, drewna, wyraźne aromaty palonych słodów, gorzkiej czekolady, kakao, alkohol dobrze ukryty.
Smak: dość wyraźna pełnia, trochę słodyczy, wyraźne nuty bourbona, trochę drewna, beczki, wnoszącej lekkie uczucie cierpkości, wyraźne nuty palonych słodów, gorzkiej czekolady, kakao, pralin, goryczka średnia, lekko palona, alkohol dość wyraźny, piekący.
Wysycenie: w kierunku średniego.
vintiage (14) - Rhodes, GREECE - APR 10, 2018330 ml bottle from boxbeers.com (Vintage 2013)
Pours black with a small tan head.
Aroma is cocoa, coffee, raisins , bourbon , brown sugar, cinnamon.
Taste is sweet, cocoa coffee, bourbon some hints of dark fruits, raspberry and pomegranate.
Body is medium to full with good carbonation and a mouthcoating mouthfeel.
Finish is long , bitter roasted coffee.
eljebi (117) - oviedo, SPAIN - MAR 25, 2018Otra deliciosa burradas de De Struise.
Sabrosa, intensa y potente. Muy buena, por todo. Por aromas y sabores caramelizados, torrefactos, licorosos, tostados, ahumados, avanillados. Brutal. Nada más que añadir...
lello4ever (1358) - ITALY - MAR 22, 2018UPDATED: MAR 22, 2018 Buona ma non eccezionale come mi aspettavo. Bello aspetto marrone scuro con schiuma marrone fine. Al naso note di cioccolato, prugna, frutta secca. Al palato molto carbonata per lo stile. Sempre note di cioccolato, tostatura, dark fruits, vaniglia. Botte che si avverte senza dominare. Alcol non potente.
dzurek (575) - Szczecin, POLAND - MAR 20, 2018Vintage 2013. Barwa czarna, nieprzejrzysta, piana drobnopęcherzykowa, beżowa. Aromat jest świetny, lekko winny a poza tym mnóstwo czekolady i paloności. W smaku charakterystyczna winna nuta jeszcze bardziej dominuje, dochodzi także popiołowość. Pełnia wysoka, wysycenie niskie, goryczka wysoka. Świetne piwo